Famous Women
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
(Who is Amelia Earhart?)
This day, celebrated on March 8, honours women’s achievements.
(What is International Women's Day?)
She was an African American mathematician who helped NASA send astronauts to space.
(Who is Katherine Johnson?)
She was the first female tennis player to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
(Who is Serena Williams?)
The official color of International Women’s Day is ____.
(What is purple?)
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama in 1955, helping start the Civil Rights Movement (a movement for the rights of black people)
(Who is Rosa Parks?)
This country was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
(What is New Zealand?)
This scientist discovered the structure of DNA but did not receive the Nobel Prize.
(Who is Rosalind Franklin?)
This country hosted the first official Women’s World Cup in 1991.
(What is China?)
This famous doll, created in 1959, was named after the daughter of its inventor.
(What is Barbie?)
This Pakistani activist won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for girls’ education.
(Who is Malala Yousafzai?)
The women’s suffrage movement fought for this right.
(What is the right to vote?)
The first computer programmer in history was a woman from the 19th century.
(Who is Ada Lovelace?)
The first female Olympic champion won in this sport in 1900.
(What is tennis?)
The first country to elect a female president was in South America.
(What is Argentina?)
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and to discover radioactivity.
(Who is Marie Curie?)
In 1921, Sweden gave women this important right.
(What is the right to vote?)
She invented the first windshield wipers for cars.
(Who is Mary Anderson?)
She was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon officially.
(Who is Kathrine Switzer?)
This world-famous book series was written by a woman named J.K. Rowling.
(What is Harry Potter?)
This famous artist painted “The Two Fridas” and is known for her self-portraits.
(Who is Frida Kahlo?)
This global organization created a special day to highlight gender equality.
(What is the United Nations?)
This woman helped develop the technology that led to Wi-Fi.
(Who is Hedy Lamarr?)
The Swedish national women’s soccer team won silver in this Olympic year.
(What is 2016?)
This woman was the longest-reigning British monarch before passing away in 2022.
(Who is Queen Elizabeth II?)