Women's History Month

When was the first women's rights convention organized?

• July, 1848

• April, 1788

• March, 1776

• December, 1828

When was the Equal Pay Act, which prohibited sex-based wage discrimination, signed into law?

• 1920

• 1963

• 1973

• 1950

What was the objective of second-wave feminism

• Gaining the right to join the army

• Equal opportunities and pay

• Property rights

• Gaining the right to vote

When did Congress expand Women's History Week to a whole month?

• 1987

• 1946

• 1979

• 1911

Which U.S. state was the first to grant the right to vote to women?

• Kansas

• New York

• Ohio

• Wyoming

Who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

• Elizabeth Blackwell

• Oprah Winfrey

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

According to a Smithsonian study, __ of female service members reported experiencing sexual harassment or sexual assault

• 21%

• 33%

• 52%

• 66%

According to Harvard Medical School, women with abdominal pain wait about 65 minutes to be seen, while men wait

• 61 minutes

• 57 minutes

• 49 minutes

• 55 minutes

Women are excluded from medical research due to the belief that female hormonal cycles skew test results (which is proven false) and our understanding of illness and symptoms of disease are based on male physiology. This is partially why in __ of cases, women experience 2x as many side effects from medications as men, such as cardiac problems, nausea, cognitive deficits, declines in mental health, headaches, hallucinations, etc.

• 90%

• 50%

• 70%

• 80%

The word "hysteria" has its roots in the Greek term for "uterus"?

• True

• False