Women's History Month Trivia

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Who founded Bethune-Cookman College, established the National Council of Negro Women, and served as an advisor on minority affairs to President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States (1872)?

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Victoria Woodhull

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Who opened up social work as a profession for women, and also won the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize for her anti-war organizing work?

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Jane Addams

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What woman was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

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Toni Morrison

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Who wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment, in 1923?

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Alice Paul

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Who was the first African-American woman elected to Congress?

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Shirley Chisholm

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Who was the first Asian-American woman ever elected to hold a statewide office in the United States?

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March Fong Eu

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What woman was turned down by 29 medical schools before being accepted as a student, graduated at the head of her class, and became the first licensed woman doctor in the U.S.?

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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Who spoke out for the advancement of American Indians' rights from speaker's platforms nationwide and before Congressional committees in the 1880s?

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Sarah Winnemucca

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Who was the first Hispanic woman to serve as U.S. Treasurer?

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Romana Bañuelos