Women's History Quiz

Who discovered a comet in 1847 and founded the Association for the Advancement of Women?	Who founded the Girl Scouts of America?	Who was the first woman to practice before the Supreme Court?	Who was the first female Hispanic astronaut?
Who founded the First Nations Development Institute?	Who was the founder of the National Retired Teachers Association?	Set a world record for the fastest woman on water skis?	Who was the federal government's first Chinese American civil servant?
Who published the first southern journal that included black and white authors?	Who worked to get the Women in Military Service for America Memorial built?	Who was the United State's first black millionaire?	Who founded the Red Cross?
Who was the first Black woman senator in the United States?	Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier?	Who worked as an advocate for the mentally ill in prison?	Who was the first woman inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame?
Who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union with Ceasar Chavez?	Who was the first woman to receive her PhD from MIT?	Who became a labor organizer at age 50 and has a magazine named after her?	Who was a leader in the movement to attain reparations for Japanese Americans who were interned?

All information for the questions was taken from the National Women's History Project web site: http://www.nwhp.org/whm/all-honorees.html .


		Julie Middleton, middletonj@missouri.edu AA/EEO Coordinator Last modified: September 11, 2006