MiiLady's Quizbowl | 2023 Women's Month

When is International Women's Day?

• April 8th

• March 8th

• March 1st

• February 28th

She is best known for being the first Female Leader of a Filipino movement for Independence from Spain.

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Elisabeth Kenny is a nurse who broke boundaries in healthcare, changing the game in the treatment of polio.

In doing so she laid the foundation for the modern practice of which branch of medical care?

• Dermatology

• Pediatrics

• Physical Therapy or Physiotherapy

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Which disability and women’s rights activist was known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor’s Degree?

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“Mother of the Philippine Flag”

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In the Philippines, women's suffrage was approved 84 years ago. What was the exact date?

• April 30, 1934

• March 30, 1936

• April 30, 1937

• March 30, 1935

Gladys Elphick was an influential Aboriginal woman, best known for founding the Council of Aboriginal Women of South Australia, which has become the Aboriginal Council of South Australia.

But what was she known as by the community?

• Grandma Glad

• Auntie Glad

• Mama Gladys

• Professor Elphick

What does disenfranchised mean?

• allowed to vote

• not allowed to protest

• denied the right to bear arms

• denied the right to vote

The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Amelia Earhart

• Rosa Parks

• Sally Ride

• Wilma Rudolph

Julia Gillard was Australia’s first former female Prime Minister. In October 2012, she gave an iconic speech in Parliament which more recently went viral on TikTok in 2020.

What was the most iconic line?

• “I want no more lectures on misogyny and sexism here.”

• “I will not stand for misogyny and sexism in this room.”

• “I will not be lectured about misogyny and sexism by this man.”