Women's History Month's Own History
An education task force in this state kicked off Women's History Week in 1978.
They wanted to draw attention to the fact that women's history was brushed over in K-12 curriculums at the time.
What is California?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th admendment?
The first person (and only woman to receive two Nobel prizes.
Who is Marie Curie?
“I believe that every person is born with talent.”
Who is Dr. Maya Angelou
Obtaining a business loan without a male cosigner: Before the Women’s Business Ownership Act in this year women needed a man (husband or relative) to co-sign business loans in many states
What is 1988?
This president declared the week of March 8th Women's History Week across the country.
Who is President Jimmy Carter?
She was the first woman to run for U.S. President, running in 1872 on the Equal Rights Party ticket, nearly 50 years before women gained the right to vote. A suffragist and stockbroker, she ran on a platform advocating for women's suffrage, labor reforms, and free love.
What was Victoria Woodhull?
First woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Edith Wharton?
She won in 1921 for her novel "The Age of Innocence"
"Lifting as we climb"
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
Women were banned from fighting in combat in the armed forces until this year.
What is 2013?
Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9, designating March Women's History Month in this year.
What is 1987?
It wasn't until 1924 that Native and Indigenous women who were born in the United States could vote. This is because they were granted what that allowed them to vote at this time?
What is citizenship?
This person held the first press conference for only women reporters.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
“Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely--and the right to be heard.”
Who is Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Wearing pants in U.S. Congress: Women were prohibited from wearing pants on the Senate floor until this year.
What is 1993?
Every Women's History Month has a theme, this is this year's theme.
What is "Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future "
Black women in the United States were largely kept from voting after the passage of the 19th Amendment due to voter suppression tactics. They were fully enfranchised in practice only after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of of this year, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
What is 1965?
What are cataracts?
"There will be people who say to you, ‘You are out of your lane.’ They are burdened by only having the capacity to see what has always been instead of what can be. But don’t you let that burden you.”
Thee first time a U.S. court recognized sexual harassment int he workplace case was in this year.
What is 1977?
International Women's Day (IWD) originated from early 1900s labor movements demanding better pay, shorter hours, and voting rights. It officially began in 1911, with its first observance on March 19th of that year in in four countries. Name one of the countries.
What are:
Austria, Denmark, Germany, or Switzerland?
Only need one to be correct.
This territory was the first place in the U.S. to grant women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming Territory?
Her cells—harvested without consent—became the "HeLa" cell line, the first human cells to survive in a lab, leading to massive breakthroughs in cancer research, vaccines, and gene mapping.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Who is Anne Frank
Women could not apply for their own credit card until the Equal Opportunity Act was passed in this year.
What is 1974