Column A
Who was the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Supreme Court?
A. Sonia Sotomayor
B. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)
C. La India Maria
D. Ellen Ochoa
A. Sonia Sotomayor
Who was the first black woman to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939)
A. Joan Baez
B. America Ferrera
C. Hattie McDaniel
D. Halle Berry
C. Hattie McDaniel
Who became the youngest person elected into the House of Representatives during the midterm elections in June 2018?
A. Maria Hinojosa
B. Ana Mendieta
C. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)
D. Dr. Antonia Novello
C. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)
Who was the first black woman hired at NASA? (Hint: she was played by Janelle Monáe in the film Hidden Figures)
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Mary Jackson
C. Rosario Cabrera
D. Isabel Villasenor
B. Mary Jackson
Who is the EOP counselor at ESF?
A. Ladanijirah Lightner
B. Jason Wright
C. Divya Kirti
D. Issa Rae
C. Divya Kirti
Who is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet and civil rights activist whose first autobiography is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
A. Elena Velez
B. Maya Angelou
C. Vanessa Akbar
D. Maria Cornejo
B. Maya Angelou
Who is the co-founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a Certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business that creates software solutions for government and private-sector clients
A. Ana Castillo
B. Alfonsina Storni
C. Carmen Boullosa
D. Aisha Bowe
D. Aisha Bowe
Who became Argentina’s president in 1974, becoming the first female president in Latin America?
A. Isabel Perón
B. Laura Chinchilla
C. Rosalia Arteaga
D. Dilma Rousseff
A. Isabel Perón
Who was the first Latina to serve in the US House of Representatives?
A. Catherine Cortez Masto
B. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
C. Teresa Leger Fernandez
D. Maria Elvira Salazar
B. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Who is the current LASO President at ESF?
A. Jenifer Lemus
B. Amelia Alvarez
C. Maya Castro
D. Dan Vera
A. Jenifer Lemus
Who was the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space?
A. Laura I Gomez
B. Nicole Hernandez Hammer
C. Diana Sierra
D. Ellen Ochoa
D. Ellen Ochoa
Which civil rights activist co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez And coined the term “Si, se puede” (Yes, we can)?
A. Berta Caceres
B. Sylvia Mendez
C. Dolores Huerta
D. Gloria Anzaldua
C. Dolores Huerta
Who was the First Latina Author to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. Rigoberta Menchu
B. Nadia Murad
C. Gabriela Mistral
D. Maria Goeppert Mayer
C. Gabriela Mistral
Who the third black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States and the first in New York State
A. Salma Hayek
B. Susan McKinney-Steward
C. Rita Moreno
D. Dolores del Rio
B. Susan McKinney-Steward
Who is the Chief Diversity Officer at ESF?
A. Danushi Fernando
B. Lela Randall
C. Margot Robbie
D. Ryan Gosling
A. Danushi Fernando
Who was the first Hispanic female governor in the United States?
A. Michelle Lujan Grisham
B. Susana Martinez
C. Jessica Cisneros
D. Maria Quinones-Sanchez
B. Susana Martinez
Who is the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University and a Ph.D. in engineering from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center?
A. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
B. Zelia Nuttall
C. Anabel Hernandez
D. Constanza Ceruti
A. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson
Who was the First Dominican Female Doctor, known for advocating for women's rights and issues and speaking out against dictator Rafael Trujillo?
A. Selena Quintanilla
B. Evangelina Rodriguez
C. Antonia Novello
D. Celia Cruz
B. Evangelina Rodriguez
Who is only Latinx actress with an EGOT—Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony?
A. Rita Moreno
B. Salma Hayek
C. Karen Olivo
D. Yalitza Aparicio
A. Rita Moreno
When was the ESF Women's Caucus formed in
A. 1997
B. 2000
C. 1990
D. 1994
D. 1994