Women's History Month

1. Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Abigail Adams

• Hillary Clinton

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Phyllis Schlafly

2. The first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice began her term in what year?

• 1975

• 1981

• 1983

• 1987

• 1992

3. What was the first coeducational college in the United States?

• Oberlin Collegiate Institute

• Andover Newton College

• Radcliffe College

• University of Tennessee

• College of William and Mary

4. Who was the daughter of the infamous Anne Boleyn?

• Anne Askew

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Mary I

• Jane Seymour

• Anne of Cleves

5. Who was Emily Dickinson's famous contact who helped edit her poetry?

• Margaret Brent

• Jennie Churchill

• T. W. Higginson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

6. Eleanor Roosevelt was orphaned at what age?

• 4

• 10

• 14

• 16

7. Who was the first modern woman to graduate from medical school?

• Clara Barton

• Florence Nightingale

• Elizabeth Blackwell

• Mary Ewing Outerbridge

8. In what year did Switzerland adopt woman suffrage?

• 1893

• 1910

• 1920

• 1939

• 1971

Answer explanation

When did the United States formally adopt Womens' suffrage? The Nineteenth Amendment, which guaranteed all women the right to vote, was passed by Congress in 1919. It went into effect on August 26, 1920.

So why 1971 in Switzerland? The 26th Amendment ensured voting rights for U.S. citizens at 18 years old.

9. Who was the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

• Jane Addams

• Pearl Buck

• Selma Lagerlöf

• Toni Morrison

• Sigrid Undset

Who was not at the Woman's Rights Convention in 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Frederick Douglass

• Lucretia Mott

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Martha Coffin Wright

Answer explanation

Martha and Lucretia were sisters. Who knew? McGrath didn't! Frederick Douglass, a freed man, was a supporter of women's suffrage. So at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1849, Elizabeth Cady Stanton missed her partner--Susan B. Anthony.