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All about Women

Total questions: 112

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Julia Child

d)

Barbara Jordan

2.

Spent hiding from the Nazis with her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam, she wrote extensive daily entries in her diary to pass the time.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Ann Frank

3.

She was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident.

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ann Frank

4.

Her arrest that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Julia Child

d)

Rosa Parks

5.

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

6.

Made history as the first American woman in space.

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Susan B. Anthony

7.

An aviatrix whose name is still known around the world over 75 years after her mysterious death.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Wilma Rudolph

8.

An undeniably amazing chef, but more importantly she was an amazing person.

a)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ann Frank

d)

Julia Child

9.

A Nobel prize (two) winning scientist who discovered two elements on the periodic table and who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Dolley Madison

10.

Conductor of Underground Railroad, nurse, spy, military leader, public speaker, and great humanitarian.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)

Elizabeth Keckly

11.

She refused to give up her bus seat and became “the mother of the civil rights movement”.

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Hattie McDaniel

c)

Rosa Parks

12.

Teacher, nurse, founder of the American Red Cross, and legendary humanitarian.

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Mary Todd Lincoln

c)

Clara Barton

13.

A suffragist is a person who fights for:

a)

Gender equality

b)

Abolition

c)

Voting rights

d)

An end to all suffering

14.

In the early 1800s, most women did not: (Check all that apply)

a)

Sign their own contracts

b)

Make political speeches

c)

Own their own property

d)

Did not want to vote

15.

Free ​ (a)   started the first ​ (b)   anti-slavery group.

Choose from the below words
black women
all-female
16.

Working for ​ (a)   got women thinking about which ​ (b)   they ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
abolition
rights
deserved
17.

At the Seneca Falls Convention, the idea of women’s

suffrage was considered:

a)

Extreme

b)

Praiseworthy

c)

Optional

d)

Unnecessary

18.

The 14th and 15th amendments gave the vote to...

a)

Men of color

b)

white women

c)

all women

d)

immigrants

19.

Wyoming wanted to attract more female settlers to the territory so they passed laws like ​ (a)   , property ​ (b)   and women's ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words
equal pay
rights,
sufarage
20.

When it joined the ​union, ​ (a)   ​ became the only state in which women could vote.

Choose from the below words
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
21.

The 19th Amendment said a person’s right to vote

did not depend on:

a)

their age

b)

their gender

c)

their race

d)

their wealth

22.

back women’s suffrage?

a)

Fear of losing the 1912 presidential elections

b)

A political march on Washington

c)

Hunger strikes

d)

Women’s war effort during World War I

23.

What month is Women history month?

a)

December

b)

March

c)

April

d)

January

24.

What day is International Women day?

a)

March 8th

b)

February 10th

c)

April 1st

25.

Why is Rosa Parks a great woman of history.

a)

She led slaves to the north.

b)

She was first black person to attend a white school.

c)

She help end segregation on buses

26.

Why is Harriet Tubman a great woman of history.

a)

She was an inventor.

b)

She was the first woman millionaire

c)

She led slaves to freedom.

27.

Why is Ruby Bridges a great woman of history

a)

She help integrate buses.

b)

First black person to attend a desegregated school.

c)

Wrote take me out to the ball game.

28.

Women's History Month is celebrated in May.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Women who fought for the rights of women were called suffragists.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The International Women's Suffrage Alliance was created in 1904.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Women were always treated fairly and equally.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Two countries that joined in on celebrating the history of women were Canada and India.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Color the Women's History Month poster below.

34.
Who was the 1st first lady to live in the White House?
a)
Martha Washington
b)
Abigail Adams
c)
Dolley Madison
d)
Frances Cleveland
35.
Who was the 1st First Lady to win an Emmy Award?
a)
Jackie Kennedy
b)
Rose Cleveland
c)
Edith Roosevelt
d)
Ellen Wilson
36.
Who was the 1st First Lady to run for President?
a)
Barbara Bush
b)
Michelle Obama
c)
Sarah Palin
d)
Hillary Clinton
37.

