Famous Women in OT
Importance to OT
Women’s History Month
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Fun Facts
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This woman is a founding member of AOTA and one of the profession’s earliest proponents. In 1911, she attended a course sponsored by the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy and Hull House that taught occupations and amusements to staff working at state institutions.

Who is Eleanor Clarke Slagle?

100

This helps an OT build a better therapist to female patient relationship

What is Knowledge of Women’s Health disparities?

100

The organizers selected the week of _____ to correspond with International Women’s Day

What is March 8th? 

100

What state in the US was the first to grant women the right to vote?

What is Wyoming?

100

This percentage makes up the number of women in Congress

What is 27% in Congress? 


200

This woman made history as the youngest and first African American/ Iranian woman to become vice president of the association and is a founding member of COTAD (2014)

Who is Arameh Anvarizadeh OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA?

200

event that created opportunity for women to pursue careers in OT

What is World War 1?

200

By 1986, ____ states had already declared March as Women’s History Month

What is 14?

200

What is the 19th amendment? 

What is granted (white) women the right to vote?

 

200

This individual has the most Grammy Awards won in the history of the Grammys

Who is Beyoncé?

300

She facilitated the creation of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, now the major guiding document of occupational therapy

Who is Mary Jane Youngstrom MS, OTR, FAOTA? 

300

List 2 Women’s Health Topics in OT

What is Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic?

300

What year does Women’s History Month trace its beginning back to the first International Women’s Day in ______?

What is 1911?

300

Who was the first woman to receive two Nobel prizes

Who is Marie Curie?

300

This individual was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court

Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?

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