Category 1
What year were women given the right to vote?
1965
First woman to receive the Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
Girl Scouts of America was founded in?
1913
first national womens history day took place
february 28th 1909
What was the only sport Women could compete in during the first winter Olympics?
Figure Skating 1924
First African American female lawyer
First African American Millionare
Madam CJ Walker
When did Womens' history day become a week?
1978
Refused to give up her seat in Montgomery Alabama
Rosa Parks
First woman and woman of color to serve as VP
Kamala Harris
National Organization for Women was founded by?
Betty Goldstein Friedan
First Asian Woman to receive a star on hollywood walk of fame
Anna May Wong
First woman to receive Distinguished Flying Cross
Amelia Earhart
when did womens history week become a month?
1987
when could women start getting credit cards?
1974
first woman to earn a medical degree in the US
Elizabeth Blackwell
the first Womens History Day celebration was in NYC in
1909
who was the first female state governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross
First woman in space
Sally Ride
Ran off with three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics
Wilma Rudolph
where was the first place to give women the right to vote?
Wyoming Territory 1869
Refused to give up her bus seat on the same bus system as Rosa Parks months before
Claudette Colvin
declared as Womens' history Month by every president in
1995
First African-American to hold pilots license
Bessie Coleman
Her research led to the discovery of DNA
Rosalind Franklin