American History
Christa McAuliffe was a teacher who earned to right to train as an astronaut and go aboard a space mission. What was the shuttle called?
What is Space Shuttle Challenger?
Marie Curie was the first person to ever win two of these awards in Physics and Chemistry.
What is a Nobel Prize?
This woman wrote the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling.
Picabo Street was the first woman to ever win the World Cup in this winter sport.
What is downhill skiing?
In the year 1920, the Constitution of the United States was amended giving women the right to do what?
What is vote?
Thanks to this woman, we know that radiation can treat certain types of cancer.
Who is Marie Currie?
This woman was a New York state senator, a first lady, and she ran for President of the United States.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
Alice Walton is the 2nd richest woman in the world. Her father founded what famous store? (Hint: Havre has one.)
What is Walmart?
I served as an interpreter during the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who was Sacajawea?
I was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, traveling from Newfoundland to Ireland in approximately 15 hours.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This pioneer of nursing opened nursing schools and improved hospitals with money given to her by the queen.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This woman was known as Princess of Wales, or "the people's princess" prior to her death in a car accident on 1997.
Who was Princess Diana?
This woman died last September. Her son, Charles, will soon be the king.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
In 2015, Sarah Thomas was hired as the first female referee for what professional sport?
What is football?
My nickname was "Moses", and I led approximately 70 slaves to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to have what job?
What is a doctor?
This very famous Supreme Court Justice died in 2020. People often referred to her as "RBG".
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
This female super hero had a television series from 1975-1979. Rise of the Warrior, a movie staring this character, was released in 2017.
Who is Wonder Woman?
In 1843, Nancy Johnson filed a patent for her invention of this machine that gives us a tasty, cold treat.
What is an ice cream churn (ice cream machine)?
I was a suffragist who fought for equal pay for equal work for women. There is a dollar coin with my face on it.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
In the 1880's Ada Lovelace invented an algorithm for this machine we use almost every day.
What is a computer?
I wrote the Little House on the Prairie book series.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie invented this board game of buying and selling property in 1904.
What is Monopoly?
Sally Ride was America's first female what?
What is astronaut?