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Women in History

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

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 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 
3.
Jeanette Rankin what the first woman to be elected to which office?
a)
Supreme Court Judge
b)
Mayor
c)
Governor
d)
U.S. Congress
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
What was the first state to allow women to vote?
a)
Wyoming
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
Colorado
8.
In which year did American women win the right to vote?
a)
1930
b)
1920
c)
1875
d)
1905
9.
Who was the first woman to run for U.S. President?
a)
Linda Jenness
b)
Victoria Woodhull
c)
Belva Ann Lockwood
d)
Sonia Johnson
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
Which Civil War nurse founded the American Red Cross?
a)
Florence Nightengale
b)
Dorothea Dix
c)
Molly Pitcher
d)
Clara Barton
14.
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
15.
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
16.

Inspired by Jules Verne's 1873 novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days', this pioneering journalist completed the challenge in just 72 days

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Nellie Bly

c)

Vera Atkins

d)

Virginia Wolf

17.

This double Nobel Prize winner's scientific discoveries launched effective cures for cancer

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Hypatia

18.

She was the first female publisher of a major American newspaper and went on to become the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Marie Van Brittan Brown

c)

Gertrude Ederle

d)

Katharine Graham

19.

India's first and only female prime minister to date ruled the country on two occasions, from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until 1984

a)

Gabriela Mistral

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Artemisa Gentileschi

d)

Margaret Thatcher

20.

In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. The time she set for her cross-channel swim – 14 hours, 31 minutes – was faster by nearly two hours than that set by any previous male swimmers

a)

Martina Bergman-Osterberg

b)

Gertrude Ederle

c)

Maria Merian

d)

Suzanne Lenglen

21.

Her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus in 1955 sparked the civil rights movement, which, in the 1960s, eventually won equal rights

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Emmeline Pankhurst

c)

Mary Seacole

d)

Angela Burdett-Coutts

22.

She became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1975, part of the first all-female climbing team to be awarded a permit to climb the world's highest peak

a)

Maria Merian

b)

Junko Tabei

c)

Lottie Dod

d)

Anna Akhmatova

23.

In the late 1960s and early '70s, this pioneering cover girl broke barriers as the first African-American supermodel.

a)

Naomi Sims

b)

Diana Ross

c)

Naomi Campbell

d)

Donna Summer

24.

This photographer was one of the first four photographers for LIFE Magazine and the first American female war photojournalist.

a)

Dorothea Lange

b)

Margaret Bourke-White

c)

Mary Ellen Mark

d)

Cindy Sherman

25.
What does suffrage mean?
a)
being in pain
b)
getting rid of slavery
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to equal pay
26.
This woman wrote books for children about her life as a pioneer.  
a)
Helen Keller
b)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
c)
Maria Mitchell
d)
Juliette Gordon Low
27.
This was the first woman astronomer and was the first person to see a telescopic comet.
a)
Helen Keller
b)
Juliette Gordon Low
c)
Clara Barton
d)
Maria Mitchell
28.
This woman founded the Girls Scouts of America.
a)
Mary Kay Ash
b)
Juliette Gordon Lowe
c)
Maria Mitchell
d)
Clara Barton
29.

Who is this?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Vanessa Williams

d)

Bessie Coleman

30.

Who was the first black woman to own a TV studio?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Alice Walker

31.

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sally Hemings

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Jesse Owens

32.

Who is this?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Queen Elizabeth II

d)

Melania

33.

Who was the first black first lady of United States?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Melania Trump

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Martha Washington

34.

During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to

a)

promote women's suffrage

b)

recruit women into wartime industries

c)

support higher education for women

d)

encourage women to serve in the armed forces

35.

"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it

a)

led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment

b)

helped strengthen family values

c)

reinforced women's traditional roles

d)

energized a new women's rights movement

36.

Which early 1900s reformer opened Hull House as a settlement house?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Jacob Riis

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Susan B. Anthony

37.
In ancient China, the practice of foot binding existed to...
a)
help women become better dancers
b)
attract husbands
c)
help women gain jobs
d)
make women taller
38.
In which ancient civilization could women own property and upon their death will it to a person of their choosing?
a)
Athens
b)
China
c)
Rome
39.
In ____, women became political leaders when the men went off to war. 
a)
Athens
b)
Rome
c)
China
d)
Sparta
40.
In the majority of ancient civilizations, women had the most power over...
a)
their churches
b)
themselves
c)
their households
d)
their communities
41.

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

a)

Go into space

b)

Swim across the English Channel

c)

fly across the Atlantic Ocean

d)

become the Governor of Arkansas

42.

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to what?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Congress

c)

Police Academy

d)

College

43.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

a)

19th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

44.
Who was the first prime minister of her country to hold a science degree?
a)
Julia Gillard
b)
Yulia Tymoshenko
c)
Margaret Thatcher
d)
Golda Meir
45.
Almost 200 years ago the world's first computer programmer was born. Her name was?
a)
Ada Lovelace
b)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
c)
Grace Hooper 
d)
Dolly Madison
46.
In the 1960s, chemist Stephanie Kwolek discovered what material that was five times stronger than steel?
a)
Kevlar
b)
Teflon
c)
Carbon fiber
d)
Graphene
47.
The number of novels JK Rowling has written?
a)
7
b)
10
c)
5
d)
9
48.
Malala moved to the UK because
a)
she wanted to learn English.
b)
it was dangerous to stay in Pakistan. 
c)
the schools were better in the UK. 
d)
she was passionate about education. 
49.

What is feminism?

a)

The traditional view that women belong in the home.

b)

The belief that women are superior to men.

c)

Advocating women's rights so that all people, regardless of sex or gender, have equal rights.

d)

The act of removing oneself from society by rejecting mainstream culture.

50.
Who is this celeb
a)
Lucy Hale 
b)
Kate Middleton
c)
Katy Perry 
d)
Taylor Swift
51.
The name for women who were symbols of the new independent spirit of the 1920's was
a)
vamps
b)
flappers
c)
Charlestons
d)
dames
52.
This woman proposed an equal rights amendment to the constitution & formed the National Women's Party. She was
a)
Alice Paul
b)
Margaret Sanger
c)
Georgia O'Keefe
d)
Bessie Smith
53.
This woman set new standards in painting by showing nature & landscapes. She was
a)
Dorothy Parker
b)
Martha Graham
c)
Georgia O'Keefe
d)
Gertrude Ederle
54.

WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE BOARD OF FACEBOOK?

a)

HILLARY CLINTON

b)

SHERYL SANDBERG

c)

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

d)

THEODORA

55.

WHO RECENTLY STATED SHE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020?

a)

HILLARY CLINTON

b)

ROSA PARKS

c)

ELIZABETH WARREN

d)

OPRAH WINFREY

56.

Which woman is the Speaker of the House of Reps?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Nancy Pelosi

d)

Mrs. Martin

57.

Who was the last pharaoh of Egypt?

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Boudica

c)

Theodora

d)

Michelle Obama

58.

Who dressed as a man to fight in a war for France?

a)

Boudica

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Mary Magdalene

59.

Which of these is a famous female tennis player?

a)

Billie Jean King

b)

Oprah

c)

Beyonce

d)

Haille Steinfeld

60.

Who was a famous fashion designer?

a)

Bridget Bardot

b)

Marilyn Monroe

c)

Coco Chanel

d)

Beyonce

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