Women's History Month Quiz by Vision 2020

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1. At age 46, this vigorous advocate of women’s rights, abolition and world peace changed her name from Isabella Baumfree to:* This field is required.

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Lucretia Mott

Mary McLeod Bethune

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2. In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). What happened to it?* This field is required.

It was vetoed by President Nixon.

It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Not enough states ratified it.

Women, calling it not militant enough, withdrew it.

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3. World-famous aviator Amelia Earhart was born in:* This field is required.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Atchison, Kansas

Claremont, California

Dublin, Ireland

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4. Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Who was the second?* This field is required.

Janet Reno

Sonia Sotomayor

Elena Kagan

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

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5. Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody was the first woman to become:* This field is required.

CEO of a Fortune 500 firm

Director of an Oscar-winning film

A four-star Army general

Conductor of a symphony orchestra at Carnegie Hall

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6. Because publishers would not take women writers seriously, this author sometimes wrote under the name “John Sedges”:* This field is required.

Pearl Buck

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Zora Neale Hurston

Ayn Rand

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7. Born on a farm in Ohio, Phoebe Ann Moses wouldgrow to perform for the crowned heads of Europe, with her new name of:* This field is required.

Judy Garland

Josephine Baker

Annie Oakley

Billie Jean King

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8. “You must do things you think you cannot do” was said publicly by:* This field is required.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Rosa Parks

Gloria Steinem

All of the above

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9. Dr. Bernice Sandler, who has delivered over 2,500 speeches, is best known:* This field is required.

As an "ambassador of civil rights"

For her leadership in protesting violence against women

As "Godmother of Title IX"

As an award-winning author

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10. The historic Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 chose Seneca Falls, NY as its site. Why?* This field is required.

Because its chief organizer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, lived there

Because it was centrally located

Because the Seneca Falls Bank agreed to pay for it

Because New York City laws would not permit women to assemble

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11. Afflicted with polio as a child, told she would never walk again, she would go on to win three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. She was:* This field is required.

Swimmer Janet Evans

Sprinter Wyomia Tyus

Sprinter Wilma Rudolph

High Jumper Mildred McDaniel

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12. "Mother Jones" was:* This field is required.

President of the first U.S. women's college

The first unmarried woman to adopt a child

A militant labor leader

A 1930s gangster's moll

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13. Once the rule was no Home Economics for boys, no Shop Class for girls. What sparked the change permitting both?* This field is required.

The 19th Amendment

Title IX

President Obama's Executive Order in 2010

A PTA decision in Fargo, North Dakota

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14. Playwright Lorraine Hansberry was the first African-American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. Which statement about her work is not true?* This field is required.

"A Raisin in The Sun" won a Best Play award in 1959

It was made into a movie

She wrote four more Broadway plays

"Raisin" is still shown today

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15. First woman physician in the U.S., Elizabeth Blackwell was turned down at most medical schools, but not this one:* This field is required.

Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia

Harvard Medical School

Geneva Medical College

Peoria Women's Clinic

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16. The number of consecutive presidential elections in which a larger percentage of eligible women voted than eligible men is:* This field is required.

8

10

12

0

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17. In 1917 when Alice Paul was imprisoned for demonstrating for the right to vote, she expected to be there a few days. How long was her sentence?* This field is required.

30 days

7 months

2 years

No sentenceat all

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18. Mary Barra was the first woman CEO of:* This field is required.

General Electric

General Motors

PepsiCo

The St. Louis Cardinals

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19. In 1972, a breakthrough grant of $4 million sustained a study of the roles of women in society. The grant was from:* This field is required.

The U.S. government

The Rockefeller Foundation

Pew Charitable Trusts

The Ford Foundation

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20. Who said this: “Panic is not an effective long-term organizing strategy?”* This field is required.

Bette Midler

Whoopi Goldberg

Erma Bomback

None of the above

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21. Women votes have outnumbered men votes in every presidential election year since:* This field is required.

1944

1964

1984

It never happened

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22. Who was the first woman to run for President?* This field is required.

Belva Ann Lockwood

Hillary Clinton

Sonia Johnson

Victoria Woodhull

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23. Who was the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State?* This field is required.

Carol Mosely Braun

Elizabeth Dole

Condoleezza Rice

Madeleine Albright

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24. What was the first state to allow women to vote?* This field is required.

California

Wyoming

Colorado

Utah

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25. In 1993, Carey Schueler became the first woman drafted to which all-male sport at the time?* This field is required.

Hockey

Baseball

Basketball

Football

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26. She just became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea:* This field is required.

Chloe Kim

Lindsey Vonn

Danica Patrick

Julie Ertz

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27. Journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey played a pivotal role in what would become the #metoo movement. Where do they work?* This field is required.

The Washington Post

The New Yorker

The New York Times

USA TODAY

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28. She is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She is:* This field is required.

Susan B. Anthony

Hillary Clinton

Michelle Obama

Malala Yousefzai

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29. Who was the first African American woman featured on a postage stamp?* This field is required.

Sojourner Truth

Oprah Winfrey

Harriett Tubman

Maya Angelou

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30. This politician was the first African American woman elected to Congress* This field is required.

Mahalia Jackson

Angela Davis

Shirley Chisholm

Mary McLeod Bethune

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31. Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?* This field is required.

Elizabeth Warren

Tammy Baldwin

Hattie Wyatt Caraway

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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