Women in History - Digital NB

Who won her first Grand Slam in 1999?

• Venus Williams

• Serena Williams

• Kobe Bryant

• Bilie Jean King

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Why did the first female doctor in America finally get accepted into medical school?

• She aced her Medical College Admissions Test.

• The college reviewers thought it was a prank.

• Her parents had to pay a lot of money.

• She disguised herself as a man.

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What did Elizabeth Blackwell insist upon that doctors today are stressing to do in order to not get sick?

• proper sanitation and hygiene

• use of correct antibiotics

• a yearly check-up by a physician

• only go to male doctors

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Which scientist ended up dying as a direct result of her research?

• Jane Goodall

• Serena Williams

• Katherine Johnson

• Marie Curie

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Many crazy theories have risen about what in regard to Amelia Earhart?

• whether or not she actually flew around the world

• why she was the first female pilot to become famous

• what was behind her disappearance

• what she did to get into medical school

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How did Sojourner Truth get her son back after he was sold to a southern state?

• Harriet Tubman helped him escape through the Underground Railroad.

• Sojourner took the plantation owner to court and won her case.

• Her son was disguised and smuggled up the Mississippi river in a boat.

• Sojourner paid a white woman to go kidnap her son from Alabama.

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What does "suffrage" mean?

• equal rights

• the right to vote

• suffering under persecution

• anger at injustice

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In the 1872 election, what did Susan B. Anthony do that was against the law?

• protested outside a courthouse

• voted

• got divorced

• cheated on her taxes

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Which of the following women are NOT on a coin?

• Helen Keller

• Sacagawea

• Susan B. Anthony

• Amelia Earhart

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What did the 19th amendment do?

• gave women the right to vote

• abolished slavery

• gave women the right to divorce

• It was the Civil Rights Amendment

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