WorksheetsWomen's History Month Assignment
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which woman was one of the first women in the Coast Guard?
Myrtle Hazard
Ann E. Dunwoody
Anna De Vartanian
Jane Campion
Who was the first woman to enlist while disguised as a man during the American Revolutionary War?
Betsy Ross
Opha May Johnson
Deborah Sampson
Lucille Baker
She earned the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in the movie "12 Years a Slave".
Halle Berry
Whoopie Goldberg
Lupita Nyong'o
Frances McDormand
This woman became the first 4 star general in the military.
Rebecca S. Halstead
Anna Mae Hays
Sandra A. Gregory
Ann E. Dunwoody
Who was the first black female Marine aviator?
Nina M. Armagno
Opha May Johnson
Lucille Baker
Vernice Armour
What year did Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announce that all military positions would be open to women in 2016?
2013
2016
2018
2019
True or False: Can a woman become a U.S. Army Ranger?
True
False
Who was the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Thuurgood Marshall
What military branch has the the most females?
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
Seneca Falls, NY
Washington D.C.
Syracuse, NY
Rochester, NY
Who was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy?
Loretta Perfectus Walsh
Arlene Duerk
Michelle J. Howard
Patricia Tracey
This women's rights activist had a one dollar coin named after her in the 1970s.
Michelle Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Betty Ford
Susan B. Anthony
In what year did women win the right to vote?
1875
1905
1930
1920
Who wrote "I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Sylvia Path
Elizabeth Bishop
Anna Akhmatova
Suffrage means .....
suffering a lot of pain
women's equality
the right to vote
prejudice
Who was the first woman to run for president?
Linda James
Belva Ann Lockwood
Sonia Johnson
Victoria Woodhall
Which Navy was the first in the world to permit female personnel to serve in submarine duty?
United States
Russia
Japan
Norway
Fought against the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be able to receive an education. She was shot in the head and still won the Noble Peace Prize in 2012.
Mala Yousafzai
Aisha Shabbir
Saba Qamar
Mahira Khan
The first all-female U.S. Marine Corps team conducted its first mission in Southern Afghanistan in what year?
2010
2011
2008
2009
She was the first female general (Margarite A. Brewer) in the ......
U.S. Marines
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
She was the first black woman multimillionaire in U.S. history.
Christy Walton
Liliane Bettencourt
Oprah Winfrey
Madame C.J. Walker
Is Oprah Winfrey the richest Black woman in the world?
Yes
No
Who was the first American woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards?
Jane Campion
Kathryn Bigelow
Sofia Coppola
Lina Wertmuller
The first country to give women the right to vote was .....
USA
Australia
Great Britain
New Zealand
Who wrote the law, Title IX that bans sex discrimination in U.S. schools?
John F. Kennedy
Alice Paul
Patsy Mink
Elizabeth Andrews
In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly .....
in the U.S. Air Force
a plane
fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
fly solo across the world
Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. Cabinet member oversaw what U.S. Department?
Defense
State
Education
Labor
Mary Kies was the first woman to be granted a US patent. What did she invent?
technique of weaving straw with silk and thread
broom and pan
alphabet blocks
submarine telescope and lamp
Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to .....
U.S. Congress
Governor
Mayor
Supreme Court Judge
When did the U.S. Navy authorize women to serve aboard submarines?
April 28. 2009
April 29. 2010
April 28, 2018
April 29, 2011
What year did Congress pass the Women's Armed Services Integration Act?
1968
1958
1978
1948
Who was the first female Attorney General?
Condolezza Rice
Hillary Clinton
Janet Reno
Carol Moseley Braun
In 1963, the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) group watched as President Kennedy signed this into law?
Title IX
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Equal Pay Act
Civil RIghts Act
When did Congress expand Women's Week to a whole month?
1979
1946
1911
1987
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to be ......
ordained a minister
a business woman
earn a medical degree
win a gold medal in the Olympics
What organization did Clara Barton create?
NAACP
The International Red Cross
The American Red Cross
Women for Equal Rights
Who was the first woman to earn a bachelor's degree in the U.S.?
Catherine Brewer
Helen Magill
Lucy Hobbs
Elizabeth Blackwell
This 19th century feminist designed a new style of clothing for women. The style never became popular, but her name entered the American language as a term for a specific type of garment.
Amelia Bloomer
Marie Corset
Elizabeth Weskit
Anna Henly
What was the first state to allow women to vote?
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
California
In 1993, Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in which sport?
hockey
baseball
basketball
football
Who was the first woman to be the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Geraldine Ferraro
Elizabeth Dole
Margaret Chase Smith
Lizzie Magi was the inventor of the original Monopoly, what was it called?
The Mortgage Game
The Landlord Game
The Boardwalk Game
The Real Estate Game
Who was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Tayari Jones
Gwen Brooks
This Jewish immigrant from Poland founded a cosmetic empire, later using her wealth to become a patron of the arts.
Elizabeth Arden
Angela Lansbury
Helena Rubinstein
Georgia O'Keffee
Gertrude Ederle is best known as the first woman to do what?
climb Mt. Everest
sail around the world
ride in the Tour de France
swim the English channel
Sally Ride is most famous for being the first woman to do what?
enter space
win 5 gold medals
CEO of a Fortune 500 company
race in NASCAR
This civil rights activist was instrumental in both the integration of the Little Rock School District and the crisis that ensued, later writing a National Book Award-winning memoir.
Sojourner Truth
Daisy Bates
Florence Nightngale
Rachel Carson
Which Grand Slam tennis champion also served as a World War II spy?
Billie Jean King
Alice Marble
Margaret Court
Anne Ashe
In 1884, who addressed the House of Representatives arguing for an amendment to the US Constitution granting women the right to vote? Hint - she is on a US coin.
Belva Lockwood
Jane Addams
Susan B. Anthony
Alice Blackwell
Who was the first female Air Force pilot and she commanded an USAF Combat Fighter Wing?
Stayce Harris
Rosanne Bailey
Lori Jean Robinson
Jeannie Marie Leavitt
Former first lady and Pres. Barack Obama's wife is ......
Michele Obama
Michael Obama
Margaret Obama
Michelle Obama
Some 19th century doctors thought that education was hazardous to women's health.
True
False
Who was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" because of her work as a nurse during the Civil War?
Carrie Nation
Lucy Stone
Clara Barton
Dorothea Dix
Roe vs. Wade was one of the most controversial cases in Supreme Court history covering what women's right?
abortion
employment
birth control
education
She was the first woman to enlist in the active duty US Navy. She became the first U.S. Navy Petty Officer and died from tuberculosis.
Carissa Pokorny Golden
Joann Barnes
Marcelite J. Harris
Loretta Perfectus Walsh
_________________ became the first African-American female general officer of the US Air Force.
Maj. General Marcelite J. Harris
Maj. General Lorraine K. Potter
Maj. General Tiiu Kera
Lt. General Michelle D. Johnson
She was the first woman to promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer.
Admiral Michelle J. Howard
Admiral Alene Duerk
Barbara Ann (Allen) Rainey
Anna Der-Vartanian
Women in the US Marine Corps attend this place for boot camp regardless of status (active or reserve) -
Ft. Jackson, SC
Parris Island, SC
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC
Shaw Air Force Base, SC
Who was the first female Marine?
Oprah May Johnson
Opha May Johnson
Ohpa Johnson May
Opha Johnson May
________________ first black female to enlist in the Army.
Clara Adams-Ender
SSG Danyell Wilson
Cathay Williams
Irene Trowell-Harris
