HIT: Part I-Women's History Quiz

[Jody Newman <newmanj@MEOL.MASS.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET

Since MA schools are on vacation, I'm posting the Women's History Quiz to
LM_NET.  It is in pieces because it is so big! Look for three parts.

I hope you enjoy it and if you have additions for it, send them along.
Please use this for FUN and not testing or grading purposes. It would be
a great research skills project for the library.

Jody Newman
newmanj@meol.mass.edu

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

A Women's History Trivial Pursuit Contest

(this quiz was first created in the 1980s - watch for "*" to find places
where information may be dated and needs to be updated)

1.  In 1955 she swam the English Channel, England to France, in 13 hours
55 minutes, a record for women and men.  Who is she?

2.  When she was nineteen she became the first woman to swim the English
Channel.  Who is she?

3.  She was born in 1894 and died in 1937.  She called herself the
Empress of Blues - others called her the greatest female blues singer.
Who is she?

4. Who is (*) the General Director of the New York City Opera?

5.  She wrote about contemporary problems such as women's suffrage,
temperance, prison reform and child labor.  She is best known for her
book, Little Women. Who is she?

6.  In 1939 she was to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington.  The hall
was owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution and they said no
black singer could appear there.  She was then asked to sing at the
Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday.  Over fifteen thousand people gathered
on the steps to hear her sing.  The incident marked a turning point for
black artists.  Who is she?

7.  She is one of the great originators of modern dance. In her book, My
Life, she talks of the conflict between art and life for the woman artist
(1877-1927), Who is she?

8.  She was the publisher of a magazine that battled for women's right to
vote.  The first issue was published January 8, 1868, with the motto,
"Men, their rights, and nothing more.  Women, their rights, and nothing
less."  The magazine folded in two years. She devoted the rest of her
life to a campaign for women's rights, especially the right to vote. In
1892 she became president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. she
never lived to see the passage of the 19th amendment.  Who is she?

9.  Best known as the founder of the American Red Cross, she had a number
of other careers in her life.  She taught school for eighteen years, then
became the first full-time clerk in the US. Patent Office.  During the
Civil War she became a legend as the "Angel of the Battlefield." Who is she?

10.  She was a famous photographer for Life Magazine.  She was in Russia
when the Germans invaded, taking great risks to shoot pictures and send
them back to America.  Who is she?

11. In 1902 she established a cooking school.  One of her chief
contributions to the art of cooking was the standardization of
measurements. (no more "a pinch of this" or "a walnut of that.)  She is
best know for her popular cookbook, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
Who is she?

12.  In 1928 she published Coming of Age in Samoa.  She is best known as
an author-anthropologist.  Who is she?

13.  Who is the first woman to be appointed a Supreme Court Justice?

14.  In 1932 she was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic
Ocean.  Five years later she disappeared while attempting what was to be
an around-the-world flight. Who is she?

15.  She was the founder of the American Shaker Society.  This became the
largest and most important American Utopian community. Who is she?

16.  She won the United States Figure Skating Championship from 1964-1968
and the World Championship from 1966-1968.  She won an Olympic Gold Medal
in 1968. Who is she?

17.  She was the first woman to compose and arrange for a large jazz
orchestra. Who is she?

18.  Who directed an opera company in Boston?

19.  Her first novel was Uncle Tom's Cabin. It aroused great feelings
against slavery. Who is she?

20.  Her "Little House" books are among the most popular children's
classics. Who is she?

21.  She began painting at the age of 76. By the time of her death in
1962, at 101, her paintings were in demand all over the world. Who is she?

22.  In 1943 she and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for
women's rights at Seneca Falls.  She was then commissioned to write the
Declaration of Principles.  In that she included a demand for the right
to vote. Who is she?

23.  In 1847 she was refused admission to medical school. One school
suggested she might attend classes disguised as a man. Finally Geneva
Medical School accepted her. She graduated first in her class to become
the first woman in America to earn a degree from a medical college. Who
is she?

