2024-25 Women's History Month

Which Maryland woman made history in 2021 by becoming the first woman to serve as Speaker of the MD House of Delegates?

Which Amendment allowed women the right to vote?

What was Susan B. Anthony known for fighting for in the United States?

Which Maryland-born astronaut was the first African American woman in space?

Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy in what area?

Which Maryland woman became the first African American female federal judge in the United States?

Clara Barton, (founded the Amer. Red Cross), lived in Maryland, what was her profession before starting the Red Cross

Which woman has the most number one songs on the Billboard Top 100 for all solo artists?

Francis Perkins was the first woman to serve in the cabinet. What was her position?

Who was the Shoshone woman helped the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Which country was the first to have a woman as head of state?

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

Which famous abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor was born in Maryland?

The WNBA founded in what year?

Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win Best Director at the Academy Awards for what film?

True or False: The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States officially began at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.

Which former First Lady of the U.S. was known for her work in human rights and was a delegate to the United Nations?

Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland native, was the longest-serving woman in which part of the U.S. government?

In its 220-year history, how many women have served on the US Supreme Court?