Women's History Month

Women’s History Month

March 1st-31st

Maya Angelou 1928 – 2014)

●Born in St. Louis, Missouri

●Famous Author, Poet & Civil Rights Activist

●Skilled Dancer, Singer, Actress & Director

●Worked Alongside Malcolm X & MLK

●Literary Award Winner 2013

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made
them feel.”

Multiple Choice

What was Maya Angelou skilled at?

• Dancing

• Singing

• Writing

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What award did Maya Angelou Win in 2013?

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Literary Award

• Medal of Honor

• She did not win an award

Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603)

“Men fight wars. Women win them.”

●Queen of England 1558-1603

●Daughter of King Henry VIII

●Her Reign Was Called “The Golden Years”

●Never Married or Had Any Children

Multiple Choice

What did people called the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1?

• The Dark Ages

• Age of Queens

• The Golden Years

• The Wonder Years

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Queen Elizabeth had 1 child

• True

• False

Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

"It's worth remembering that it is often the small steps,
not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change."

●Born in London, England

●Queen of England 1952-2022

●Longest Reigning Monarch in

English History

●Served in Military as a

Driver/Mechanic

Multiple Choice

What did Queen Elizabeth II do in the military?

• Nurse

• Cook

• Mechanic

• Seamstress

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in English History

• True

• False

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817)

●Born in Steventon, England

●Secret Novelist, Published Anonymously

●Began Writing at 12 Years Old

●Wrote The Novel “Pride & Prejudice”

"Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten
to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody."

Multiple Choice

How old was Jane Austen when she started writing?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Jane Austen published all of her work in her name

• True

• False

Sojourner Truth (1797 – 1883)

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

●Born In New York

●Born into Slavery but escaped with her

daughter to freedom in 1826

●Women’s Rights Activist

●Best known speech named “Ain’t I a Woman?

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Sojourner Truth remained a slave until the day she died.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the name of Sojourner Truth's most famous speech?

• Ain't I a woman

• Ain't no man

• Help us women

• Help us men

Malala Yousafzai (1997 - Present)

●Born in Pakistan

●Youngest Ever Nobel Peace

Prize Recipient at 17

●Activist for Women’s

Education Rights

“I tell my story not because it is unique,
but because it is the story of many girls.”

Multiple Choice

What did Malala Yousafzai know for?

• Youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

• Youngest Olympic Gold Winner

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

●Born in Alabama

●Honored as the 1st Lady

(or the Mother) of Civil Rights

●Refused to give up her seat to a white

man, incited the Montgomery Alabama

Bus Boycott

“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live,
grow up and do what we can to make this world
a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.”

Multiple Choice

What nickname was Rosa Park given?

• Mother of Civil Rights?

• Daughter of Civil Rights?

Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1939)

“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When
they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”

●Born in Kansas

●First female pilot to fly
solo across the
Atlantic Ocean

●1937 Disappeared in
flight to Howland
Island and was never
found.

Multiple Choice

True or False?: Amelia Earhart disappeared during flight and was never found?

• True

• False

Anne Frank (1929 – 1945)

“Whoever is Happy will make others Happy too”

●Jew born in Germany

●Lived during the Holocaust

●Kept a diary that documented her life in

hiding under Nazi persecution.

●Was captured and eventually died in a

concentration camp along with her sister

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Anne Frank died during the Holocaust

• True

• False

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

“The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

●Born in New York

●First Lady of US (1933-1945)

●Married to Teddy Roosevelt (26th Pres.)

●Worked for political, racial and social justice

Multiple Choice

True or False?:

Eleanor Roosevelt did not care about political, racial and social justice

• True

• False