Famous Women in History

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

• Marie Curie

• Mother Teresa

• Rosalind Franklin

• Jane Addams

In which year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?

• 1900

• 1918

• 1920

• 1925

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Amelia Earhart

• Harriet Quimby

• Bessie Coleman

• Jacqueline Cochran

Which female author wrote "Frankenstein"?

• Jane Austen

• Mary Shelley

• Charlotte Brontë

• Louisa May Alcott

Who was the first female president of Argentina?

• Michelle Bachelet

• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

• Dilma Rousseff

• Violeta Chamorro

This Mexican artist is known for her surreal and powerful self-portraits, often incorporating elements of pain and identity. Who is she?

• Frida Kahlo

• Remedios Varo

• Leonora Carrington

• María Izquierdo

Which Brazilian woman became a globally recognized environmentalist and won the 1992 Goldman Environmental Prize?

• Marina Silva

• Berta Cáceres

• Sylvia Earle

• Wangari Maathai

Who is the Guatemalan indigenous leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for her work in advocating for indigenous rights and social justice?

• Rigoberta Menchú

• Eva Perón

• Gabriela Mistral

• Isabel Allende

Who was the first Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945?

• Isabel Allende

• Claribel Alegría

• Gabriela Mistral

• Rosario Castellanos

Mexican feminist politician was known as the "Red Nun of Mayab" and first women to be elected for Congress in 1923

• Dolores Huerta

• Hilda Solis

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Elvia Carrillo Puerto