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WorksheetsWomen in history
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo accros the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Frida Kahlo
c)
Emmeline Pankhurst
d)
Marie Curie
2.
How old was Amelia Earhart when she died?
a)
32
b)
39
c)
45
3.
How was Susan B. Anthony rewarded for her life's work?
a)
Being paid $10,000 3 years before death.
b)
meeting the president
c)
being put on the $1 coin
d)
being put on the $50 bill
4.
Jeanette Rankin what the first woman to be elected to which office?
a)
Supreme Court Judge
b)
Mayor
c)
Governor
d)
U.S. Congress
5.
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first U.S. woman to:
a)
earn a medical degree in the US
b)
own a business
c)
become an ordained minister
d)
win a gold medal in the Olympics
6.
Who was the first U.S. woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
a)
Oprah Winfrey
b)
Jody Williams
c)
Jane Addams
d)
Emily Greene Balch
7.
In 1884, who addressed The House of Representatives, arguing for an amendment to the US Constitution that granted women the right to vote?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Belva Lockwood
d)
Alice Blackwell
8.
What was the first state to allow women to vote?
a)
Wyoming
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
Colorado
9.
In which year did American women win the right to vote?
a)
1930
b)
1920
c)
1875
d)
1905
10.
Who was the first woman to run for U.S. President?
a)
Linda Jenness
b)
Victoria Woodhull
c)
Belva Ann Lockwood
d)
Sonia Johnson
11.
Who was the first woman to be named U.S. Secretary of State?
a)
Madeleine Albright
b)
Elizabeth Dole
c)
Carol Moseley Braun
d)
Condoleeza Rice
12.
Who was the first African American woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature?
a)
Toni Morrison
b)
Gwendolyn Brooks
c)
Octavia E. Butler
d)
Alice Walker
13.
Who helped guide and interpret for Lewis and Clark as they mapped routes to the Pacific coast?
a)
Sacagawea
b)
Pochohantas
c)
Sarah Winnemunca
d)
Wilma Mankiller
14.
Which Civil War nurse founded the American Red Cross?
a)
Florence Nightengale
b)
Dorothea Dix
c)
Molly Pitcher
d)
Clara Barton
15.
Who was the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
a)
Sonia Sotomayor
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c)
Sandra Day O'Connor
d)
Anita Hill
16.
In 1960, at the age of six, she was the first African-American female student to integrate an elementary school in the U.S. South.
a)
Etta James
b)
Marian Wright
c)
Misty Copeland
d)
Ruby Bridges
17.
Who is the "BEST" teacher in the school.
a)
Mrs. Coleman
b)
Lo. Johnson
c)
Mrs. Wright
d)
Ophra Winfrey
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