Women's History Quiz
Instructions: Celebrate the remarkable women who made history! How many can you recall?
- 1.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
ABessie ColemanBAmelia EarhartCHarriet QuimbyDJacqueline Cochran - 2.
Which woman is known as the 'Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement'?
ARosa ParksBHarriet TubmanCSojourner TruthDIda B. Wells - 3.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
AMarie CurieBJane AddamsCBertha von SuttnerDMother Teresa - 4.
Which leader of the women's suffrage movement was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election?
AAlice PaulBLucretia MottCElizabeth Cady StantonDSusan B. Anthony - 5.
Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
ATheresa MayBBarbara CastleCMargaret ThatcherDQueen Victoria - 6.
Which woman led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad?
APhillis WheatleyBHarriet TubmanCMary McLeod BethuneDSojourner Truth - 7.
Who was the first woman in space?
ASally RideBValentina TereshkovaCMae JemisonDSvetlana Savitskaya - 8.
Which nurse is considered the founder of modern nursing?
AFlorence NightingaleBMary SeacoleCDorothea DixDClara Barton - 9.
Who was the first female Secretary of State of the United States?
AHillary ClintonBMadeleine AlbrightCJanet RenoDCondoleezza Rice - 10.
Which French teenager led the French army to several victories during the Hundred Years' War?
AMarie AntoinetteBEleanor of AquitaineCCharlotte CordayDJoan of Arc - 11.
Who wrote 'The Feminine Mystique,' sparking the second wave of feminism?
AGloria SteinemBSimone de BeauvoirCBetty FriedanDBell Hooks - 12.
Which woman was the first to earn a medical degree in the United States?
AClara BartonBVirginia ApgarCElizabeth BlackwellDMary Edwards Walker - 13.
Which activist and author wrote 'Silent Spring,' launching the modern environmental movement?
ARachel CarsonBSylvia EarleCJane GoodallDWangari Maathai - 14.
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
ACicely TysonBHalle BerryCDorothy DandridgeDWhoopi Goldberg - 15.
Which woman organized the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention in the US?
AElizabeth Cady StantonBLucy StoneCSusan B. AnthonyDLucretia Mott
Answer Key
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1932.
Rosa Parks earned this title after her refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, shared with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel. She later won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined for voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election, bringing national attention to women's suffrage.
Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first female Prime Minister in 1979 and served until 1990, earning the nickname 'The Iron Lady.'
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and then made roughly 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6.
Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing during the Crimean War (1853-1856) and established the first professional nursing school.
Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State in 1997, serving under President Bill Clinton.
Joan of Arc, a peasant girl, led the French army to key victories at age 17-19 before being captured and burned at the stake in 1431.
Betty Friedan published 'The Feminine Mystique' in 1963, challenging the idea that women could only find fulfillment as housewives and mothers.
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US in 1849, graduating from Geneva Medical College in New York.
Rachel Carson published 'Silent Spring' in 1962, documenting the harmful effects of pesticides and sparking the modern environmental movement.
Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in 'Monster's Ball.'
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with Lucretia Mott, organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, where the Declaration of Sentiments was drafted.