Women’s Equality Day
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To help observe Women's Equality Day, See how much you know about the history of women's suffrage and some women's political history in the United States and around the world.
- 1.August 26th is celebrated as Women's Equality Day to commemorate...
- A.
The work women did during the Second World War
- B.
The anniversary of women winning the right to vote
- C.
The flappers of the 1920's
- D.
The contemporary women's rights movement
- 2.Who was the first woman on U.S. soil to publicly demand the vote?
- A.
Mary Wollstonecraft, author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- B.
Margaret Brent, a southern landowner
- C.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a northern abolitionist
- 3.In what year did women in the United States win the right to vote?
- A.
1776
- B.
1848
- C.
1920
- 4.Who said "Failure is Impossible"?
- A.
Amelia Earhart
- B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- C.
Susan B Anthony
- D.
Phillis Schlafly
- 5.How many years did it take for women to win the right to vote in the United States?
- A.
72 years
- B.
120 years
- C.
20 years
- D.
51 years
- 6.What was the name given to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed women's right to vote in the United States.
- A.
Abigail Adams Amendment
- B.
Sojourner Truth Amendment
- C.
Susan B. Anthony Amendment
- D.
Gloria Steinem Amendment
- 7.Which constitutional amendment granted U.S. women suffrage?
- A.
The Fifteenth Amendment
- B.
The Nineteenth Amendment
- C.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment
- 8.Women who worked for women's right to vote were called
- A.
Radical
- B.
Immoral
- C.
Suffragist
- D.
All of the above
- 9.The term suffragist is derived from
- A.
One who suffers
- B.
A voting tablet in ancient times
- C.
The Constitution
- D.
The Bill of Rights
- 10.What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?
- A.
Canada
- B.
Germany
- C.
New Zealand
- D.
United Kingdom
- 11.Who is the highest ranking elected woman in U.S. history?
- A.
Condoleezza Rice
- B.
Hillary Clinton
- C.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- D.
Nancy Pelosi
- 12.Who was the first woman seated on the U.S. Supreme Court?
- A.
Margaret Sanger
- B.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- C.
Sandra Day O'Connor
- D.
Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy")
- 13.Who was the first woman to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, even though she was not even eligible to vote?
- A.
Martha Hughes Cannon
- B.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- C.
Deborah Sampson
- D.
Betsy Ross
- 14.The first woman's rights convention in America was held in:
- A.
Boston, MA
- B.
Seneca Falls, NY
- C.
Cheyenne, WY
- D.
Jamestown, VA
- 15.In 1868, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began publishing a newspaper. The slogan on the masthead said:
- A.
"Failure is impossible."
- B.
"A man of quality is not threatened by a woman of equality."
- C.
"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
- 16.The name of this newspaper published by Anthony and Stanton was:
- A.
The Revolution
- B.
The Lily
- C.
Ms. Magazine
- D.
Woman's Journal
- 17.The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage is identified mostly with which woman suffrage activist?
- A.
Alice Paul
- B.
Carrie Chapman Catt
- C.
Elizabeth Blackwell
- D.
Jeannette Rankin
- 18.Who was the first woman elected to the United States Senate?
- A.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1931)
- B.
Shirley Chisholm (1918)
- C.
Rebecca Latimer Felton (1822)
- D.
Jeannette Rankin (1917)
- 19.The First State where women could vote in the national election was:
- A.
Massachusetts
- B.
Oregon
- C.
New York
- D.
Wyoming
- 20.Who was the first woman to run for President?
- A.
Sonia Johnson
- B.
Belva Ann Lockwood
- C.
Victoria Woodhull
- D.
Linda Jenness
- 21.Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to what?
- A.
US Congress
- B.
Major
- C.
Supreme Court Judge
- D.
Governor
- 22.Who was the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State?
- A.
Elizabeth Dole
- B.
Condoleezza Rice
- C.
Carol Moseley Braun
- D.
Madeline Albright
- 23.In 1963 the Business and Professional Women (BPW) group watched as President Kennedy signed this into law?
- A.
Title IX
- B.
Civil Rights Act
- C.
Equal Pay Act
- D.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
- 24.When did Congress expanded Women's History Week to a whole month?
- A.
1987
- B.
1911
- C.
1946
- D.
1979
- 25.Who was the first woman to serve as Attorney General?
- A.
Hillary Clinton
- B.
Condoleezza Rice
- C.
Carol Moseley Braun
- D.
Janet Reno
- 26.As one of the first leaders for women's rights, who was the first woman pictured on a US coin in circulation?
- A.
Lucy Stone
- B.
Harriet Tubman
- C.
Susan B Anthony
- D.
Matilda Gage
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