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Women's History Month

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the 1st First Lady to run for President?
a)
Barbara Bush
b)
Michelle Obama
c)
Sarah Palin
d)
Hillary Clinton
2.
Who was the 1st First Lady to win an Emmy Award?
a)
Jackie Kennedy
b)
Rose Cleveland
c)
Edith Roosevelt
d)
Ellen Wilson
3.

Who was the 1st First Lady to represent the United States at the United Nations?

a)

Ellen Wilson

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Ida McKinley

d)

Mary McKee

4.

Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to which office?

a)

Supreme Court Judge

b)

Mayor

c)

Governor

d)

U.S. Congress

5.
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
6.
In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to:
a)
fly solo across the Atlantic
b)
fly a plane
c)
fly in the Air Force
d)
fly around the world
7.
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
8.
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
9.
What was the first state to allow women to vote?
a)
Wyoming
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
Colorado
10.
In which year did American women win the right to vote?
a)
1930
b)
1920
c)
1875
d)
1905
11.
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
12.
Who was the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives?
a)
Nancy Pelosi
b)
Nikki Haley
c)
Elizabeth Warren
d)
Hilary Clinton
13.
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
14.
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
15.

Who was the first American woman in space?

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Susan B. Anthony

16.

Who is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer.

a)

Ann Frank

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Sally Ride

17.

Women's History Month traces its roots back to International Women's Day which started in...

a)

1889

b)

1911

c)

1947

d)

1974

18.

Which woman is known as the first woman to fly to space?

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Valentina Tereshkova

c)

Peggy Whitson

d)

Mae C. Jemison

19.

In what year did women enter the Olympics?

a)

1900

b)

1949

c)

1986

d)

1997

20.

Which woman was the first to receive the Nobel Prize?

a)

Barbara McClintock

b)

Aung San Suung

c)

Malala Yousafzai

d)

Marie Curie

21.

Which woman is known for her legacy in the human rights movement, firstly, but also racial justice and gender equality?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Alice Paul

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