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FAMOUS WOMEN
Question | Answer |
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THE FIRST WOMAN TO MARRY HENRY VIII | KATHERINE OF ARAGON |
THE FIRST DISNEY PRINCESS | SNOW WHITE |
THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL | GOLDA MEIR |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A DAYTIME EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW HOST | BETTY WHITE |
THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE | SALLY RIDE |
THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NEWS ANCHOR TO HOST A PRIME-TIME US NEWS PROGRAM | RACHEL MADDOW |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE A BOOK OF THE BIBLE NAMED FOR HER | RUTH |
THE FIRST FEMALE AMERICAN GOLF CELEBRITY | BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR | KATHRYN BIGELOW |
THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE | HATTIE WYATT CARAWAY |
THE FIRST FEMALE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOST SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE | CANDICE BERGEN |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 2 SCIENCES...PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY | MARIE CURIE |
THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THE U.K. | MARGARET THATCHER |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN AN OSCAR, EMMY, GRAMMY, TONY, PEABODY, AND GOLDEN GLOBE | BARBRA STREISAND |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO APPEAR ON U.S. COINAGE | SUSAN B. ANTHONY |
THE FIRST FEMALE COMMANDING OFFICER IN A STAR TREK TV SERIES | KATHRYN JANEWAY |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN | AMELIA EARHART |
THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN FIRST LADY TO APPEAR ON THE COVER OF "TIME" MAGAZINE | EVA PERON |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE (WORLD TEAM TENNIS) | BILLIE JEAN KING |
THE FIRST PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD | MARILYN MONROE |
THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE | EDITH WHARTON |
THE FIRST FEMALE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER | JULIA GILLARD |
THE FIRST FEMALE SOLO HOST OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS | WHOOPI GOLDBERG |
THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF A MUSLIM STATE | BENAZIR BHUTTO (PAKISTAN) |
THE FIRST TO SEE THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN | MARY MAGDALENE |
THE FIRST FORMER FIRST LADY TO BE ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE | HILARY CLINTON |
THE FIRST DESIGNER TO HAVE HER NAME ON PERFUME | COCO CHANEL |
THE FIRST FEMALE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY | ANGELA MERKEL |
THE FIRST PREGNANT WOMAN TO BE SHOWN ON NETWORK TELEVISION | LUCILLE BALL |
THE FIRST DEAF-BLIND PERSON TO EARN A B.A. DEGREE | HELEN KELLER |
FIRST FIRST LADY OF THE U.S. | MARTHA WASHINGTON |
FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA | INDIRA GANDHI |
FIRST FEMALE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER | KIM CAMPBELL |
FIRST FEMALE PROTESTANT MONARCH OF ENGLAND | ELIZABETH I |
THE FIRST FEMALE "60 MINUTES" CORRESPONDENT | DIANE SAWYER |
THE FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FORTUNE 500 CEO IS URSULA BURNS OF THIS DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGY GIANT | XEROX |
THE FIRST ENGLISH CHILD BORN IN THE AMERICAS | VIRGINIA DARE |
THIS TERM FOR THE PRINCIPAL FEMALE SINGER OF AN OPERA COMPANY IS ITALIAN FOR "FIRST LADY" | PRIMA DONNA |
MICHELLE BACHELET IS THE FIRST FEMALE ELECTED LEADER OF THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY | CHILE |
THE FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY OF STATE | MADELEINE ALBRIGHT |
