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How Much Do You Know about Women's History?
Women's History Month Trivia Quiz
See if you can answer these trivia questions about some fascinating and very influential women:
1. Who wrote the words of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and introduced the idea of Mother's Day?
a. Abigail S. Adams
b. Catharine Esther Beecher
c. Julia Ward Howe
2. What American journalist became one of the first great investigative reporters, and who is also famous for her record-setting 72-day trip around the world?
a. Dorothy Dix
b. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
c. Nelly Bly
3. Who was the first African-American woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the United States?
a. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
b. Maria Mitchell
c. Ellen Swallow Richards
4. Who was the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States Government, only to be asked by Congress to give it back?
a. Sojourner Truth
b. Mary Edwards Walker
c. Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
5. Who was among the first American women to earn a college degree in geology? She helped her husband translate a book written in the 1500's from Latin to English.
a. Edith Carow Roosevelt
b. Lou Henry Hoover
c. Rosalynn Smith Carter
6. Who do literary critics consider to be America's first important poet? She is best known for The Tenth Muse Sprung Up in America, a collection of her poems.
a. Anne Dudley Bradstreet
b. Emily Dickinson
c. Phillis Wheatley
7. Which woman became the first female superstar in the United States, and used her celebrity to further the cause of women’s rights?
a. Althea Gibson
b. Annie Oakley
c. Isadora Duncan
8. Who was the first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives? She won her seat in 1916, four years before the 20th amendment gave women the right to vote.
a. Jeannette Rankin
b. Margaret Chase Smith
c. Millicent Fenwick
9. Which woman developed the first compiler program to turn ordinary English into computer commands, and was given the rank of Commodore in the United States Navy by order of the President of the United States?
a. Grace Murray Hopper
b. Barbara McClintock
c. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
10. Who was the first female Member of Congress to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee? She was also the person most responsible for including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title VII in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
a. Barbara Jordan
b. Ivy Baker Priest
c. Martha Griffiths
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