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

38.

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

a)

Supreme Court Judge

b)

Mayor

c)

Governor

d)

U.S. Congress

39.
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
40.
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
41.
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
42.
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
43.
What was the first state to allow women to vote?
a)
Wyoming
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
Colorado
44.
In which year did American women win the right to vote?
a)
1930
b)
1920
c)
1875
d)
1905
45.

Who was the African-American woman who wrote a Broadway play called “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959).

a)

Lorraine Hansberry

b)

Toni Morrison

c)

Gloria Naylor

d)

Sharon Flake

46.
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
47.
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
48.
Who was the first woman Poet Laureate of the United States?
a)
Emily Dickinson
b)
Rita Dove
c)
Maya Angelou
d)
Adrienne Rich
49.
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
50.
Who was the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives?
a)
Nancy Pelosi
b)
Nikki Haley
c)
Elizabeth Warren
d)
Hilary Clinton
51.
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
52.
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
53.
Whose book Silent Spring (1962) helped shape America’s environmental consciousness? 
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Gloria Steinem
c)
Sylvia Plath
d)
Charlotte Darwin
54.

1. Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

d)

Sandra Day O'Connor

e)

Phyllis Schlafly

55.

2. The first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice began her term in what year?

a)

1975

b)

1981

c)

1983

d)

1987

e)

1992

56.

3. What was the first coeducational college in the United States?

a)

Oberlin Collegiate Institute

b)

Andover Newton College

c)

Radcliffe College

d)

University of Tennessee

e)

College of William and Mary

57.

4. Who was the daughter of the infamous Anne Boleyn?

a)

Anne Askew

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

Queen Mary I

d)

Jane Seymour

e)

Anne of Cleves

58.

5. Who was Emily Dickinson's famous contact who helped edit her poetry?

a)

Margaret Brent

b)

Jennie Churchill

c)

T. W. Higginson

d)

Henry David Thoreau

e)

Mary Wollstonecraft

59.

6. Eleanor Roosevelt was orphaned at what age?

a)

4

b)

10

c)

14

d)

16

60.

7. Who was the first modern woman to graduate from medical school?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Elizabeth Blackwell

d)

Mary Ewing Outerbridge

61.

8. In what year did Switzerland adopt woman suffrage?

a)

1893

b)

1910

c)

1920

d)

1939

e)

1971

62.

9. Who was the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Pearl Buck

c)

Selma Lagerlöf

d)

Toni Morrison

e)

Sigrid Undset

63.

Who was not at the Woman's Rights Convention in 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

e)

Martha Coffin Wright

64.

11. Who was member of Harlem Renaissance, an anthropologist, and author of many books, including “Their Eyes Were Watching God”?

a)

Lorainne Hansberry

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Claude McKay

d)

Nella Larsen

65.

In what year did American women win the right to vote?

a)

1875

b)

1899

c)

1920

d)

1905

66.

Who was the first woman to run for President?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Belva Ann Lockwood

c)

Linda Jenness

d)

Victoria Woodhull

67.

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to what?

a)

Governor

b)

US Congress

c)

Mayor

d)

Supreme Court Judge

68.

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to:

a)

Be ordained a minister

b)

Own a business

c)

Earn a medical degree in the US

d)

win a gold medal in the Olympics

69.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to:

a)

fly a plane

b)

fly solo around the world

c)

fly across the United States

d)

Fly solo across the Atlantic

70.

Who was the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State?

a)

Condoleezza Rice

b)

Madeleine Albright

c)

Hillary Clinton

d)

Elizabeth Dole

71.

Who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Emily Green Balch

c)

Jody Williams

d)

Oprah Winfrey

72.

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

a)

straw broom and pan

b)

alphabet blocks

c)

submarine telescope and lamp

d)

technique of weaving straw with silk and thread

73.

Lizzie Magie was the inventor of the original Monopoly; what was it called?

a)

The Boardwalk Game

b)

The Landlords Game

c)

The Mortgage Game

d)

The Real Estate Game

74.

