History
What is the 19th amendment and what year was it ratified?
Gave women the right to vote, 1920.
This woman was thought to be a controversial first lady. She was known for her work for the civil rights of both Asian and African Americans, writing a newspaper column, hosting a weekly radio show, and speaking at a national party convention.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What 1972 act gave women equal opportunity in education and sport?
Title IX
This Mexican-American singer is known as one of the greatest Latino artists of all time. Jennifer Lopez played her in the movie made about her life and career.
Selena
This woman artist was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1887 and is best known for her extreme close-up watercolor paintings of flowers.
Georgia O’ Keefe
In 1932, this woman became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
This woman is a democrat from Wisconsin. She was the state’s first woman in Congress. She was also the first openly gay/lesbian person elected as a non-incumbent.
Tammy Baldwin
This woman athlete was the first to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.
Ronda Rousey
This woman musician is known not just for her impact on country music, but also her charity foundation. Her foundation has a children’s literacy program that mails 1 book per month to all children enrolled in the program, from birth to kindergarten.
Dolly Parton
This Mexican painter is best known for her surreal self-portraits and difficult life. She suffered from polio as a child and was in a train accident at age 18 in which a metal pole impaled her abdomen. This injury caused lifelong medical issues for the artist.
Frida Kahlo
This woman was known as the “Mother of the Freedom Movement” and one of the most prominent female faces of the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks
This woman became the first to hold the post of National Security Advisor when she was appointed by President George W Bush.
Condoleezza Rice
At only 14 years old, this woman athlete was the first to earn a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.
Nadia Comaneci
This artist was the first female to win a Grammy for Album of the Year twice, and the only female to win 3 Album of the Year Grammys.
Taylor Swift
This woman is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. She is most known for her performance art…and for marrying John Lennon of The Beatles.
Yoko Ono
At the age of 16, this woman helped Lewis and Clark during their expedition through the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
Sacagawea
This woman graduated first in her class from Columbia Law School and went on to be nominated by President Clinton to serve on the US Supreme Court. She served from 1993 until her death in 2020.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This woman athlete was the first to dunk during a NCAA tournament game. She was also drafted #1 overall by the LA Sparks in 2008.
Candace Parker
This woman rapper is known as the “Queen of Hip Hop”. She has won 8 Grammy Awards, the most for a female rapper.
Lauryn Hill
A trailblazing sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, this woman was also an influential teacher and activist, advocating for equal rights for African Americans in the arts.
Augusta Savage
This woman was a physicist and astronaut. She joined NASA in 1978 and five years later, became the first American woman to go to outer space.
Sally Ride
This woman was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887. She was the first woman mayor in the country.
Susanna Salter
This woman athlete is a 2 time Olympic gold medalist and currently holds the title of highest all-time goal scorer for the USWNT. She also hold the record for international goals among male and female players with 184.
Abby Wambach
Born Eleanora Fagan Gough, this person was the first black woman to work with a white orchestra in 1938.
Billie Holiday
What is the Bechdel Test?
A measure of the representation of women in fiction. It asks whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.