IN 1959 SHE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT TO HAVE A DRAMA PRODUCED ON BROADWAY | LORRAINE HANSBERRY |
IN NEW ENGLAND JEANNE SHAHEEN DEFEATED JOHN SUNUNU TO BECOME THIS STATE'S FIRST FEMALE SENATOR | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
SHE WAS ARIZONA'S FIRST FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WAS LATER ITS GOVERNOR BEFORE HEADING UP HOMELAND SECURITY | JANET NAPOLITANO |
MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY | INDONESIA |
JENNY SHIPLEY WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY | NEW ZEALAND |
ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY | LIBERIA |
SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THIS COUNTRY (1960) | SRI LANKA |
IN 1992 DARLENE ISKRA TOOK AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO BECOME THE NAVY'S FIRST FEMALE ONE OF THESE, ON THE USS OPPORTUNE | CAPTAIN |
IN 1995 SHANNON FAULKNER BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE CADET AT THIS SC MILITARY COLLEGE | CITADEL |
BERTHE MORISOT, THE FIRST FEMALE IMPRESSIONIST, WAS THE SISTER-IN-LAW OF THIS "LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS" PAINTER | MANET |
IN 1912 HARRIET QUIMBY BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PILOT TO FLY OVER THIS APPROXIMATELY 21-MILE WIDE BODY OF WATER | ENGLISH CHANNEL |
IN 2007 DREW GILPIN FAUST BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT IN THIS UNIVERSITY'S 371-YEAR HISTORY | HARVARD |
IN 1889, SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE, A MEMBER OF THIS NEBRASKA TRIBE, BECAME THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE DOCTOR | OMAHA |
IN 2001 RUTH ANN MINNER BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR OF THIS SMALL EASTERN STATE | DELAWARE |
IN LATVIA, MALE FIRST NAMES USUALLY END IN "S"; FEMALE FIRST NAMES, USUALLY IN THIS VOWEL | "A" |
SEPT.1, IS EMMA NUTT DAY IN HONOR OF THE FIRST FEMALE ONE OF THESE IN THE U.S. | TELEPHONE OPERATOR |
THIS FIRST FEMALE CO-ANCHOR ON "60 MINUTES", HELPED NIXON WRITE HIS BESTSELLING MEMOIRS | DIANE SAWYER |
IN 1887, ARGONIA, KS ELECTED SUSANNA SALTER AS THE FIRST FEMALE ONE OF THESE | MAYOR |
JUDY GARLAND WAS THE FIRST FEMALE HONORED WITH THE SPECIAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NAMED FOR THIS DIRECTOR | CECIL B. DEMILLE |
HATTIE CARAWAY, THE FIRST ELECTED FEMALE SENATOR, REPRESENTED THIS STATE, LONG THE "LAND OF OPPORTUNITY" | ARKANSAS |
IN 1995 THE FIRST ALL-FEMALE CREW WINS A QUALIFYING RACE FOR THIS CONTEST | AMERICA'S CUP |
THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF HER COUNTRY, SHE HELD THE POST FROM 1966 TO '77 AND FROM 1980 TO HER 1984 DEATH | INDIRA GANDHI |
IN 1980 KATHLEEN CONLEY BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE GRADUATE OF THIS COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL, FINISHING 8TH IN HER CLASS | AIR FORCE ACADEMY |
SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR AT THE SORBONNE | MARIE CURIE |
THE EMINENT BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGIST DOROTHY GARROD WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR AT THIS BRITISH UNIVERSITY | CAMBRIDGE |
IN 1999 NANCY MACE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE GRADUATE OF THIS SC MILITARY ACADEMY | CITADEL |
IN 1973, 10 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH, SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME | PATSY CLINE |
ANGELA MERKEL IS THE FIRST FEMALE CHANCELLOR OF THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY | GERMANY |
IN 2006 THIS CARIBBEAN COUNTRY MADE HISTORY BY SWEARING IN ITS FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER, PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER | JAMAICA |
