Women's day Basics
The Vietnamese Women's Day is celebrated on this day.
October 20th
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel prize in 2 scientific disciplines?
Marie Curie
Who was the first female programmer?
Ada Lovelace
Who became the first woman to win Album of the Year three times at the Grammys?
Taylor Swift
Who said, “I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard”?
Malala Yousafzai
When was the Vietnamese Women's Union founded?
October 20th 1930
Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
What pioneering computer scientist developed the first compiler for a programming language?
Grace Hopper
Who played Wonder Woman in the 2017 film?
Gal Gadot
Who said, “Well-behaved women seldom make history”?
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
This organization declared 1975 as the International Women's Year.
The United Nations
Who was the UK's first female Prime Minister?
Margaret Thatcher
Who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Which singer released the feminist anthem “Run the World (Girls)”?
Beyoncé
Who said, “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing”?
Audre Lorde
What is the theme of IWD 2025?
Her Rights, Our Future, Right Now
Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing?
Nicola Adams
Who co-discovered the structure of DNA but was not awarded the Nobel Prize?
Rosalind Franklin
What bestselling book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie inspired a Beyoncé song?
We Should All Be Feminists
Who said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”?
Eleanor Roosevelt
In what year was IWD officially recognized by the UN?
1977
Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
Junko Tabei
Who co-discovered the structure of DNA but was not awarded the Nobel Prize?
Katherine Johnson
Who was the first woman to host the Oscars solo?
Whoopi Goldberg
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship”?
Louisa May Alcott