From Healers to Leaders: Women in Medicine
The Pendleton Witches, who were healers at a time when magic and medicine were thought to be intertwined, were from this country.
What is the United Kingdom (or England)?
Year the 19th Amendment was ratified; which granted women the right to vote, although many Black and Indigenous women were prevented from voting by discriminatory practices.
What is 1920?
Marie Curie was the first female to win this well-recognized award and the first person to win it twice.
A modern piece of clothing that many Muslim women wear to represent their culture and religion.
What is a Hijab?
Iconic women featured on a poster saying, "We can do it!", used to recruit women to work jobs during World War II
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
The first woman in the United States to receive a Medical Degree
Who is Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell?
Decade that the Supreme Court issued a decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion through the United States until it was overturned in 2022.
The average difference between a male and female salary in STEM fields for the same position.
What is $15,000?
This is the decade the "little black dress" was first designed by Coco Chanel
What is the 1920's?
The first female-owned business in the United States is recorded in 1739, when she took over her family's plantations in South Carolina when she was 16 years old.
Who is Eliza Lucas Pinckney?
This Civil War doctor was a surgeon, prisoner of war, and the first woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor, although it was revoked in 1916 and re-awarded in 1977.
Who was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker?
The original name of the Equal Pay Act, introduced immediately after WWII.
What is the Women's Pay Act?
The percent increase in women in STEM jobs from 1970 to 2019.
A queer fashion icon who stated “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.”
Who is Marlene Dietrich?
A female newspaper editor who printed the first copy of the Declaration of Independence to include the names of the signers.
Who is Mary Katharine Goddard?
In 1921, the first female graduates of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons held this many of the top five spots in class rank.
What is three? (Women were first, third, and fifth)
Daily Double! The last state to ratify the 19th Amendment in this decade. Must include both state and decade for double points.
What is Mississippi in the 1980s?
The first person to identify a human coronavirus in 1964.
Who is June Almeida?
This fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney, started her own foundation for breast cancer awareness and support.
Who is Stella McCartney?
Women who created an African American haircare business in 1908; it would eventually grow to be worth over a million dollars.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
What country awarded a medical degree to Dorothea Erxleben in the middle of the 18th century, a time where women traditionally had no formal training in medicine?
What is Germany?
First Black women to graduate from Salem State University, taught in the Sea Island after the Civil War and went on to become an educator and author.
Who is Charlotte Forten?
African American mathematician who worked to make Apollo 11 happen and was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom in 2015
Who is Katherine Goble Johnson?
Lisa Folawiyo, based in Lagos, Nigeria, is a famous designer known for her contemporary take on Ankara fabrics. This well-known celebrity has worn her clothing.
Who is Beyonce?
The Women's Business Ownership Act was passed in this decade- it sought to end discrimination against women in business, such as requiring a husband's signature for all loans.
What is the 1980s?