Women's History
Malala Yousafzai is the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Price honoree for her work in which cause?
A. Education of women and children
B. Promoting the rights of refugees
C. Contribution to sustainable development
Education of Women and Children
Whose mathematical computations helped launch John Glenn into orbit and send Apollo 11 to the Moon in 1960?
Katherine Johnson
I was the first female hip-hop recording artist to get nominated for an Oscar
A) Nicki Minaj
B) Queen Latifah
C) Missy Elliot
Queen Latifah
First female Vice President of the US of America.
Kamala Harris
What month is Women's History month celebrated?
March
What date is International Women's day?
March 8th
The first black woman to go into space
A) Stephanie Wilson
B) Mae Jemison
C) Sally Ride
Mae Jemison
Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which of the following sports?
A. Tennis
B. Basketball
C. Gymnastics
Gymnastics
She became the first Black woman to serve in Congress. She remained in the House of Representatives until 1982.
A. Shirley Chisholm
B. Victoria Woodhull
C. Kamala Harris
Shirley Chisholm
Which disability and women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor’s Degree?
A. Elizabeth Ware Packard
B. Judith Heumann
C. Hellen Keller
Who is the first Latinx person to receive an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award)?
A). Jennifer Lopez
B). Selena Gomez
C). Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
I became the first woman in the United States to earn and be granted a medical degree.
A) Clara Burton
B) Elizabeth Blackwell
C) Sally Lousia Tompkins
Elizabeth Blackwell
In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
A) Althea Gibson
B) Wilma Rudolph
C) Florence Griffith Joyner
Wilma Rudolph
First female US Supreme Court Judge?
A. Frances Perkins
B. Sandra Day O'Connor
C. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Sandra Day O'Connor
What year did Women's History Month start?
A) 1918
B) 1921
C) 1909
1909
Who was Hollywood's first black female director?
A. Shonda Rhimes
B. Maya Angelou
C. Lena Waithe
Maya Angelou
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903 for Physics and is credited with coining the term “radioactivity”.
Marie Curie
Who was the first woman to co-anchor a news show?
A. Marlene Sanders
B. Barbara Walters
C. Susan Stambeg
Barbara Walters
The first black woman to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
A. Maxine Waters
B. Shirley Chisholm
C. Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who (woman) was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Which activist co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Eleanor Roosevelt
C. Ann D. Gordon
Susan B. Anthony
She was a nurse during the Civil War, known as the “Angel of the Battlefield,” and founded the American Red Cross.
A). Harriet Tubman
B). Clara Barton
C). Susan B. Anthony
Clara Barton
An American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis.
A. Lindsey Vonn
B. Simone Biles
C. Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Who was the first lady to have developed her own political and media identity?
A. Eleanor Roosevelt
B. Michelle Obama
C. Hilary Clinton
Eleanor Roosevelt
First US territory to grant women rights to vote
A) Arizona
B) California
C) Wyoming
D) Nevada
Wyoming