Women in Sports
Anne Taylor became the first woman to go over this in a barrel. She was a 63 year old school teacher, but she claimed she was in her 40’s at the time.
Niagara Falls
This country singer gave us hits such as "Jolene" and "9 to 5". Perhaps one of the most memorable was her duet with Kenny Rogers on "Islands in the Stream" in 1983.
Dolly Parton
In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across what large body of water?
Alantic Oean
What famous fashionista made pants and suits stylish for women in the 40's? Versace, Chanel, Prada
Coco Chanel
What was the year women earned the right to vote? 1880, 1920, 1960
1920
When was the first time women competed in the Olympics?
Paris in 1900
This Actress and Singer made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend (1954) and would later go on to stare in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. Who is she?
Julie Andrews
This woman invented the windshield wiper in 1902.
Who is Mary Anderson?
This American television host, philanthropist, entrepreneur and media personality was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. At the end of the 20th century Life Magazine listed her as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation, and a magazine called her "America's Most Powerful Woman”.
Oprah Winfrey
who was the first women supreme court justice? Ginsburg, O'Conner, Clinton
Sandra Day O'Conner
True or false; women weren't allowed to attend the Olympics in the ancient, earliest years.
True. Women were not even allowed to spectate the Olympics, let alone participate in them.
Who Sung "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me?"
Aretha Franklin
This famous woman invented the Barbie Doll.
Who is Ruth Handler?
Who did Richard Burton meet on the sets of Cleopatra and later married twice?
Elizabeth Taylor
What woman served as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, freeing hundreds of southern slaves and leading them to safety in the North? A $40,000 reward was offered for her capture.
Harriet Tubman
This woman was an American modernist artist. She is known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, NY sky scrappers and New Mexico landscapes.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Thos Motown group is known to be the most successful girl group of all time with hits such as "Baby Love" and "Stop in the Name of Love."
The Supremes
In 1903, this woman was the first to receive a Nobel Prize. She died in 1934 due to side effects of radiation exposure.
Marie Curie. She discovered two elements, radium (84) and polonium (88), which she named after her country.
Married in front of 800 people in Newport, RI. She married the future president of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
Jaqueline Bouvier
Former first lady who once said, "Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own."
Michelle Obama
Who was the first American woman to swim the English Channel in 1926?
Gertrude Ederle
She had a colorful career and her first recording with Les Brown Sentiment Journey became a big hit. She is also known for her song Que Sera Sera. Who is she?
Doris Day
The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily.
Elizabeth Blackwell said she turned to medicine after a close friend who was dying suggested she would have been spared her worst suffering if her physician had been a woman.
Spending years of her early life mute, what female poet wrote the poem “When The Caged Bird Sings?”
Maya Angelou
What First Lady held over 300 alll women press conferences?
Eleanor Roosevelt. She held her first press conference for just women on March 6th, 1933. Over the next 12 years, she held 348 press conferences for women reporters.
This tennis player defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000
Billie Jean King
She co-wrote at least 270 songs including songs for Disney’s Lady and the Tramp. She is known for her hit songs Fever and They Can’t Take that Away From Me.
Peggy Lee
She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 2009 for Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court. She is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
in 1981, 750 million people tuned in to watch this bride walk down the aisle. Wearing a beautiful Tiara. Who was this lucky lady?
Lady Diana
What female US Supreme Court Justice has been labeled as one of the Supreme Courts "great dissenters"?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Mary, Queen of Scots is the first women to play this sport. She is believed to have coined the term caddy.
Golf
She caught her first huge break on talent scouts when she sang Walking after Midnight. She released I fall to Pieces which topped both the country and pop billboard charts. Recorded her biggest hit Crazy.
Patsy Cline
This woman was the first American woman to travel to space.
Sally Ride
In 1956, This U.S actress met her Prince when she was part of the US delegation to the Cannes Film Festival. She became the Princess of Monaco
Grace Kelly
The first British Primie Minister, she served the longest term in 150 years.
Margaret Thatcher