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25 Famous Women

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

a)

Virginia Dare

b)

Amelia Badelia

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Annie Oakley

2.

first female medical doctor

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Indira Ghandi

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Nellie Bly

3.

Deaf and Blind girl taught by Ann Sullivan, she graduated from Harvard University

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Deborah Sampson

4.

authority on chimpanzees, she live with them

a)

Monkey girl

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Jane Goodall

d)

Rachel Carson

5.

first woman in space

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Valentina Tereshkova

d)

Annie Oakley

6.

cowgirl and marksman

a)

Ann Taylor

b)

Ann Putnam

c)

Annie Oakley

d)

Annabelle Lee

7.

Queen of France during the French Revolution

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Queen Latifah

8.

chemist who discovered the first radioactive element

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Rachel Carson

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Marie Antoinette

9.

Leader of India who was assassinated by her own bodyguards.

a)

Madame CJ Walker

b)

Indira Ghandi

c)

Mia Hamm

d)

Jane Goodall

10.

leader of the girls in the Salem witch trials who sent 19 people to the gallows.

a)

Annie Oakley

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Ann Putnam

d)

Ann Taylor

11.

first female justice on the Supreme Court.

a)

Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Mia Hamm

d)

Ingrid Bergman

12.

Queen of Egypt who ruled with her husband/brother until she was killed by an asp.

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Marie Antoinette

13.

accused of killing her parents in 1892.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Lizzie Borden

d)

Ann Putnam

14.

marine biologist and author who wrote the book Silent Spring.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Rachel Carson

c)

Ruby Dee

d)

Zora Neal Hurston

15.

African American who sacrificed freedom from slavery for her love of Thomas Jefferson.

a)

Sally Hemming

b)

Mia Hamm

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Susan B. Anthony

16.

first European woman born in the Americas.

a)

Pennsylvania Dare

b)

New Jersey Dare

c)

Virginia Dare

d)

Georgia Dare

17.

Dare Devil, first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Ann Taylor

c)

Annie Oakley

d)

Anna Nichole Smith

18.

lived a life of wealth and showed dignity after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy.

a)

Jacqueline Kennedy

b)

Marilyn Monroe

c)

Suzy Kennedy

d)

Ann Taylor

19.

English peasant who led the French army to victory at Orleans

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Rachel Carson

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

20.

journalist who went undercover in a mental institution to expose the mistreatment of patients

also traveled around the world in 72 days

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Nelly Bly

c)

Jane Doe

d)

Lizzie Borden

21.

Patriot who disguised herself as a man and served in the Continental Army.

a)

Deborah Sampson

b)

Mulan

c)

Nelly Bly

d)

Susan B. Anthony

22.

Female icon of the 1950s and 60s, she could sing, dance, act, and was associated with both John and Bobby Kennedy

a)

Marilyn Monroe

b)

Valentina Tereshkova

c)

Annie Oakley

d)

Annie Taylor

23.

One of the greatest women's soccer players. Won championships at UNC, a gold medal at the olympics.

a)

Annie Oakley

b)

Ann Putnam

c)

Ann Taylor

d)

Mia Hamm

24.

saintly woman who worked with the sick and poor in India

a)

Mother Teresa

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Jacqueline Kennedy

d)

Ann Taylor

25.

Swam from Cuba to US, 64 year old is first person to swim from Cuba to Key West without a cage.

a)

Diana Nyad

b)

Jane Mansfield

c)

Ann Taylor

d)

Annie Oakley