Women's History Month Quiz
Quiz by Katrina Teresi
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- Q1
Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize?
Jane Goodall
Marie Curie
Barbara McClintock
Rosalind Franklin
30s - Q2
Who was the first woman to lead a nation as president or prime minister?
Indira Ghandi
Golda Meir
Margaret Thatcher
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
30s - Q3
Who was the first woman to be awarded the Oscar for Best Director?
Chloe Zhao
Kathryn Bigelow
Sofia Coppola
Ava DuVernay
30s - Q4
Who was the woman regarded as the first computer programmer?
Katherine Johnson
Margaret Hamilton
Ada Lovelace
Grace Hopper
30s - Q5
Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
30s - Q6
Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women", and is regarded as the mother of contemporary feminist movements?
Betty Friedan
Simone de Beauvoir
Margaret Attwood
Mary Wollstonecraft
30s - Q7
Who was the first woman to travel in space?
Sally Ride
Peggy Whitson
Jessica Watkins
Valentina Tereshkova
30s - Q8
Who was the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Marjorie Joyner
Madam C.J. Walker
Naomi Sims
30s - Q9
Who was the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Ayanna Pressley
Shirley Chisholm
Jennifer McClellen
Maxine Waters
30s - Q10
Who was the first woman to serve as the CEO of a fortune 500 company?
Karen Lynch
Safra Catz
Katharine Grahm
Sheryl Sandberg
30s - Q11
Who was the first woman to graduate from medical school?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Mary Putnam-Jacobi
Emily Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell
30s - Q12
Who was the first known woman to become a U.S. Marine?
Opha May Johnson
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Elizabeth Okoreeh-Baah
Barbara Dulinsky
30s - Q13
Who is the youngest woman to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Wangari Muta Maathai
Nadia Murad
Shirin Ebadi
Malala Yousafzai
30s - Q14
What was the first country to grant women the right to vote?
New Zealand
United States
France
United Kingdom
30s - Q15
What country has the highest percentage of women in parliament?
Finland
Sweden
Rwanda
Canada
30s