2021 Women's History Month Quiz

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Test your knowledge of influential women throughout history and significant milestones for women's rights.

1. Born around 1753, she was the first Black poet in America to publish a book. *

1 point

Abigail Adams

Sojourner Truth

Phillis Wheatley

Eleanor Roosevelt

2. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as *

1 point

advocate for people with disabilities

advocate for women's right to vote

advocate for economic justice

All of the above

3. Katharine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician that worked for NASA and helped to calculate the trajectory of Allan Shepard's journey to space as well as what other momentous space mission? *

1 point

Apollo 11

Mariner 10

Apollo 8

Voyager 1

4. In what year was the ban on women in military combat roles lifted? *

1 point

1985

2002

2007

2013

5. Which of the following Brookline women have been named Woman of the Year? *

1 point

Kim Kushner, Founder of Brookline Thrives

Lihua Shorter, World Languages Department teacher and adviser for the Asian Pacific American Club

Pat Norling, Domestic Violence Advocate

Doreen Gallagher, Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Advocate and Violence Prevention Coordinator at BPD

All of the above

6. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for her activism in what? *

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Family planning services

Female education

Gun control reform

Climate change

7. Sojourner Truth was both a(n) _____ and ______. *

1 point

Professional athlete; women's rights activist

Renowned surgeon; equal pay activist

Author; maternal health pioneer

Abolitionist; women's right activist

8. Women in Switzerland gained universal suffrage (the right to vote) in what year? *

1 point

1848

1982

1918

1946

9. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women a right to what? *

1 point

Independent property ownership

Vote

Family planning services

Run for civic roles

10. Ethel Payne was known as the First Lady of the Black Press. She was a fearless journalist and Civil Rights activist. *

1 point

True

False

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