Quotations by Women
This first first lady called herself "steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket"
Martha Washington
In 1982 he was again elected governor of Alabama after 3 years out of office
George Wallace
Saint Rose of Lima is the patron saint of this continent
South America
In 1993 Takako Doi became the 1st woman Speaker of this country's lower House of Parliament
Japan
Of the three Bs, the one who's Schroeder's personal favorite in "Peanuts"
Beethoven
In "The Fountainhead", she wrote, "Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man"
Ayn Rand
On taking office he allegedly said, "I looked around at the little fishes present, and said, 'I'm the Kingfish'"
Huey Long
The southernmost part of this country's mainland is called the Lizard; it's part of Cornwall
Britain
In 1933 Ruth Bryan Owen, the daughter of this political leader, became America's 1st woman diplomat
William Jennings Bryan
This board game has the same name as Richard Nixon's famous cocker spaniel
Checkers
Resigning as prime minister of Israel, she said, "I have had enough"
Golda Meir
Lawton Chiles represented this state in the Senate for 18 years before he became its governor in 1991
Florida
Guidebooks recommend spending time in saunas heated to 200ยบ F. when in this Finnish capital
Helsinki
13 Americans were among the 1st group of women awarded this scholarship to Oxford in 1976
The Rhodes Scholarships
Some of this company's Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages glow in the dark
Johnson and Johnson
At her 1536 execution, she's quoted as saying, "I shall be Queen Anne Lackhead"
This grandson of a vice president was Illinois' governor 1949-1953
Adlai Stevenson
Riga, at the south end of the Gulf of Riga, is the largest city in this country
Latvia
Lusia Harris-Stewart & Nera White were the 1st women inducted into this sports hall of fame in Springfield, Mass.
The Basketball Hall of Fame
This word that describes Uncle Ben's Rice means that it's been parboiled
Converted
"Shoot, if you must, this" type of "head, but spare your country's flag" is attributed to Barbara Frietchie
This old gray head
In 1829 Martin Van Buren served 2 months as governor of this state & then resigned
New York
This northern European country's official name is Konungariket Sverige
Sweden
This cosmonaut was only 26 when she became the 1st woman in space
(Valentina) Tereshkova
Ethniki Lyriki Skini is this country's national opera company
Greece