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Women's History Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States, appointed by President Clinton in 1997

a)

Condoleeza Rice

b)

Jackie Kennedy Onasis

c)

Hillary Clinton

d)

Madeline Albright

2.

Who was the first woman of color elected to Congress and was a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus?

a)

Carol Moseley Braun

b)

Dorothy Chism

c)

Patsy Mink

d)

Shelia Jackson Lee

3.

Who was one of the first black physicans in New York City and the first black women to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical School in 1926?

a)

May Chinn

b)

Patricia Era Bath

c)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

d)

Alexa Irene Canady

4.

Who was the first women mountaineer to climb over 23,000 feet on Nun Kun in the Himalayes in 1906, a record unbroken until 1934?

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Sophia Danenberg

c)

Fanny Workman

d)

Alice Coachman

5.

Who was the first woman to earn a dental degree in 1866 from Ohio College of Dental Surgery?

a)

Ida Gray Nelson Rollins

b)

Vada Watson Somerville

c)

Jeanne C. Sinkford

d)

Lucy Hobbs Taylor

6.

Who produced a lipstick that would not rub off or stain in 1950; with sales over 10 million dollars in 1953.

a)

Madame CJ Walker

b)

Rose Meta Morgan

c)

Hazel Bishop

d)

Mary T. Washington

7.

Who photographed wildlife in Africa and worked for the preservation of animals, especially in the Congo, in her books on conservation?

a)

Majorie Richard

b)

Mary Jobe Akeley

c)

Dr. Beverly Wright

d)

Lisa Jackson

8.

Who was the first women in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe, the Cherokee Nationa

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Sarah Winnemucca

c)

Susan Le Flesche

d)

Wilma Mankiller

9.

Who is the author of Silent Spring and other books on the environmental protections of the world?

a)

Dian Fossey

b)

Sylia Earle

c)

Rosalie Barrow

d)

Rachel Carson

10.

Who was the first American Women to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 after she discovered the structure of atoms?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Katherine Freese

c)

Maria Goeppert Mayor

d)

Vera Rubin