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Women's History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Junko Tabei is the

a)

The first woman to become a self-made millionaire

b)

The first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest

c)

The first woman to be elected vice president of the United States

d)

The first woman to win the Noble Peace Prize

2.

Ida B. Wells was a

a)

Educator

b)

Civil Rights Activist

c)

Investigative Journalist

d)

All of the above

3.

Who was the first group to celebrate women's history month?

a)

The school district of Brooklyn, New York

b)

The National Women's History Project

c)

The National Woman Suffrage Association

d)

The school district of Sonoma, California

4.

Who was the co-founder of the NAACP

a)

Inez Milholland

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Mary Church Terrell

d)

Madame C.J. Walker

5.

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

6.

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

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Sally Ride

c)

Amelia Earhart

d)

Wilma Rudolph

7.

Made history as the first American woman in space.

a)

Sally Ride

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Susan B. Anthony

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Harriet Quimby

d)

Jacqueline Cochran

14.

Which woman was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States and was arrested for voting in 1872?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Alice Paul

15.

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Rosalind Franklin

c)

Ada Lovelace

d)

Lise Meitner