IN MAY, 1970 DIANE CRUMP BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE JOCKEY TO RIDE IN THIS RACE; SHE FINISHED 15TH ABOARD FATHOM | KENTUCKY DERBY |
IN 1944 LT. CORDELIA COOK BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN BOTH THE BRONZE STAR AND THIS AWARD FOR HER WAR WOUNDS | PURPLE HEART |
IN 1933 FDR APPOINTED RUTH BRYAN OWEN, DAUGHTER OF THIS POLITICIAN, THE FIRST U.S. WOMAN DIPLOMAT | WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN |
IN 1995 ROBERTA COOPER RAMO, AN ALBUQUERQUE ATTORNEY, BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION |
IN 2000 TARJA HALONEN BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THIS NATION | FINLAND |
THIS POET WAS THE FIRST BLACK...AND THE FIRST FEMALE... STREETCAR CONDUCTOR IN SAN FRANCISCO | MAYA ANGELOU |
BOBBY KENNEDY'S DAUGHTER KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND, WAS THE FIRST FEMALE LT. GOV. OF THIS STATE | MARYLAND |
THE FIRST OF THESE FEMALE UNITS THAT HELPED THE U.S. DURING WWII ARRIVED AT FORT BRAGG IN 1943 | WACs |
IN 1901 THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZE BANQUET HAD MALE GUESTS ONLY; THIS WOMAN BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE GUEST IN 1903 | MARIE CURIE |
SERVING UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON, SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESS SECRETARY | DEE DEE MYERS |
IN 1932 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS | AMELIA EARHART |
DAISY GORDON, THE NIECE OF JULIETTE GORDON LOW, BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION WHEN SHE JOINED IN 1912 | GIRL SCOUTS |
THIS GYMNAST, A 1984 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER, WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO APPEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE WHEATIES BOX | MARY LOU RETTON |
THIS UPI CORRESPONDENT WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD THE WHITE HOUSE BUREAU OF A MAJOR NEWS SERVICE | HELEN THOMAS |
IN 1976 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO CONDUCT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA WHEN SHE TOOK THE BATON FOR "LA TRAVIATA" | SARAH CALDWELL |
IN 1993 JULIE KRONE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE JOCKEY TO WIN A TRIPLE CROWN EVENT, THIS THIRD LEG | BELMONT STAKES |
IN 1993 SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR TO WIN THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL'S PALME d'OR | JANE CAMPION |
WITH 82% OF THE VOTE, SHE WAS ELECTED CHICAGO'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN 1979 AND LED THE CITY FOR 4 YEARS | JANE BYRNE |
MAJOR GENERAL LORRAINE POTTER WAS THE AIR FORCE'S FIRST FEMALE ONE OF THESE RELIGIOUS COUNSELORS | CHAPLAINS |
HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THE FIRST FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TOOK THE BENCH | RONALD REAGAN |
MARYLAND'S FIRST FEMALE LT. GOVERNOR | KATHLEEN KENNEDY-TOWNSEND |
IN 1993 TRUE PATH PARTY LEADER TANSU CILLER BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THIS LARGE MUSLIM COUNTRY | TURKEY |
SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY OF STATE | MADELEINE ALBRIGHT |
FIRST FEMALE HEAD WRITER IN THE HISTORY OF "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" | TINA FEY |
THE FIRST FEMALE DOCTOR, SHE HELPED FOUND THE LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR WOMEN IN 1875 | ELIZABETH BLACKWELL |
THE FIRST FEMALE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., SHE PUBLISHED THE BOOK "POLITICAL WOMAN" IN 1974 | JEANNE KIRKPATRICK |
IN THE '70S THIS FORMER CHILD STAR WAS AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL IN THE STATE DEPT. | SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK |
