Women's History
She was the first African American poet to recite her poem "And Still I Rise" at an Inaugural Recitation (1993)?
Who is Maya Angelou?
This is when March became Women's History month in the United States.
What is March of 1987?
In 1993 Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in this sport.
A) Basketball
B) Football
C) Hockey
D) Baseball
What is (d) Baseball?
This is the first female Vice President of the US of America.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This 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).
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Beyoncé has won the most Grammy Awards of all time, with this many.
What are 35 Grammy Awards?
This date is International Women's day.
What is March 8?
She is the most decorated gymnast in World Championships and Olympics history.
Who is 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
What is b) to vote in elections?
Grace Hopper's work made possible advancements on this important modern device.
What is the computer?
She was a suffragette who fought for women's rights but passed away before they earned the right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This was the first US territory (state) to grant women rights to vote.
What is Wyoming?
She currently holds the NCAA Division 1 scoring record in basketball (for men and women).
Who is Caitlin Clark?
She was first female US Supreme Court Judge.
A) Sandra Day O'Connor
B) Amy Coney Barrett
3) Nancy Reagan
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
She was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor.
Who is Grace Abbott?
the was the first African American woman to win the Noble Prize for Literature.
a) Zora Neale Hurston
b) Toni Morrison
c) Lorraine Hansberry
Who is (b) Toni Morrison?
This year was when American women win the right to vote?
What is 1920?
She currently holds the World Record for the women's 100 meter dash.
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
She is the first black woman to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She wrote a book called Silent Spring about the use of pesticides as an environmentalist
Who is Rachel Carson?
This was the first Women's Rights Convention was held.
a) Massachusetts
b) Connecticut
c) Rhode Island
d) New York
What is New York? (Seneca Falls)
This former world No. 1 in women's single tennis is also the first Asian and Haitian woman to earn this honor.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
This woman wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923.
Who is Alice Paul?
She was the first black woman to go into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?