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Historical Heroines
Break a Leg!
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Women Who Changed History
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Life is old there, older than the trees

Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze

What is "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?

100

This aspiring reporter lived in Cincinnati during the Great Depression

Who is Kitt Kittredge?

100

Written and composed by Lin Manuel-Miranda, this production follows the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton

What is Hamilton

100

Refuses to wear clothing with words or a brand visible on them

Who is Dustin Epperly? 

100

In 1955, this seamstress' refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus helped spark the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

Be my strength, my song in the night
Be my all, my treasure, my prize

What is "Abide"?

200

During World War II, this girl from Jefferson, Illinois, knits for soldiers and worries about her dad overseas

Who is Molly McIntrire?

200

First performed in 1985, this Tony Award winner has music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was based on a book with the same title written by Gaston Leroux

What is Phantom of the Opera?

200

Known for his beard, acoustic guitar, and leadership at church, this person also spends his weekdays in construction.

Who is Nate Bordonada?

200

In 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment fulfilled the goal championed for decades by this American suffragist.

Who is Susan B. Anthony?

300

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart

What is "How Great Thou Art"?

300

Living with her wealthy grandmother in 1904, this aspiring writer befriends a servant girl named Nellie

Who is Samantha Parkington? 

300

Premiering in 2011, this Broadway hit follows Kevin Price and Arnold Cunningham's mission to Uganda

What is the Book of Mormon?

300

This hat-wearing comic book author has become known for one unusual pre-church ritual: moving a chair to the back.

Who is Beau Smith?

300

This mathematician's calculations helped make the Apollo missions possible; she later became one of NASA's first Black female supervisors.

Who is Katherine Johnson? 
400

With a bit of rock music, everything is fine 

You're in the mood for a dance

What is "Dancing Queen"?

400

In 1824, this girl tends sheep and helps her family on a ranch near Santa Fe in what was then Mexico

Who is Josefina Montoya?

400

This musical's title comes from a metaphor for maintaining balance in a precarious life, rather than from a character who appears throughout the story. It was the 1965 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical. 

What is Fiddler on the Roof?

400

This hard-working woman has a personal connection to the music ministry: one of the piano players calls her "Mom."

Who is Mary Manor?

400

This astronaut made history in 1983 as the first American woman to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Who is Sally Ride?

500

And when she knows what she wants from her time

And when she wakes up and makes her mind

What is "Uptown Girl"?

500

Released in 1993, she was the first African American historical character, escaping slavery with her family during the Civil War

Who is Addy Walker?

500

The most recent Tony Award Winner for Best Musical;  written and composed by Cinco Paul, this musical is an adaptation of a 2021 musical television series of the same name. 

What is Schmigadoon! ?

500
The woman who does it all

Who is Olivia Goodwin?

500

A chemist who developed the first widely used synthetic method for producing insulin, this scientist later became the first woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Who is Dorthy Crowfoot Hodgkin?