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What American woman has the most Olympic Medals?
Katie Ledecky (13!)
This woman was the first female Supreme Court justice in the US.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first (and only) empress of China?
Wu Zeitan
This 1982 novel by Alice Walker with a colorful name has been made into a film twice, including recently in 2023.
The Color Purple
Who was the very first American Idol winner
Kelly Clarkson
Which women's college basketball team has the most national championships?
UConn (11!)
Olympe de Gouges wrote this text in response to the liberal ideals of the French Revolution.
Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Which Italian-French author wrote in the 1300s/1400s about women, some of those works including, “The Book of the City of Ladies” (1405) and “The Tale of Joan of Arc” (1429)?
Christine de Pizan
This British author of To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway pioneered the use of stream of consciousness in fiction.
Virginia Woolf
Before Miley Cyrus recorded "Wrecking Ball," it was offered to which singer?
Beyonce
When was the first FIFA Women's World Cup?
1991
She is credited with sparking second wave feminism in the 1960s with her bestseller, The Feminine Mystique.
Betty Friedan
In Scottish mythology, this ghost, or fairy, is known for either protecting cattle or leading people to their deaths, and is associated with bodies of rivers/lochs. She is also known as”Glastig”
Green Lady
This Swedish Actress won three Academy Awards for her roles in Gaslight (1944), Anastasia (1956), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974), but people seem to only want to talk about that one with Bogart (Casablanca (1942)).
Ingrid Bergman
What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades
Mariah Carey
In 1938, she became the first woman to compete in a men's golf tournament, and she later went on to become a co-founder of the LPGA
Babe Didrikson Zaharis
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female prime minister in 1960 when she came to power in this country.
Sri Lanka
Which Chinese deity is associated with Forgetfulness in the underworld, where she helps people forget their memories before they are reincarnated?
Meng Po
Julia Alvarez wrote this novel that discussed hardships in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorship of Rafael Tujillo.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star
Brie Larson
Which former USWNT soccer player attended BC? (And has a picture in Conte Forum!)
Kristie Mewis
Both former US Secretaries of State, Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton also both attended this university in the Northeast.
Wellesley College
Where was Susan B. Anthony buried?
Rochester, New York
This famous actress from the golden age of Hollywood holds the record for most Academy Awards with 4, all for best actress.
Katherine Hepburn
the first identifiable woman composer in the history of Western Music
Hildegard of Bingen