Women's History Month TRIVIA

Who wrote "On Death and Dying," which educated helpers who provide compassionate care?

Who is known as the 'mother of the civil rights movement'?

Who was the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court?

_ donated 1/2 his fortune & 200 acres to build one of the first women's colleges in the US.

What actress appeared in "Gone with the Wind" & received a bachelors degree Political Science?

Women who worked for women's right to vote were called _____________.

Who became the first female Secretary of State of the United States?

Who was the first black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955?

Who won a gold medal in the heptathlon at the Olympics in 1988 and 1992?

In what year were women granted the right to vote?

Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and T.V. series starting in 1963?

Eleanor Roosevelt was the U.S. delegate to the United Nations in 1948, when the _ won approval.

Betty Friedan wrote ___ in 1968 and became a leading figure in the Women's Movement

Who was one of the most important Union spies and scouts during the Civil War?

Grace Hopper developed the computer programming language ___ in 1960 for the Navy?

Who produced a lipstick that would not rub off or stain in 1950, with sales over $10 million?

Who saved historic paintings when the British army burned the White House in 1814?

Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first woman to earn a dental degree in what year?

Who was arrested in 1872 for trying to vote?

Who is the author of "Silent Spring" and other books on environmental protection of the world?

In 1984, who was the first female vice-president candidate on a major political party ticket?

In what year did Congress declare March as National Women's History Month?

What woman has won a total of 56 Grand Slam tennis competition events and 9 Wimbledon titles?

Who dedicated her life to the study of chimpanzees?

Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean in 1932?

Who photographed wildlife in Africa & worked for animal preservation, especially in the Congo?

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?

In what year was the Equal Pay Act passed by Congress to close the gender pay gap?

Who is the architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which she designed at age 21?

Who was the first black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital medical school in 1926?

Who was known as the Angel of the Battlefield due to her work as a nurse during the Civil War?

Who became the first major-party female presidential candidate?

Maria Mitchell was an _____ who discovered a comet, which was named after her, in 1847.

Which former "First Lady" wrote a daily newspaper column and made frequent radio broadcasts?