Art
Frida Kahlo was an important figure for what social causes?
Feminism and LGBTQ rights
Aphra Behn was the first woman writer to earn a living for her profession in what country?
England
What female became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics? She also became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice, with the second being in Chemistry?
Marie Curie
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to be elected to what political position?
U.S. Congress
Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly across what ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
What Harlem Renaissance artist was only 1 of 4 women to receive commission for their work at the 1939 World’s Fair?
Augusta Savage
Unrecognized in her own time, which towering figure in American poetry did not become well known for her work until after her death?
Emily Dickinson
What highly respected member of the world scientific community helped shape scientific discourse in the study of primate behavior by their work with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania during the 1960s?
Jane Goodall
Which late U.S. Supreme Court justice was a staunch courtroom advocate for the fair treatment of women and worked closely with the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
What female tennis player competed in the highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes”?
Billie Jean King
What artistic movement was Georgia O’Keeffe known for being a part of?
American Modernism
Harper Lee was best known for writing which Pulitzer prize winning novel?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Which mathematician worked in a small group alongside other African American women as an aeronautical engineer, a.k.a. human computers, at NASA during the Space Age?
Mary Jackson
Which American first lady became the first to win a public office seat in 2001?
Hilary Clinton
What royal female was internationally known for her charity work with children and thoughtful insight to those affected by cancer, HIV/AIDS, and mental illness?
Princess Diana of Wales
Ethel Smyth was awarded what honorary recognition in 1922 for her work in the fields of music and literature?
A damehood
Who oversaw the coverage and publication of the Watergate scandal that toppled President Nixon?
Katharine Graham
Rosalind Franklin, a British chemist was best known for her role in the discovery of what structure?
DNA fibers
Greta Thunberg, a climate youth activist who has received worldwide recognition for her efforts to fight climate change is from what country?
Sweden
What woman graduated first in her class from medical school, ultimately becoming the first to do this in the United States?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Augusta Savage who was a trailblazing sculptor that studied art at cooper union beat out how many men on the waiting list for her spot at the college?
142
Nellie Bly’s hard-hitting journalism enabled her to set what new world record at the time?
Traveling around the world in less than 80 days (just over 72 days)
What lightweight and durable new fiber was created while Stephanie Kwolek was working with a liquid crystal solution of polymers in 1965?
Kevlar
What woman became an American ambassador to the United Nations in 1993, and in 1996 became the first ever woman to hold the Secretary of the State position?
Madeleine Albright
How many patents did Margaret Knight receive in her lifetime?
27