Women's History
Who was the first African American poet to recite her poem "And Still I Rise" at an Inaugural Recitation (1993)?
Maya Angelou
When did March become Women's History month in the United States?
March 1987
In 1993 Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in which sport?
A. Basketball
B. Football
C. Hockey
D. Baseball
D. Baseball
First female Vice President of the US of America.
Kamala Harris
Who was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972)
Shirley Chisholm
Beyoncé has won the most Grammy Awards of all time, but how many has she won?
32 Grammy Awards
What date is International Women's day?
March 8
Who is the most decorated gymnast in World Championships and Olympics history?
Simone Biles
Women's suffrage is the right of women to...
a) bear arms
b) to vote in elections
c) to own property
d) to attend school...to vote in elections.
Grace Hopper's work made possible advancements on this important modern device.
The computer!
I became the first woman in the United States to earn and be granted a medical degree.
Elizabeth Blackwell
First US territory (state) to grant women rights to vote
Wyoming
Who currently hold the NCAA Division 1 scoring record in basketball (for men and women)?
Caitlin Clark
Who was first female US Supreme Court Judge?
A) Sandra Day O'Connor
B) Amy Coney Barrett
3) Nancy Reagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
What year did Women's History Day (then month) start as a celebration to commemorate garment workers in NYC?
1909
Who was the first African American woman to win the Noble Prize for Literature?
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Toni Morrison
c) Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
In what year did American women win the right to vote?
1920
Who currently holds the World Record for the 100 meter dash?
Sha'Carri Richardson
The first black woman to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who (woman) was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, which Mexican American woman is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century?
Dolores Huerta
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
a) Massachusetts
b) Connecticut
c) Rhode Island
d) New York
New York (Seneca Falls)
Which former world No. 1 in women's single tennis is also the first Asian and Haitian woman to earn this honor?
Naomi Osaka
Who wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923?
Alice Paul
The first black woman to go into space
Mae Jemison