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WorksheetsWomen's Health Trivia
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Who was the first female physician in the United States and a pioneer in medical education for women?
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Blackwell
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Virginia Apgar
Which woman developed the Apgar Score, a critical test for assessing newborn health?
Marie Curie
Florence Nightingale
Jane Cooke Wright
Virginia Apgar
Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes for her work in:
Medicine and Biology
Chemistry and Physics
Physics and Medicine
Chemistry and Mathematics
Who was the first Native American woman to become a physician, advocating for Indigenous healthcare?
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Sacagawea
Wilma Mankiller
Anna May Wong
This African American woman, known as the “Mother of Modern Medicine,” unknowingly contributed her cells to one of the most significant medical breakthroughs:
Dorothy Height
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Henrietta Lacks
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Who was the founder of modern nursing and significantly improved hospital sanitation practices?
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Dorothea Dix
Who founded the American Red Cross and became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Clara Barton
Louisa May Alcott
Margaret Sanger
This doctor and researcher was one of the first Black female oncologists and a pioneer in chemotherapy treatment
Mae Jemison
Patricia Bath
Jane Cooke Wright
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Who was the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Jane Cooke Wright
Harriet Tubman
Which organization, founded in 1921, is dedicated to improving maternal and infant health?
American Red Cross
Planned Parenthood
March of Dimes
National Women’s Health Network
In what year did the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) require that women be included in clinical research studies?
1973
1985
1993
2001
Dr. Rachel Levine made history as the first openly transgender four-star officer in the U.S. government. She previously served in which role?
A NASA scientist
The U.S. Surgeon General
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The Assistant Secretary for Health
Which African American woman revolutionized ophthalmology by inventing laser cataract surgery?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Patricia Bath
Jane Cooke Wright
Mae Jemison
Which woman was a pioneering advocate for mental health reform and played a key role in improving conditions for psychiatric patients in the 19th century?
Florence Nightingale
Jane Addams
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Dorothea Dix
The first vaccine for what childhood disease was developed by the team of Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon?
Polio
Measles
Rubella
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Who was the scientist who led the team to capture a clean and concise picture of DNA, known as photo 51? The image allowed Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins to unravel the structure of DNA, for which they won the 1962 Nobel Prize.
Rosalind Frankin
Marie Curie
Roberta Gibb
Jennie Ross Cobb
