Welcome to our Women’s History Trivia Quiz, where we’re taking ‘herstory’ off the ‘shelves’ and into the spotlight! Get ready to time travel back to days when ‘skirting’ the issues was a fashion statement and ‘making-up’ history was a cosmetic achievement. Lace up your ‘boots’, straighten your ‘bonnet’ and let’s dive into a past that’s positively bursting with the ‘bustle’ of remarkable women!
1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
2. Name the first woman to travel to space.
3. Who was the first woman to become a medical doctor in the United States?
4. Who is known as the “mother of feminism”?
5. Can you name the first female prime minister of a country?
6. Which famous author wrote the book ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
7. Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
8. What is the name of the first college to admit women in the U.S.?
9. The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction was?
10. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
11. Name the first woman to run for the US presidency.
12. Who was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century?
13. Who founded the American Red Cross?
14. What is the profession of Malala Yousafzai?
15. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
16. Who is the woman behind Harry Potter series?
17. Who is considered the first computer programmer?
18. Can you name the longest-reigning British monarch?
19. Which woman is considered the first to become a self-made millionaire in America?
20. Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
21. Who was the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
22. Who kept a diary of her experience during World War 2 which later became a best-seller?
23. Can you name the first woman to run for the presidency of France?
24. Who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India?
25. Who was nicknamed the “Iron Lady”?
26. Who is known as “Moses of her People” from her efforts with the Underground Railroad?
27. Which woman famously said, “Well-behaved women seldom make history”?
28. Who was the leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote?
29. Who is the first woman to become the U.S. Secretary of State?
30. Who was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
31. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
32. Who is the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize?
33. Which woman is famous for her environmental work in Kenya and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004?
34. Who was the first American woman to become a huge success in art music and publish a symphony?
35. Who authored the landmark book “The Feminine Mystique”?
36. Who is the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
37. Can you name the first woman to be appointed as a General in the U.S. Army?
38. Who was the Empress of Russia who is often considered the Enlightened Despot?
39. Who was the famous female pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt?
40. Who is the first black American female billionaire in the world?
41. Who was the first woman to receive a degree from Oxford University?
42. Who was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
43. Which woman commanded armies in the first Persian invasion of Greece?
44. Who was the first woman to fly a fighter jet in combat?
45. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
46. Which woman is often considered the greatest female painter of the Baroque period?
47. Who is the founder of modern nursing?
48. Who was the first female editor of the New York Times?
49. Who was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross?
50. Can you name the woman who was the first First Lady of the United States?
51. Who was the first female governor in the United States?
52. Name the first woman to compete in the Indy 500.
53. Who was the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
54. Which tennis player broke female stereotypes in her “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match?
55. Can you name the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
56. Who was the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director?
57. Who was the first woman to sail solo around the world?
58. Who was the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission?
59. Who was the first woman to win a Grammy Award for “Album of the Year”?
60. Can you name the first woman to serve as the Attorney General of the United States?
61. Who was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?
62. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
63. Who was the first female governor of Alaska, and also the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket?
64. Who is commonly known as the “Queen of Soul”?
65. Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
66. Who founded the cosmetics company Mary Kay Inc?
67. Which British queen reigned for 63 years, the second-longest of any female monarch in history?
68. Who was the first woman to serve as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights?
69. Who was the first woman to compete in the Boston Marathon?
70. Who was the first woman to receive a patent in the United States?
71. Who was the first female prime minister of Canada?
72. Who wrote the seminal work “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”?
73. Who was the first woman to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
74. Who created the character of Miss Marple?
75. Who was the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior?
76. Who was the first African-American woman to travel to space?
77. Who was the first woman to win the Abel Prize in Mathematics?
78. Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
79. Who was the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes?
80. Who was the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security?
81. Who was the first woman to chair the United Nations General Assembly?
82. Which African-American poet won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010?
83. Who was the first woman to serve as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the U.S.?
84. Who was the first female pilot for a major American airline?
85. Julie Taymor was the first woman to win what award for directing a musical?
86. Who was the first woman to play “Wonder Woman” on TV?
87. Who is known as the “First Lady of Song” and “Queen of Jazz”?
88. Who was the first woman to become an ordained minister in America?
89. Name the first Native American woman to become chief of a tribe.
90. Who was the first woman to perform a spacewalk?
91. Who was the first woman to become a Royal Society Fellow?
92. Who is known as the Mother of Social Work in the United States?
93. Who was the first woman to become a full professor at Harvard University?
94. What movement is Susan B. Anthony known for?
95. Who was the first African American woman elected into the U.S. Congress?
96. Who was the first woman to break the sound barrier?
97. Who was the first woman to receive the Turing Award?
98. Name the first female African American Secretary of State in U.S. history.
99. Can you name the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry?
100. Which American media mogul became a self-made billionaire in the early 2000s?
101. Who was the first African-American woman to win the U.S. National Women’s Singles Championship in tennis?
102. Who was the first woman to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
103. Name the first female astronaut to command a Space Shuttle mission.
104. Who was the first woman to win a Man Booker Prize?
105. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
106. Who was the first woman to become a member of Parliament in the United Kingdom?
107. Who was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
108. Who was the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director?
109. Which iconic gospel singer encouraged Martin Luther King Jr. to talk about his famous dream?
110. Who was the first woman to win the Newbery Medal?
111. Who was the first woman to serve as Surgeon General of the United States?
112. Who was the first woman to have her likeness appear on U.S. currency?
113. Who was the first woman to receive the Purple Heart?
114. What toy is Ruth Handler known for creating?
115. Which multi-sport athlete was born Mildred Ella Didrikson?
116. Who was the first woman to become a bishop in the Methodist Church?
117. Who was the first woman to circumnavigate the world by airplane?
118. Can you name the first woman to win the title of World Chess Champion?
119. Who was the first female recipient of the Turing Award, the “Nobel Prize of Computing”?
120. Who was the first female owner of a major-league baseball team?
121. Who was the first woman to climb the Seven Summits, the highest peak on every continent?
122. Who was the first woman to receive an Academy Award for original screenplay?
123. Who was the first woman to reach the rank of Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army?
124. Who was the first woman to be Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development?
125. Who was the first woman to direct a film that earned more than $100 million at the box office?
126. Who was the first woman to get a perfect 10 score in gymnastics at the Olympics?
127. Who was the first woman to become Chair of the Federal Reserve?
128. Who was the first black woman to be crowned as Miss America?
129. Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was the first woman to do what?
130. Name the woman who discovered radium and polonium.
131. Name the jazz singer who became the first woman to win multiple Grammys in 1958.
132. Rosalind Franklin pioneered the discovery of what biological substance?
133. Dorothy Hodgkin discovered the structure of which antibiotic?
134. What area of science did Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson contribute to?
135. Fanny Mendelssohn’s brother got credit for her compositions which were published under his name. What was this composer’s name?
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