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Date of International Women's Day
When is March 8th?
Known for her research on primates, especially chimpanzees.
Who is Jane Goodall?
The first person to fly solo over the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The Mexican artist known for her self portraits and surrealist paintings.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
It's core mission is to promote educational opportunities for women. It has six philanthropic projects, which include Cottey College, an independent, liberal arts and sciences college for women.
What is P.E.O.?
The year that PEO was started at Iowa Wesleyan College.
When is January 21st, 1869
(Nine months before women got the right to vote in Wyoming, the first state to grant women suffrage)
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work researching radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
Spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women's rights. First legal member of the law faculty at Columbia to attain tenure. Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2002. In addition to her law degrees from Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia, she was awarded honorary degrees from 30 different universities for her work.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Known as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The year that women won the federal right to vote in the United States.
When is 1920?
The first PEO project established, which was created in 1907.
What is the Educational Loan Fund? (ELF)
The founder of modern nursing, known as the Lady with the Lamp.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Ancient Greek poet known for her poems about love, desire and emotion. Namesake of women who love women.
Who is Sappho?
The American women's rights activist who escaped slavery and became a leading figure in the abolitionist movement; known for her speeches and writing.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The first and only Empress of China, who reigned for 45 years and held de facto sovereignty for 30 years before that.
Who is Wu Zetian?
Creator and namesake of the 10-point scale used to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth, to combat infant mortality.
Who is Virginia Apgar?
The first female secretary of state in the United States
Who is Madeleine Albright?
The writer who used the pen name of George Eliot.
Who is Mary Anne Evans?
One of 7 founders of the P.E.O. Sisterhood who wrote the constitution and oath. She was also a Greek and Latin professor at Iowa Wesleyan University.
Who is Alice Bird Babb?
In 1883 local chapters of the P.E.O. Sisterhood founded a "Supreme Chapter" to coordinate the Sisterhood on a national level. In 1911 the first international chapter was started here.
What is Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada?
The first computer programmer, the first person to recognize that a machine used to solve math problems could be used for more than just calculation.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first woman in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
Honorable mention: Sally Ride
The most recorded composer in modern history, and considered by some to be the founder of scientific natural history.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
Key figure in the American civil rights movement and famous for refusing to give up her bus seat. Still alive today
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Honorable mention: Rosa Parks