What was the first state to allow women to vote?

a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Utah

d)

Colorado

75.

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

a)

hockey

b)

basketball

c)

baseball

d)

football

76.

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

a)

Gwendolyn Brooks

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Alice Walker

77.

A civil rights activist and the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Barbara Jordan

c)

Frida Kahlo de Rivera

d)

Wilma Rudolph

78.

An undeniably amazing chef, but more importantly she was an amazing person.

a)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ann Frank

d)

Julia Child

79.

The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Wilma Rudolph

80.

Made history as the first American woman in space.

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Susan B. Anthony

81.

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

82.

Her arrest that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Julia Child

d)

Rosa Parks

83.

She was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident.

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ann Frank

84.

Spent hiding from the Nazis with her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam, she wrote extensive daily entries in her diary to pass the time.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Ann Frank

85.

An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Julia Child

d)

Barbara Jordan

86.

At fifteen, she became a school teacher. She did this to earn money for her sister Mary's college education. At the time, Mary became blind due to Scarlet Fever and was attending Iowa College for the Blind.

a)

Ann Frank

b)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Frida Kahlo

87.

Despite being told as a child she would never walk again, she relentlessly pursued her dreams becoming an international track and field star.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ann Frank

d)

Wilma Rudolph

88.

A primatologist most known for her long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania.

a)

Jane Goodall

b)

Wilma Rudolph

c)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

d)

Frida Kahlo

89.

In what year did American women win the right to vote?

a)

1875

b)

1899

c)

1920

d)

1905

90.

Who was the first woman to run for President?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Belva Ann Lockwood

c)

Linda Jenness

d)

Victoria Woodhull

91.

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to what?

a)

Governor

b)

US Congress

c)

Mayor

d)

Supreme Court Judge

92.

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to:

a)

Be ordained a minister

b)

Own a business

c)

Earn a medical degree in the US

d)

win a gold medal in the Olympics

93.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to:

a)

fly a plane

b)

fly solo around the world

c)

fly across the United States

d)

Fly solo across the Atlantic

94.

Who was the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State?

a)

Condoleezza Rice

b)

Madeleine Albright

c)

Hillary Clinton

d)

Elizabeth Dole

95.

Who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Emily Green Balch

c)

Jody Williams

d)

Oprah Winfrey

96.

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

a)

straw broom and pan

b)

alphabet blocks

c)

submarine telescope and lamp

d)

technique of weaving straw with silk and thread

97.

Lizzie Magie was the inventor of the original Monopoly; what was it called?

a)

The Boardwalk Game

b)

The Landlords Game

c)

The Mortgage Game

d)

The Real Estate Game

98.

What was the first state to allow women to vote?

a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Utah

d)

Colorado

99.

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

a)

hockey

b)

basketball

c)

baseball

d)

football

100.

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

a)

Gwendolyn Brooks

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Alice Walker

101.

An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Julia Child

d)

Barbara Jordan

102.

Spent hiding from the Nazis with her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam, she wrote extensive daily entries in her diary to pass the time.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Ann Frank

103.

She was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident.

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ann Frank

104.

Her arrest that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Julia Child

d)

Rosa Parks

105.

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

106.

Made history as the first American woman in space.

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Susan B. Anthony

107.

An aviatrix whose name is still known around the world over 75 years after her mysterious death.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Wilma Rudolph

108.

An undeniably amazing chef, but more importantly she was an amazing person.

a)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ann Frank

d)

Julia Child

109.

A Nobel prize (two) winning scientist who discovered two elements on the periodic table and who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Dolley Madison

110.

Conductor of Underground Railroad, nurse, spy, military leader, public speaker, and great humanitarian.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)

Elizabeth Keckly

111.

She refused to give up her bus seat and became “the mother of the civil rights movement”.

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Hattie McDaniel

c)

Rosa Parks

112.

Teacher, nurse, founder of the American Red Cross, and legendary humanitarian.

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Mary Todd Lincoln

c)

Clara Barton