Woman's History Trivia

Question 1

When did the nineteenth amendment get ratified?

Accepted Answer

August 20, 1920

Question 2

Who made her fortune by developing a successful line of cosmetics for African American women in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

Madam C.J. Walker

Question 3

What was the first coeducational college in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Oberlin

Question 4

When is Women&#x27;s history month?

Accepted Answer

March

Question 5

What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the 1872 election?

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony

Question 6

What was the first state to allow women to vote?

Accepted Answer

Wyoming

Question 7

Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Victoria Woodhull

Question 8

Where and when was the first Women’s Rights Convention held in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Seneca Falls, NY 1848

Question 9

The first woman U.S Supreme Court Justice began her term in what year?

Accepted Answer

1981

Question 10

Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?

Accepted Answer

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 11

Who was the first First Lady to have developed her own political and media identity?

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 12

Which government/party first organized International Women’s Day?

Accepted Answer

The socialist party in America

Question 13

In what year did Switzlerand adopt woman suffrage?

Accepted Answer

1971

Question 14

Brenda Chapman became the first woman to win an Oscar for the best animated feature. Which film did she direct?

Accepted Answer

Brave

Question 15

Annie Besant co-authored a book on birth control and then was sentenced to prison

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Currently, abortion is illegal in 13 states

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 18

How did Florence Nightingale make her impact in healthcare?

Accepted Answer

She talked the importance of keeping hospitals clean &free from infection

Question 19

Sacajawea served as guide and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark expedition

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Susan B. Anthony was at the Woman’s Right Convention in 1848 at Seneca Falls, NY

Accepted Answer

False

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