Harriot K. Hunt

Who was the first woman to apply to Harvard Medical School?

• Elizabeth Blackwell

• Harriot K. Hunt

• Virginia Apgar

• Marie Curie

In what year did Harvard Medical School finally welcome its first female class?

• 1920

• 1945

• 1965

• 1980

What library holds the photo of Harvard Medical School's first female class?

• Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine/Harvard Medical School

• Library of Congress

• Smithsonian Institution Archives

• New York Public Library

Who wrote the article about the medical practitioner paving the way for women doctors in America?

• Jackie Mansky

• Susan B. Anthony

• Rachel Carson

• Rosalind Franklin

What is the recommended reading level for the article?

• General Audience

• College

• Elementary School

• Middle School – High School

Which university was the first in the world to grant a medical degree to a woman?

• Harvard University

• University of Zurich

• Johns Hopkins University

• University of Bologna

What significant barrier did Elizabeth Blackwell overcome in her medical career?

• She was the first woman to perform surgery in the United States

• She was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States

• She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine

• She was the first woman to establish a medical school for women

What was a major contribution of Virginia Apgar to the field of medicine?

• Developing the first successful polio vaccine

• Discovering the structure of DNA

• Creating the Apgar score for assessing newborn health

• Founding the American Red Cross

Which organization did Elizabeth Blackwell help to establish that focused on training women in medicine?

• The American Medical Association

• The New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children

• The National Institutes of Health

• The American Red Cross

What groundbreaking role did Mary Edwards Walker achieve in the medical field during the Civil War?

• First female surgeon in the U.S. Army

• First female to receive the Medal of Honor

• First female medical school dean

• Both A and B