24.  She was both blind and deaf and grew up to write several
autobiographical books as well as poetry and social criticism. Who is she?

25.  The first American woman to keep a lighthouse didn't get her title
until 1897, twenty-two years after she became keeper of the Lime
Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island. Who is she?

26.  She was the founder of Christian Science, the first woman to
establish a major religion. Who is she?

27.  In October 1973, the American Women's Himalayan Expedition succeeded
in its bid. It was the first time this summit had been climbed by
Americans or by women. What is the summit?

28.  Who is the first American woman astronaut to go into space?

29.  In 1972 she won the Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Who is she?

30.  Who was the first black woman to win the Wimbledon Singles title?

31.  What was the name of the first magazine produced for and about women
fliers?

32.  She is considered the greatest woman pianist of the 19th century.
She performed her own works, her husband's works, as well as those by
Chopin and Brahms. Who is she?

33.  Born in 1894 she was to create a new style of dance. Her performing
career spanned fifty years. Who is she?

34.  She was born in 1612 and sailed on the "Arbella" for Massachusetts
Bay in 1630. She was the first British-American to have a volume of
poetry published and at a time when the Puritan woman's place was in the
home. Who is she?

35.  She is the author of Frankenstein and is considered, by some, to be
the creator of the genre of science fiction. Who is she?

36.  She is the most important woman artist of the 19th century
(1844-1926). She painted many pictures of women and children. Who is she?

37.  On December 1, 1955, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, boarded a
bus. She refused to move when a white man asked for her seat. Her arrest
started a bus boycott by blacks led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Who
is she?

38.  She was appointed Secretary of Labor in 1933, the first female
cabinet member. Legislation during her time included Unemployment
Insurance and Social Security. Who is she?

39.  Her book, Silent Spring, sparked controversy when it proved to the
public how much harm resulted from the use of pesticides. Who is she?

40.  She was considered the first distinguished American astronomer
(1818-1889). She became the first woman to be admitted to the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences. Who is she?

41.  After she graduated (1882) from Vassar College, she taught. She
became fascinated with the works of the geographer Friedrich Ratzel. In
1891 she went to Leipzig to study with Ratzel. Women were not permitted
to study at the University of Leipzig, but she was allowed to listen to
the lectures from outside the open classroom door. She became a famous
American geographer. She was elected president of the American
Geographers in 1921, the only female president of that organization to
date (*). Who is she?

42.  She helped organize coal miners. Who is she?

43.  She led the Dallas Cyclones to three AAU National Championships in
women's basketball and scored 106 points in one game. She pitched for the
House of David touring baseball team and once struck out Joe DiMaggio.
She played handball, lacrosse, football, billiards, but her best sports
were track and field and golf. In the 1932 Olympics she won the javelin
throw with a world record. In golf she won 55 tournaments in 15 years.
Who is she?

44.  What did Bertha Townsend, second American Woman Champion when tennis
was just evolving, discover?

45.  She was an American archeologist and she gained fame by climbing the
Matterhorn in 1895.  She then turned to South America and the Andes. In
1906, at 56, she reached the summit of the north peak of the twin-peaked
Huascarin in the Andes (21,812 feet). In 1927 the Lima Geographical
Society named the north peak for her. In 1912 at the age of 61, she
climbed Mt. Coropu in Peru and planted a VOTES FOR WOMEN sign on the
summit. Who is she?

46.  Who was the first woman to qualify and drive the entire Indianapolis
Speedway 500 race in 1978?

47.  She was to explain China to the West in her books. The Good Earth
was considered her best book and it won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. In 1938
she received the Nobel Prize. Who is she?

48.  She was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize (1983) for
literature. Her prize winning book is The Color Purple. Who is she?

49.  Who was the first female senator (1948) to be elected without
previously having been appointed?

TO BE CONTINUED....