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Women's History Month Assignment

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which woman was one of the first women in the Coast Guard?

a)

Myrtle Hazard

b)

Ann E. Dunwoody

c)

Anna De Vartanian

d)

Jane Campion

2.

Who was the first woman to enlist while disguised as a man during the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Betsy Ross

b)

Opha May Johnson

c)

Deborah Sampson

d)

Lucille Baker

3.

She earned the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in the movie "12 Years a Slave".

a)

Halle Berry

b)

Whoopie Goldberg

c)

Lupita Nyong'o

d)

Frances McDormand

4.

This woman became the first 4 star general in the military.

a)

Rebecca S. Halstead

b)

Anna Mae Hays

c)

Sandra A. Gregory

d)

Ann E. Dunwoody

5.

Who was the first black female Marine aviator?

a)

Nina M. Armagno

b)

Opha May Johnson

c)

Lucille Baker

d)

Vernice Armour

6.

What year did Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announce that all military positions would be open to women in 2016?

a)

2013

b)

2016

c)

2018

d)

2019

7.

True or False: Can a woman become a U.S. Army Ranger?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Who was the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

b)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

d)

Thuurgood Marshall

9.

What military branch has the the most females?

a)

Army

b)

Navy

c)

Air Force

d)

Marine Corps

10.

Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?

a)

Seneca Falls, NY

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Syracuse, NY

d)

Rochester, NY

11.

Who was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy?

a)

Loretta Perfectus Walsh

b)

Arlene Duerk

c)

Michelle J. Howard

d)

Patricia Tracey

12.

This women's rights activist had a one dollar coin named after her in the 1970s.

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Hillary Rodham Clinton

c)

Betty Ford

d)

Susan B. Anthony

13.

In what year did women win the right to vote?

a)

1875

b)

1905

c)

1930

d)

1920

14.

Who wrote "I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings"?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Sylvia Path

c)

Elizabeth Bishop

d)

Anna Akhmatova

15.

Suffrage means .....

a)

suffering a lot of pain

b)

women's equality

c)

the right to vote

d)

prejudice

16.

Who was the first woman to run for president?

a)

Linda James

b)

Belva Ann Lockwood

c)

Sonia Johnson

d)

Victoria Woodhall

17.

Which Navy was the first in the world to permit female personnel to serve in submarine duty?

a)

United States

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

Norway

18.

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.

a)

Mala Yousafzai

b)

Aisha Shabbir

c)

Saba Qamar

d)

Mahira Khan

19.

The first all-female U.S. Marine Corps team conducted its first mission in Southern Afghanistan in what year?

a)

2010

b)

2011

c)

2008

d)

2009

20.

She was the first female general (Margarite A. Brewer) in the ......

a)

U.S. Marines

b)

U.S. Navy

c)

U.S. Army

d)

U.S. Air Force

21.

She was the first black woman multimillionaire in U.S. history.

a)

Christy Walton

b)

Liliane Bettencourt

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Madame C.J. Walker

22.

Is Oprah Winfrey the richest Black woman in the world?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

Who was the first American woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards?

a)

Jane Campion

b)

Kathryn Bigelow

c)

Sofia Coppola

d)

Lina Wertmuller

24.

The first country to give women the right to vote was .....

a)

USA

b)

Australia

c)

Great Britain

d)

New Zealand

25.

Who wrote the law, Title IX that bans sex discrimination in U.S. schools?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Patsy Mink

d)

Elizabeth Andrews

26.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly .....

a)

in the U.S. Air Force

b)

a plane

c)

fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

d)

fly solo across the world

27.

Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. Cabinet member oversaw what U.S. Department?

a)

Defense

b)

State

c)

Education

d)

Labor

28.

Mary Kies was the first woman to be granted a US patent. What did she invent?

a)

technique of weaving straw with silk and thread

b)

broom and pan

c)

alphabet blocks

d)

submarine telescope and lamp

29.

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to .....

a)

U.S. Congress

b)

Governor

c)

Mayor

d)

Supreme Court Judge

30.

When did the U.S. Navy authorize women to serve aboard submarines?

a)

April 28. 2009

b)

April 29. 2010

c)

April 28, 2018

d)

April 29, 2011

31.

What year did Congress pass the Women's Armed Services Integration Act?

a)

1968

b)

1958

c)

1978

d)

1948

32.

Who was the first female Attorney General?

a)

Condolezza Rice

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Janet Reno

d)

Carol Moseley Braun

33.

