Women's History Month

The first Woman’s History Day took place on February 28, 1909, in _________. It commemorated the one-year anniversary of the 15,000 women who marched in the garment workers’ strikes.

• Chicago
• Washington D.C.
• New York City

Women’s History Day became Women’s History Week in ______.

• 1890
• 1911
• 1956
• 1978

Women’s History Month began in _____.

• 1987
• 1976
• 1954

This place was the first place to grant women the right to vote:

• New York Territory
• Virginia Territory
• Wyoming Territory
• California Territory

The legislature gave women the right to _____ in 1869.

• own land
• vote
• get divorced
• keep their own name

The first female state governor was Nellie Tayloe Ross. She was elected in Wyoming in _______.

• 1924
• 1936
• 1948
• 1957

The 19th amendment didn’t give all women the right to vote.

• True
• False

The 19th amendment was signed into law on August 26, 1920. Unfortunately, at the time, other laws prohibited these women from voting:

• Native American
• Black
• Asian American
• Hispanic
• All of the above

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb was the first woman to pass _____ testing in 1961.

• medical school
• pharmacy school
• astronaut
• law school

Even though Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb was the first woman to pass astronaut testing in 1961, she was not allowed to go to space as a woman.

• True
• False