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International Women's Day

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?

a)

Shirley Chisholm

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Victoria Woodhull

d)

Geraldine Ferraro

2.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa, was president of which country?

a)

Nigeria

b)

South Africa

c)

Liberia

d)

Kenya

3.

Indira Gandhi was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of which country?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Sri Lanka

4.

Corazon Aquino, known as the “Mother of Asian Democracy,” was the first female president of which country?

a)

Thailand

b)

Philippines

c)

Indonesia

d)

Malaysia

5.

Which soldier fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man?

a)

Deborah Simpson

b)

Betty Ross

c)

Ruby Bradley

d)

Opha May Johnson

6.

Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space?

a)

Kathy Sullivan

b)

Bertha von Suttner

c)

Mary Jackson

d)

Mae C. Jemison

7.

Who is the best-selling fiction writer of all time?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Agatha Christie

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

Jane Austen

8.
  1. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, is an advocate for what?

a)

Climate Change

b)

Women’s Education

c)

Refugee Rights

d)

Racial Equality

9.

In 2019, who was named “Time Person of the Year” for her environmental activism?

a)

Emma Stone

b)

Emma González

c)

Greta Thunberg

d)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

10.

 

  1. Which New Zealand Prime Minister became the first elected leader of a country to give birth while in office?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Jacinda Ardern

c)

Angela Merkel

d)

Rachel Carson