In 1963, the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) group watched as President Kennedy signed this into law?

a)

Title IX

b)

Equal Employment Opportunity Act

c)

Equal Pay Act

d)

Civil RIghts Act

34.

When did Congress expand Women's Week to a whole month?

a)

1979

b)

1946

c)

1911

d)

1987

35.

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to be ......

a)

ordained a minister

b)

a business woman

c)

earn a medical degree

d)

win a gold medal in the Olympics

36.

What organization did Clara Barton create?

a)

NAACP

b)

The International Red Cross

c)

The American Red Cross

d)

Women for Equal Rights

37.

Who was the first woman to earn a bachelor's degree in the U.S.?

a)

Catherine Brewer

b)

Helen Magill

c)

Lucy Hobbs

d)

Elizabeth Blackwell

38.

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.

a)

Amelia Bloomer

b)

Marie Corset

c)

Elizabeth Weskit

d)

Anna Henly

39.

What was the first state to allow women to vote?

a)

Colorado

b)

Utah

c)

Wyoming

d)

California

40.

In 1993, Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted in which sport?

a)

hockey

b)

baseball

c)

basketball

d)

football

41.

Who was the first woman to be the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party?

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Geraldine Ferraro

c)

Elizabeth Dole

d)

Margaret Chase Smith

42.

Lizzie Magi was the inventor of the original Monopoly, what was it called?

a)

The Mortgage Game

b)

The Landlord Game

c)

The Boardwalk Game

d)

The Real Estate Game

43.

Who was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?

a)

Alice Walker

b)

Toni Morrison

c)

Tayari Jones

d)

Gwen Brooks

44.

This Jewish immigrant from Poland founded a cosmetic empire, later using her wealth to become a patron of the arts.

a)

Elizabeth Arden

b)

Angela Lansbury

c)

Helena Rubinstein

d)

Georgia O'Keffee

45.

Gertrude Ederle is best known as the first woman to do what?

a)

climb Mt. Everest

b)

sail around the world

c)

ride in the Tour de France

d)

swim the English channel

46.

Sally Ride is most famous for being the first woman to do what?

a)

enter space

b)

win 5 gold medals

c)

CEO of a Fortune 500 company

d)

race in NASCAR

47.

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.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Daisy Bates

c)

Florence Nightngale

d)

Rachel Carson

48.

Which Grand Slam tennis champion also served as a World War II spy?

a)

Billie Jean King

b)

Alice Marble

c)

Margaret Court

d)

Anne Ashe

49.

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.

a)

Belva Lockwood

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Alice Blackwell

50.

Who was the first female Air Force pilot and she commanded an USAF Combat Fighter Wing?

a)

Stayce Harris

b)

Rosanne Bailey

c)

Lori Jean Robinson

d)

Jeannie Marie Leavitt

51.

Former first lady and Pres. Barack Obama's wife is ......

a)

Michele Obama

b)

Michael Obama

c)

Margaret Obama

d)

Michelle Obama

52.

Some 19th century doctors thought that education was hazardous to women's health.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Who was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" because of her work as a nurse during the Civil War?

a)

Carrie Nation

b)

Lucy Stone

c)

Clara Barton

d)

Dorothea Dix

54.

Roe vs. Wade was one of the most controversial cases in Supreme Court history covering what women's right?

a)

abortion

b)

employment

c)

birth control

d)

education

55.

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.

a)

Carissa Pokorny Golden

b)

Joann Barnes

c)

Marcelite J. Harris

d)

Loretta Perfectus Walsh

56.

_________________ became the first African-American female general officer of the US Air Force.

a)

Maj. General Marcelite J. Harris

b)

Maj. General Lorraine K. Potter

c)

Maj. General Tiiu Kera

d)

Lt. General Michelle D. Johnson

57.

She was the first woman to promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer.

a)

Admiral Michelle J. Howard

b)

Admiral Alene Duerk

c)

Barbara Ann (Allen) Rainey

d)

Anna Der-Vartanian

58.

Women in the US Marine Corps attend this place for boot camp regardless of status (active or reserve) -

a)

Ft. Jackson, SC

b)

Parris Island, SC

c)

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC

d)

Shaw Air Force Base, SC

59.

Who was the first female Marine?

a)

Oprah May Johnson

b)

Opha May Johnson

c)

Ohpa Johnson May

d)

Opha Johnson May

60.

________________ first black female to enlist in the Army.

a)

Clara Adams-Ender

b)

SSG Danyell Wilson

c)

Cathay Williams

d)

Irene Trowell-Harris