Politics
The 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote was passed in this year
When is 1920?
Women activists played an essential role in this form of protest in which African Americans would occupy the seats at white-only lunch counters during the Civil Rights Movement
What are sit-ins?
This person was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for science
Who was Marie Curie?
This Democratic candidate who will represent our district in the House of Representatives was just elected to succeed Rep. David Price.
Who is Valerie Foushee?
This artist holds the record for Spotify’s most streamed album in a single day
Who is Taylor Swift?
Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to this position
What is the U.S Congress?
This 2017 public demonstration was co-founded by Teresa Shook, Vanessa Wruble, Evvie Harmon, and Bob Bland.
What was the Women’s March?
This woman of color worked as a mathematician for NASA and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Who is Katherine Johnson?
What is the name of the successful book series based on Arthurian legend that was written by UNC graduate, Tracy Deonn?
What is the Legendborn series? (everyone go read it!!)
This critically acclaimed director received multiple awards for her films Selma and 13th.
Who is Ava Duvernay?
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893
What is New Zealand
This Nigerian author gained notoriety for her work including novel Half of a Yellow Sun and TED Talk “We Should All Be Feminists”
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
This woman is considered the first female computer programmer
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Maya Angelou, accomplished poet and civil rights activist, lived in this city in North Carolina for over thirty years.
Where is Winston Salem?
This jazz singer was the first woman to become a multiple GRAMMY winner
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
This person was the first woman to run for president
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
(She ran in the 1872 election)
This feminist activist is noted for her work in the 1960s and 70s; she co-founded feminist magazine Ms. and the National Women’s Political Caucus
Who is Gloria Steinem?
This woman contributed to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Beverly Perdue is the only woman to be elected to this position in North Carolina.
What is the governor?
Jane Campion became the third female director to win an Oscar for this film in 2022
What is “The Power of the Dog”?
Wu Zhao was the first and only woman to hold this position in China
What is an Empress?
This Kenyan environmental activist was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who was Wangari Maathai?
Hypatia, one of the first well-documented female mathematicians, lived in this Egyptian city
Where is Alexandra?
Pauli Murray, a civil rights activist, lawyer, and priest, grew up in this city in North Carolina.
Where is Durham?
This star of the 1929 musical “Hallelujah!” is known as one of Hollywood’s first Black movie stars
Who was Nina Mae Mckinney?