Women Who Changed Our World

Question 1

Who was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905?

Accepted Answer

Bertha von Suttner

Question 2

Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, and due to her imprisonment not able to receive it in Oslo?

Accepted Answer

Iranian Human Rights activist Narges Mohammadi

Question 3

Who founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997?

Accepted Answer

Jody Williams

Question 4

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Where was she from?

Accepted Answer

Kenya

Question 5

Alva Myrdal became historic for her work for the Treaty of Tlatelolco (1967). What was it about?

Accepted Answer

Prohibiting nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 6

The number of women who have received the Nobel Peace Prize throughout history is roughly equal to that of men.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Rigoberta Menchú Tum received her Nobel Prize in 1992. She later became a UN ambassador for...

Accepted Answer

The world's indigenous peoples

Question 8

The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was Shirin Ebadi. She was also one of the very first female...

Accepted Answer

judges in Iran

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