Women's History Month Trivia

In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to:

• fly solo across the Atlantic
• fly a plane
• fly in the Air Force
• fly around the world

Who was the first African-American Woman to earn a pilot's license.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Bessie Coleman

• Alice Blackwell

Who was the first black Congresswoman (1968) and ran for President in 1972, winning 151 delegates at the Democratic Convention?

• Coretta Scott King

• Betty Shabazz

• Shirley Chisholm

Which Civil War nurse founded the American Red Cross?

• Florence Nightengale

• Dorothea Dix

• Clara Barton

Who helped guide and interpret for Lewis and Clark as they mapped routes to the Pacific coast?

• Sacagawea

• Pochohantas

• Sarah Winnemunca

Which famous Women’s Rights pioneer's image appeared on a dollar coin, making her the first woman to be depicted on U.S. currency?

• Jane Addams

• Susan B. Anthony

• Martha Washington

Who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sandra Day O'Connor

In 1960, at the age of six, she was the first African-American female student to integrate an elementary school in the U.S. South.

• Ruby Bridges

• Marian Wright

• Misty Copeland

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

• Mary Church Terrell

• Shirley Chisholm

• Josephine Butler

Who was the Shoshone Indian woman who served as guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• Buffalo Calf Road Woman

• Sacajawea

• Running Eagle