Quiz on Influential Women in American History

Who was the first First Lady of the United States?

• Jacqueline Kennedy

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

Which woman was known for her work with the Underground Railroad?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Clara Barton

Who was the first woman to hold a federal office in the United States?

• Shirley Chisholm

• Margaret Chase Smith

• Victoria Woodhull

• Jeannette Rankin

Which woman co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW)?

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Margaret Sanger

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

Who was the first female Secretary of State in the United States?

• Madeleine Albright

• Condoleezza Rice

• Janet Reno

• Hillary Clinton

Which woman was a famous investigative journalist known for her exposé 'Ten Days in a Mad-House'?

• Jane Addams

• Rachel Carson

• Ida B. Wells

• Nellie Bly

Who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States?

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Frances Perkins

Which woman was known for her environmental activism and wrote 'Silent Spring'?

• Margaret Sanger

• Helen Keller

• Jane Addams

• Rachel Carson

Who was the first African-American woman to serve in the Cabinet?

• Elaine Chao

• Condoleezza Rice

• Patricia Robert Harris

• Shirley Chisholm

Which woman was the first female Vice President of the United States?

• Sarah Palin

• Hillary Clinton

• Nancy Pelosi

• Kamala Harris