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1
Which Black woman judge was the first in U.S. history?
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Constance Baker Motley
Jane Bolin
Thurgood Marshall
2
What was Margaret Strickland Collins known for as a child?
She published a book at age 10.
She was the first Black girl to attend Harvard.
She was a math prodigy.
She graduated high school at age 14.
3
What was the main goal of Fannie Lou Hamer's activism?
Securing Black voting rights
Expanding women’s rights
Desegregating the military
Ending school segregation
4
What did Bessie Coleman accomplish?
First Black woman mayor
First Black woman to win an Olympic medal
First Black woman lawyer
First Black woman pilot
5
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. congress?
Kamala Harris
Shirley Chisholm
Condoleezza Rice
Barbara Jordan
6
Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus nine months before Rosa Parks?
Shirley Chisholm
Fannie Lou Hamer
Coretta Scott King
Claudette Colvin
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Who was the only woman on the organizing committee for the 1963 March on Washington?
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Dorothy Height
Shirley Chisholm
8
What industry made Madam C.J. Walker one of the wealthiest women of her time?
Real estate
Fashion design
Publishing
Beauty and hair care
9
Who was known as the first Black woman stand-up comedian?
Wanda Sykes
Whoopi Goldberg
Moms Mabley
Mo’Nique
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What was Dorothy Height known for?
Founding the NAACP
Civil rights and women's rights activism
First Black woman pilot
Being a jazz musician
11
What did Marie Van Brittan Brown invent?
The automatic elevator
The traffic light
The electric iron
The home security system
12
What historic milestone did Mae Jemison achieve in 1992?
First Black woman in space
First Black female fighter pilot
First Black woman to win a Nobel Prize
First Black woman to climb Mount Everest
13
Mary McLeod Bethune founded which organization to support Black women?
National Council of Negro Women
NAACP
Black Women's Alliance
The United Negro College Fund
14
Ida B. Wells was a journalist best known for fighting against:
Women’s right to vote
Child labor
Lynching
School segregation
15
Who was the first Black woman to produce, write, and act in her own film?
Cicely Tyson
Hattie McDaniel
Maria P. Williams
Dorothy Dandridge
16
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive which prestigious award?
Grammy Award
Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
Olympic Gold Medal
17
What was Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) the first woman to do?
Win her freedom through a lawsuit
Write a book about slavery
Fly a plane
Become a lawyer
18
Who was the first African American female White House correspondent?
Ida B. Wells
Alice Allison Dunnigan
Oprah Winfrey
Ethen Payne
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Who was the first woman to run for presiden?
Michelle Obama
Kamala Harris
Hilary Clinton
Shirley Chrisholm
20
What Olympic sport did Wilma Rudolph dominate?
Tennis
Basketball
Gymnastics
Track and field
21
Who was the first Black woman to travel into space?
Bessie Coleman
Katherine Johnson
Mae Jemison
Dorothy Vaughan
22
How did Marian Anderson break racial barriers?
She opened the first Black-owned music school.
She became the first Black woman to win a Grammy.
Performed at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from a concert hall.
She refused to give up her seat on a bus.
23
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black author to win which award?
Nobel Prize in Literature
National Book Award
Hugo Award
Pulitzer Prize
24
Which singer used her voice to speak out against apartheid?
Miriam Makeba
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Franklin
25
Who was the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the U.S.?
Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Dr. Patricia Bath
Dr. Alexa Canady
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Which woman fought against interracial marriage laws in the U.S.?
Fannie Lou Hamer
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mildred Loving
Dorothy Height
