2009 Women's History Month Quiz

In celebration of National Women's History Month, WCSU is conducting a Women's History Quiz!

THE PRIZE! $100 Gift Certificate!

You must be a registered WCSU student to be eligible to win! The winner will be drawn randomly from all correct quiz entries. Entries must be submitted by Monday, March 30 2009 - 5:00 PM. Winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to our own WCSU bookstore!

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Question 1: What revolutionary woman said “All men would be tyrants if they could…”?
A. Emma Goldman
B. Abigail Adams
C. Mary Wollstonecraft
D. Cleopatra

Question 2: Who was the first female governor of a state elected in her own right?
A. Jodi Rell
B. Ella Grasso
C. Martha Griffiths
D. Ann Richards

Question 3: Name the first African American woman to sing with the Metropolitan Opera.
A. Diana Ross
B. Bessie Smith
C. Marion Anderson
D. Ella Fitzgerald

Question 4: Where was the first women’s rights convention held in 1848?
A. Seneca Falls, NY
B. Philadelphia, PA
C. Coney Island, NY
D. Newark, NJ

Question 5: Who was the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the US government?
A. Frances Perkins
B. Hillary Clinton
C. Julia Child
D. Elizabeth Dole

Question 6: What path breaking book made famous the phrase “the problem that had no name”?
A. Uncle Tom's Cabin
B. The Group
C. The Feminine Mystique
D. Our Bodies, Ourselves

Question 7: In 1928 this woman published Coming of Age in Samoa. She is best known as an author-anthropologist. Who is she?
A. Margaret Mead
B. Ruth Benedict
C. Juliette Gordon Low
D. Maria Shriver

Question 8: Who is the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
A. Constance Baker Motley
B. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
C. Sandra Day O'Connor
D. Diana Ross

Question 9: Who was the first American woman astronaut to go into space?
A. Eileen Collins
B. Jane Jetson
C. Sally Ride
D. Shannon Lucid

Question 10: Name the Latina labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers union in 1962.
A. Dolores Huerta
B. Josephina Fierro
C. Luisa Moreno
D. Rita Moreno

Question 11: What was the first co-educational college in the United States?
A. Wesleyan College
B. Pomona College
C. Vassar College
D. Oberlin College

Question 12: Who was the first woman of color to become a millionaire?
A. Oprah Winfrey
B. Halle Berry
C. Madame C. J. Walker
D. Wilma Rudolph

Question 13: Who was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States?
A. Elizabeth Blackwell
B. Meredith Grey
C. Florence Sabin
D. Emily Dunning Barringer

Question 14: Name the first state or territory where women could vote in a national election.
A. Massachusetts
B. Connecticut
C. Florida
D. Wyoming

Question 15: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A. Toni Morrison
B. Pearl Buck
C. Marie Curie
D. Jane Addams

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