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1
Who is recognized by Guinness World Records as the best-selling fiction author with over 2 billion copies of books sold?
P. L. Travers
Agatha Christie
Jane Austen
J. K. Rowling
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Who was the first and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes based on her work in developing x-ray technology?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Malala Yousafzai
Marie Curie
Jane Goodall
3
Born in 1836, who was the first woman to be awarded a patent in the United States?
Madame C. J. Walker
Sarah B. Anthony
Ann Atwater
Maria Beasley
4
Who became the first female African-American Secretary of State and first woman to serve as national security advisor?
Madeleine Albright
Theresa May
Gina Haspel
Condoleezza Rice
5
Which famous woman was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Bessie Coleman
Harriet Quimby
Amelia Earhart
Jacqueline Cochran
6
Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director for the film, "The Hurt Locker" in 2008?
Sofia Coppola
Greta Gerwig
Ava DuVernay
Kathryn Bigelow
7
Considered as the most influential female painter, who painted "The Two Fridas"?
Mary Cassatt
Cindy Sherman
Frida Kahlo
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Who was the first teacher to travel to space?
Christa McAuliffe
Katherine Jenkins
Sally Ride
Eileen Collins
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Which civil rights activist is known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Maya Angelou
Sojourner Truth
10
No relation to Johnny, which woman was the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S. born in 1867?
Madam C. J. Walker
Martha Stewart
Elizabeth Arden
Oprah Winfrey
11
By choosing to stay seated, who is known as the "Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement"?
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Ella Baker
Angela Davis
12
In 1872, who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?
Shirley Chisholm
Victoria Woodhull
Hillary Clinton
Elizabeth Warren
13
Which female singer garnered well-earned respect and is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Whitney Houston
Aretha Franklin
Diana Ross
Tina Turner
14
Who wrote the famous novel "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus"?
Emily Dickinson
Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Mary Shelley
15
During the Civil War, who became the first woman to lead an armed military raid, was a Union scout, spy, and nurse?
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Mary McLeod Bethune
16
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elena Kagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
17
Born in 1937 in Russia, who was the first woman in space?
Eileen Collins
Mae Jemison
Valentina Tereshkova
Sally Ride
18
Who was the first female Grammy winner for Album of the Year recorded from their concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961?
Billie Holiday
Judy Garland
Ella Fitzgerald
Dionne Warwick
19
Which famous author wrote the classic novel "Pride and Prejudice"?
Mary Shelley
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Austen
Emily Dickinson
20
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed an act that made Susan B. Anthony the first woman to appear on a U.S. coin.
False
True
21
Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1921?
Margaret Mitchell
Edith Wharton
Stephenie Meyer
Jane Austen
22
What roaring year did women in the U.S. gain the right to vote?
1940
1930
1920
1910
23
Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1900?
Maya Rudolph
Helene de Pourtales
Katie Ledecky
Simone Biles
24
Which actress inspired the look of Disney's Snow White (1937) and patented the tech origins of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS?
Shirley Temple
Judy Garland
Hedy Lamarr
Bette Davis
25
Women's History Month in the US began as a local week-long celebration in which flowery California city in 1978?
Santa Rosa
Santa Barbara
Santa Clarita
Pasadena
26
Nicknamed the "Iron Lady", who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
Indira Gandhi
Nicola Sturgeon
27
Larisa Latynina is the most decorated female Olympian in history with how many medals?
18
5
12
20
28
Which saintly woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her efforts to alleviate poverty?
Mother Teresa
Malala Yousafzai
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Aung San Suu Kyi
29
Who wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Harper Lee
30
In 1954, who was the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Oprah Winfrey
Whoopi Goldberg
Dorothy Dandridge