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Women's Health Trivia

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first female physician in the United States and a pioneer in medical education for women?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Elizabeth Blackwell

c)

Susan La Flesche Picotte

d)

Virginia Apgar

2.

Which woman developed the Apgar Score, a critical test for assessing newborn health?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Florence Nightingale

c)

Jane Cooke Wright

d)

Virginia Apgar

3.

Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes for her work in:

a)

Medicine and Biology

b)

Chemistry and Physics

c)

Physics and Medicine

d)

Chemistry and Mathematics

4.

Who was the first Native American woman to become a physician, advocating for Indigenous healthcare?

a)

Susan La Flesche Picotte

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Wilma Mankiller

d)

Anna May Wong

5.

This African American woman, known as the “Mother of Modern Medicine,” unknowingly contributed her cells to one of the most significant medical breakthroughs:

a)

Dorothy Height

b)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

c)

Henrietta Lacks

d)

Mary Eliza Mahoney

6.

Who was the founder of modern nursing and significantly improved hospital sanitation practices?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

d)

Dorothea Dix

7.

Who founded the American Red Cross and became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War?

a)

Elizabeth Blackwell

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Louisa May Alcott

d)

Margaret Sanger

8.

This doctor and researcher was one of the first Black female oncologists and a pioneer in chemotherapy treatment

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Jane Cooke Wright

d)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

9.

Who was the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree?

a)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

b)

Mary Eliza Mahoney

c)

Jane Cooke Wright

d)

Harriet Tubman

10.

Which organization, founded in 1921, is dedicated to improving maternal and infant health?

a)

American Red Cross

b)

Planned Parenthood

c)

March of Dimes

d)

National Women’s Health Network

11.

In what year did the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) require that women be included in clinical research studies?

a)

1973

b)

1985

c)

1993

d)

2001

12.

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)

A NASA scientist

b)

The U.S. Surgeon General

c)

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs

d)

The Assistant Secretary for Health

13.

Which African American woman revolutionized ophthalmology by inventing laser cataract surgery?

a)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Jane Cooke Wright

d)

Mae Jemison

14.

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?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Susan La Flesche Picotte

d)

Dorothea Dix

15.

The first vaccine for what childhood disease was developed by the team of Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon?

a)

Polio

b)

Measles

c)

Rubella

d)

Pertussis (whooping cough)

16.

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.

a)

Rosalind Frankin

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Roberta Gibb

d)

Jennie Ross Cobb