Women in Music
The fastest selling female artist in history back in 1995, when her albums "Dreaming Of You" sold well over 175,000 copies it's first day.
Selena Quintanilla Perez
Who is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, which was adapted into both a film and a stage production?
Alice Walker
Who was the first woman to receive EGOT status (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?
Helen Hayes
She is a retired American professional boxer and daughter of retired heavy weight boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Laila Ali
Who is known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?
Florence Nightingale
She is a woman who became the first hip-hop artist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen Latifah
Which author published The Handmaid’s Tale?
Margaret Atwood
My very first film was "On the Waterfront", in which I co-starred with the great Marlon Brando. Who am I?
Eva Marie Saint
Which woman was the first to run the Boston Marathon?
Bobbi Gibb
Indigenous women and their allies founded the Native Women's Association of Canada, and Ralph Steinhauer became the first Indigenous person to hold vice-regal office in Canada. Within one, that was what busy year of the 1970s?
1974
Originally named Eleanora Fagan, this famous singer was an American jazz and swing music singer with a career spanning 26 years. A couple of her popular works include: My Funny Valentine and Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
Who wrote the classic gothic novel, Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
She was a classic femme fatale, appearing in many film noir dramas. Which sultry actress won acclaim for her performance in "The Bad and the Beautiful" in 1953?
Gloria Grahame
Which driver is the only female to have won an IndyCar Series race?
Danica Patrick
Who was the first female president?
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
She is the tenth and youngest child of the legendary musical family. Some of her popular works include with singles such as "Nasty", "Rhythm Nation", "That's the Way Love Goes", "Together Again" and "All for You".
Janet Jackson
Which French author wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen in 1791?
Olympe de Gouges
She played Suellen O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind", and had a successful career in movies such as "Here Comes Mr Jordan" and "Mrs Mike".
Evelyn Keyes
Which female tennis player famously beat the former men's champion Bobby Riggs in what is known as the Battle of the Sexes?
Billie Jean King
Jeannette Rankin of Montana served as the first woman in what role in the US?
Congresswoman
This iconic pop star, still active today, has also attempted acting, appearing in "A League of Their Own" and "Who's That Girl". This is only a side achievement compared to the enormous success she received with hits like "Holiday" and "Crazy For You".
Madonna
Which author wrote the first Canadian book that sold more than a million copies?
Margaret Marshall Saunders
Who has played Belle in the original Beauty and the Beast?
Paige O'Hara
Which early figure skating champion won gold in three Olympics and helped increase the popularity of the sport through a later career in films?
Sonja Henie
During World War II, these sisters toured military bases and hospitals around the world, and became the highest selling all-female group ever to grace the earth.
The Andrews Sisters