Women's History Quiz

Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997

• Condoleeza Rice

• Jackie Kennedy Onasis

• Hillary Clinton

• Madeline Albright

Who was the first woman of color elected to Congress and was a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus?

• Carol Moseley Braun

• Dorothy Chism

• Patsy Mink

• Shelia Jackson Lee

Who was one of the first black physicans in New York City and the first black women to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical School in 1926?

• May Chinn

• Patricia Era Bath

• Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Alexa Irene Canady

Who was the first women mountaineer to climb over 23,000 feet on Nun Kun in the Himalayes in 1906, a record unbroken until 1934?

• Wilma Rudolph

• Sophia Danenberg

• Fanny Workman

• Alice Coachman

Who was the first woman to earn a dental degree in 1866 from Ohio College of Dental Surgery?

• Ida Gray Nelson Rollins

• Vada Watson Somerville

• Jeanne C. Sinkford

• Lucy Hobbs Taylor

Who produced a lipstick that would not rub off or stain in 1950; with sales over 10 million dollars in 1953.

• Madame CJ Walker

• Rose Meta Morgan

• Hazel Bishop

• Mary T. Washington

Who photographed wildlife in Africa and worked for the preservation of animals, especially in the Congo, in her books on conservation?

• Majorie Richard

• Mary Jobe Akeley

• Dr. Beverly Wright

• Lisa Jackson

Who was the first women in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe, the Cherokee Nationa

• Sacagawea

• Sarah Winnemucca

• Susan Le Flesche

• Wilma Mankiller

Who is the author of Silent Spring and other books on the environmental protections of the world?

• Dian Fossey

• Sylia Earle

• Rosalie Barrow

• Rachel Carson

Who was the first American Women to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 after she discovered the structure of atoms?

• Marie Curie

• Katherine Freese

• Maria Goeppert Mayor

• Vera Rubin