Women's History Month: Guided Notes

Women's History Week first celebrated in ______, California in March ______.

• Women's History Week first celebrated in 1980, California in March 1980.

• Women's History Week first celebrated in 1985, California in March 1985.

• Women's History Week first celebrated in 1990, California in March 1990.

• Women's History Week first celebrated in 1975, California in March 1975.

The week was chosen to correspond with ______ on March 8.

• International Women's Day

• World Health Day

• Earth Day

• Labor Day

In 1980, President ______ declared the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week.

• Carter

• Reagan

• Nixon

• Ford

The week-long event became a month-long celebration in ______ when Congress passed a resolution.

Fill in the blanks with the correct woman's name and her achievement: ______: Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark's expedition.

• Sacagawea: Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark's expedition.

• Pocahontas: Native American woman who helped the Jamestown settlers.

• Wilma Mankiller: First female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

• Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: Native American writer and activist.

Fill in the blanks with the correct woman's name and her achievement: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and ______: Fought for women's equality in the mid-19th century.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Clara Barton

Fill in the blanks with the correct woman's name and her achievement: ______: Led slaves to freedom during the Civil War.

• Harriet Tubman: Led slaves to freedom during the Civil War.

• Susan B. Anthony: Fought for women's suffrage.

• Rosa Parks: Refused to give up her bus seat.

• Amelia Earhart: First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Fill in the blanks with the correct woman's name and her achievement: ______: One of the world's first female pilots who disappeared in 1937.

• Amelia Earhart: One of the world's first female pilots who disappeared in 1937.

• Marie Curie: Discovered radium and polonium.

• Rosa Parks: Civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat.

• Frida Kahlo: Renowned Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.

Fill in the blanks with the correct woman's name and her achievement: ______: First female Secretary of State in 1996.

• Madeleine Albright

• Condoleezza Rice

• Hillary Clinton

• Janet Reno

Who was the first African-American woman principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre?

• Misty Copeland

• Alvin Ailey

• Raven Wilkinson

• Debbie Allen