HIT: Part II-Women's History Quiz

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

50.  She was a militant suffragist in the early women's movement. In 1923
she drafted the Equal Rights Amendment. Who is she?

51.  Raised in the U.S. after her Russian parents fled the Czar's
persecution, she emigrated to Palestine in 1921. Her political activities
contributed to the formation of the State of Israel. She was the first
woman member of the legislature and became the fourth premier (1969) of
Israel. Who is she?

52.  She is considered America's most distinguished First Lady. She was a
delegate to the U.N. Assembly and Chairperson of UNESCO's Commission on
Human Rights. Who is she?

53.  During 1635 and 1636 she held Sunday evening prayer meetings in her
home. She said that all people could be saved by discovering the light
within themselves. To the male leaders of the Massachusetts Colony she
was a criminal, a religious heretic, and a traitor,who did not conform to
her role as a woman. She was imprisoned and tried twice. Finally found
guilty she and her family were forced to leave Massachusetts. Her family
moved first to Rhode Island and later to Long Island where they were
killed by Indians. The Puritans believed the slaughter was a good
punishment. Who is she?

54.  Her essay, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), discussed a
woman's place in society in political terms. Who is she?

55.  During the Revolutionary War she carried needed intelligence reports
to General George Washington. She rode for two days through enemy
territory to safely complete her mission. Who is she?

56.  In 1831 she was accepted into membership of the Royal Astronomical
Society. She usually worked in the shadow of her brother William although
she did receive credit, in her own name, for discovering three nebulae
and eight comets and for publication of a catalog of stars. Who is she?

57.  Over one hundred years ago she examined the effects of chemicals on
air, water and food. She launched the science of ecology. Her writings
influenced the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. Who is she?

58.  Who won an Olympic Gold Medal in the first Olympic Marathon race for
women?

59.  Found in her room after her death was a manuscript, in the style of
homemade pamphlets, of almost 900 poems. She is thought of as one of our
great woman poets. Who is she?

60.  She was the first American of either sex to become a professional
sculptor. She was able to support herself through her art. No other
American woman is known to have made a living from painting or sculpture
between 1758 and 1815. Who is she?

61.  In 1775 she became the publisher and manager of Baltimore's first
newspaper. Her press printed the Declaration of Independence. She was
appointed by Ben Franklin as Postmistress of the country. Later she was
replaced by a man. They thought the job too strenuous for a woman. Who is
she?

62.  She was born into slavery, escaped to the north in 1849 and
established her "underground railroad." She led over 300 people to
freedom during the 1850s. During the Civil War she worked as a spy, a
scout, a nurse, and a commander of both black and white troops for the
Union Army.  Who is she?

63.  Along with her husband, Pierre, she discovered the radioactive
elements radium and plutonium. Who is she?

64.  Who was the first female child born in the colonies?

(*)  This  part of the quiz was first released in the mid-1980s so there
may be some conflict in dates with today.

1995 ADDITIONS TO THE WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH INQUIRY

Credit given to "Women in American History" whole language theme unit
and the Groliers and Encarta Electronic Encyclopediae

65.  A co-founder of New York Magazine in 1968, this lady joined the
women's movement later that year and in 1971 helped organize the National
Women's Political Caucus.  Among other endeavors is her 1986 biography of
Marilyn Monroe.  Who is she?

66.  The daughter of an Italian immigrant, this woman graduated (1956)
from Marymount College in Manhattan and earned (1960) a law degree from
Fordham University.  She practiced law privately until 1974, when she
became an assistant district attorney in Queens, N.Y.   She is the first
woman candidate nominated by a major political party for vice president
of the U.S.

67.  First African-American from a southern state to serve in the US
Congress as well as the
first keynote speaker at a National Convention of the Democratic party.

68.  First female to serve as attorney general of the US.

69.  She was handicapped with a lame, brace-supported leg as a child but
through rehabilitation became a champion sprinter.  Her career culminated
in the 1960 Olympics, where she was the single most successful track and
field competitor, winning both the 100-m and 200-m dashes. She was the
first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field.

70.  First woman to serve as chief of a major North American tribe.

71.  Second woman in the history of US network TV news to co-anchor an
evening broadcast.

72.  First African-American woman elected to the US Senate.

73.  World record setting Olympic athlete in track and field.

74.  First American woman to win FIVE Olympic gold medals.

75.  Woman who served in the Revolutionary War disguised as a man.

76.  This Episcopalian woman converted to Catholicism and established
(1809) a new religious order, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph,
which concentrated on education and laid the foundation for the parochial
school system in America.  She became the first US born person recognized
as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

77.  Known as "Bird Woman" she interpreted for Lewis and Clark when their
expedition reached Shoshone country.

78.  Famous magazine editor who persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare
Thanksgiving a national holiday.

