Famous WOMEN in HISTORY

Wangari Maathai:

Which sentence is not correct?

• She was from America.

• She planted more than 10 million trees.

• She was in prison because she fought for the rights of women and because of her work for the environment.

• She had a Green Belt in judo.

Rosa Parks:

Which sentences are correct?

• Rosa Parks was tired from work.

• She didn‘t know that she had to give up her seat to a white man.

• She didn‘t want to give up her seat for a white man again.

• Blacks or African-Americans were not allowed to sit on the first four rows of a bus

Rosa Parks:

Which sentences are correct?

• Rosa Parks was arrested because she didn‘t give up her seat for a white man.

• She helped change life for African-Americans.

• She was from America.

• She fought for the rights of women.

Erin Brockovich:

Which sentence is not true?

• She was a single mother of three children.

• She discovered that many people in a town in California were very ill.

• She found out that there was poison in the water.

• She worked for a gas and electricity company.

Emmeline Pankhurst:

Which sentence is not correct?

• She wanted women to have the same rights as men.

• She worked in a factory.

• She usually worked 8 hours a day.

• She and some women went on strike and organized demonstrations.

What did Emmeline Pankhurst do?

• She fought for women‘s rights, especially the right to vote.

• She fought for the environment.

• She fought for the same rights for African-Americans.

• She fought against a company that made people ill because of poisonous chemicals in the water

Florence Nightingale:

What did she not do in the army hospital?

• She sang for the soldiers:

• She cleaned the hospital beds.

• She helped the men write letters to their families.

• She brought the men fresh food.

Florence Nightingale:

Which sentences about her life are true?

• Florence and her family had two homes: One in Italy and one in Ausria.

• Florence was an unusual woman. She didn‘t go to parties and she didn‘t want to marry.

• Florence and her family were very poor people.

• Florence wanted to be a nurse and help people.

Anne Frank:

What do you know about her life?

• Anne was born in Austria.

• She and her family had to hide in a secret place for many years.

• In 1942 she got a diary for her 13th birthday.

• She didn‘t like writing into her diary.

Marie Curie: Why was she a famous woman in history?

• She worked in an army hospital and was called „The lady with the lamp“.

• She discovered radioactivity.

• She fought for women‘s rights.

• She got the Nobel Peace Price for the environment.