Famous Women in History

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Instructions: How well do you know the women who changed the world?

1.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?
A
Jacqueline Cochran
B
Bessie Coleman
C
Amelia Earhart
D
Harriet Quimby
2.
Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. In which field did she win her first?
A
Peace
B
Physics
C
Chemistry
D
Medicine
3.
Which woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955?
A
Fannie Lou Hamer
B
Rosa Parks
C
Coretta Scott King
D
Sojourner Truth
4.
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A
Margaret Thatcher
B
Queen Victoria
C
Theresa May
D
Emmeline Pankhurst
5.
Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of which profession?
A
Teaching
B
Social work
C
Psychology
D
Modern nursing
6.
Which ancient Egyptian queen was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom?
A
Nefertiti
B
Cleopatra VII
C
Hatshepsut
D
Ankhesenamun
7.
Who wrote 'The Diary of a Young Girl,' a firsthand account of hiding during World War II?
A
Corrie ten Boom
B
Anne Frank
C
Hannah Arendt
D
Miep Gies
8.
Which woman led French troops to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War?
A
Joan of Arc
B
Marie Antoinette
C
Eleanor of Aquitaine
D
Catherine de' Medici
9.
Who was the first woman in space, flying aboard Vostok 6 in 1963?
A
Svetlana Savitskaya
B
Mae Jemison
C
Sally Ride
D
Valentina Tereshkova
10.
Which suffragette leader co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in the United States?
A
Lucretia Mott
B
Susan B. Anthony
C
Alice Paul
D
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
11.
Which woman became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States?
A
Madam C.J. Walker
B
Helena Rubinstein
C
Mary Kay Ash
D
Hetty Green
12.
Who was the first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, in 2014?
A
Maryam Mirzakhani
B
Emmy Noether
C
Sophie Germain
D
Karen Uhlenbeck
13.
Which woman served as the pharaoh of Egypt for about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty?
A
Nefertiti
B
Cleopatra VII
C
Sobekneferu
D
Hatshepsut
14.
Ada Lovelace is often credited as the world's first what?
A
Computer programmer
B
Female doctor
C
Female astronomer
D
Electrical engineer
15.
Which woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work in India?
A
Wangari Maathai
B
Rigoberta Menchú
C
Mother Teresa
D
Aung San Suu Kyi

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