79.  First African-American female to speak out against slavery.

80.  A leading suffragette, writer, lecturer, reformer, who wrote "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic."

81.  First and only reigning queen of Hawaii as well as the last Hawaiian
sovereign to govern the islands.

82.  The youngest of 17 children of former slaves,  this woman became a
leading black educator.  As a child she attended the local free school
and won a scholarship to continue her education, eventually graduating
(1895) from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.  In 1904 she founded the
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in Daytona, Fla.
She also served as head of several New Deal government agencies, founded
(1935) the National Council of Negro Women, and was a vice-president of
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

83.  She played a major role in the 1920 ratification of the 19th
amendment giving women the vote and who later founded the National League
of Women Voters.

84.  Social worker and humanitarian who co-founded the Hull House in
Chicago and shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Nicholas Murray Butler.

85.  A talented sculptor who founded the Girl Scouts of America.

86.  The first woman to study the pathology of industrial diseases; she
pioneered research in the paint, printing, dye-making, explosives, and
rubber industries, thus creating a new medical field. Her efforts helped
bring about legislation aimed at correcting factory conditions
detrimental to the health of workers.  She was also the first female
faculty member at Harvard University.

87.  Best known for her innovative prose style this woman exercised a
major influence on American writers of the post-World War I generation,
which she was the first to describe as "lost."

88.  She attained prominence as a leader of the woman suffrage movement
and in 1917 became the first female member of the U.S. House of
Representatives, where she served until 1919. She was subsequently active
in promoting legislation benefiting women and was also active in the
pacifist movement. Serving again in the House, in 1941 she was the only
member of Congress to oppose the declaration of war against Japan; she
was thus the only House member to vote against both wars. After
completing her term of office in 1943, she remained active in civic
affairs and the peace movement.  Actively opposed to U.S. military action
in Indochina, in 1968 she led a protest demonstration of thousands of
women in Washington, D.C.

89.  More than any other individual,  she created the image and substance
of the art form called modern dance.  She developed a new vocabulary of
movement and from it created a body of powerfully expressive dances. Who
is she?

90.  She was a documentary photographer noted for her ability to make the
strangers in her photographs seem like familiar acquaintances.  Her
photographs for the Farm Security Administration, including Migrant
Mother, Nipomo, California (1936), document the erosion of the land and
people of rural America during the Great Depression and are her
best-known images.

91.  She was an American aviatrix who organized the Women's Airforce
Service Pilots, WASP, during World War II.  She was also the first woman
to ferry a bomber to England.  Reared in a foster home, she left school
after the third grade to work in a cotton mill.  She acquired her pilot's
license in 1932 after only three weeks of training.  She held more speed,
distance, and altitude records than any of her contemporaries and was
voted the world's leading aviatrix in 1937, 1938, and 1939.  She was
named to the Aviation Hall of Fame in 1971.

92.  This woman is a dancer and choreographer who earned a doctorate in
anthropology from the University of Chicago.  Her research in
Afro-American dance, particularly in the Caribbean, led her to stage
colorful theatrical applications of the material.

93.  A lawyer long active in liberal causes, particularly the civil
rights and peace movements, this woman became nationally prominent in the
early 1970s as an articulate advocate of women's rights and as a leader
of the House of Representatives' antiwar group.  In 1976 she was
unsuccessful in a bid for the U.S.  Senate, and she was defeated in a
1978 attempt to reenter Congress.  Prominent in several women's political
organizations, she was co-chairwoman of the President's National Advisory
Committee on Women from November 1977 to January 1979.

94.  An American writer who was trained as a psychologist, became the
"founding mother" of contemporary feminism in the United States after
publishing The Feminine Mystique(1963).  In this influential work, she
isolated the "housewife syndrome" and stated that--contrary to what
psychiatrists, sociologists, and advertisers maintained--women must have
opportunities for fulfillment beyond those provided by marriage and
motherhood.

95.  This woman was the first black woman to serve in the U.S.
Congress.  A teacher and educational consultant, she was elected
Democratic representative from the 12th district of New York in 1968.
She became widely known for her advocacy of minority and women's rights
and served 7 terms before retiring in 1983.

96.  First African-American female US Surgeon General.