THE FIRST FEMALE FIGURE SKATER SINCE SONJA HENIE TO REPEAT AS OLYMPIC CHAMPION WAS THIS GERMAN IN 1988 | KATARINA WITT |
AFTER SPENDING 188 DAYS IN SPACE, SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER OF THE SPACE MEDAL OF HONOR | SHANNON LUCID |
WHEN SHE JOINED CBS SPORTS IN 1975, THIS 1971 MISS AMERICA BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE NETWORK SPORTSCASTER | PHYLLIS GEORGE |
THIS FIRST LADY OF SONG WAS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE'S BEST FEMALE JAZZ SINGER 18 YEARS IN A ROW | ELLA FITZGERALD |
IN 1991 EDITH CRESSON REPLACED MICHEL ROCARD, BECOMING THIS COUNTRY'S FIRST FEMALE PREMIER | FRANCE |
SHE WAS A TEXTILE FACTORY WORKER WHEN SHE WAS CHOSEN AS THE USSR'S FIRST FEMALE COSMONAUT | VALENTINA TERESHKOVA |
IN 1976 SHE BECAME THE FIRST ROMANIAN TO WIN AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN GYMNASTICS | NADIA COMANECI |
ANNA MAY HAYES & ELIZABETH HOISINGTON WERE THE FIRST 2 WOMEN TO ACHIEVE THIS ARMY RANK | GENERAL |
THIS AUTHOR AND WIFE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S FOUNDER WAS THE USA'S FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY | CLARE BOOTHE LUCE |
SHE FOUNDED THE OPERA COMPANY OF BOSTON IN 1957 & IN 1976 BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO CONDUCT AT THE MET | SARAH CALDWELL |
UNDER FDR, FRANCES PERKINS BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE CABINET MEMBER, HEADING THIS DEPARTMENT | DEPT. OF LABOR |
THIS GROUP'S "BEAUTY AND THE BEAT" ALBUM WAS THE FIRST BY A FEMALE ROCK BAND TO REACH #1 | THE GO-GO'S |
IN 2006 THIS COUNTRY SWORE IN AFRICA'S FIRST ELECTED FEMALE PRESIDENT, ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF | LIBERIA |
AFTER 285 YEARS, IN 1945 THIS BRITISH ORGANIZATION INDUCTED ITS FIRST WOMEN, INCLUDING KATHLEEN LONSDALE | ROYAL SOCIETY |
SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE TO WIN MEDALS IN 5 DIFFERENT EVENTS AT A SINGLE OLYMPICS | MARION JONES |
RUTH PERRY, MODERN AFRICA'S FIRST FEMALE HEAD OF STATE, HEADED A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1996 | LIBERIA |
IN 1998 THIS FIRST BLACK FEMALE SENATOR LOST HER REELECTION BID TO PETER FITZGERALD | CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN |
CALLED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE SINGER IN BRITISH HISTORY, SHE HAD HER FIRST U.S. #1 HIT IN 1964 WITH "DOWNTOWN" | PETULA CLARK |
19TH-C. WORLD TRAVELER ISABELLA BIRD WAS THE FIRST FEMALE MEMBER OF THIS BRITISH SOCIETY FOUNDED IN 1830 | ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY |
THIS PRESIDENT APPOINTED THE FIRST FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL | CLINTON |
WITH 1952'S "IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS", SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO HAVE A #1 COUNTRY HIT | KITTY WELLS |
IN 1999 THIS SINGER WHO ONCE TORE UP THE POPE'S PICTURE WAS ORDAINED THE FIRST FEMALE PRIEST IN THE LATIN TRIDENTINE CHURCH | SINEAD O'CONNOR |
THE FIRST FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, WAS APPOINTED BY THIS PRESIDENT | REAGAN |
AS LT. JORDAN O'NEIL, DEMI MOORE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO UNDERGO NAVY SEAL TRAINING IN THIS FILM | G.I. JANE |
IN 1971 THE SENATE TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF AND GOT ITS FIRST FEMALE IN THIS JOB | PAGES |
EISENHOWER APPOINTED THIS EDITOR TO ITALY AS THE FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR TO A MAJOR COUNTRY | CLARE BOOTHE LUCE |
BORN IN BOSTON IN 1931, SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO CO-ANCHOR A REGULAR NIGHTLY NETWORK NEWSCAST | BARBARA WALTERS |
IN 1910 ALICE WELLS GOT SPECIAL BADGE #1 AS THE FIRST FEMALE ONE OF THESE IN LOS ANGELES | POLICE OFFICER |
HANNA SUCHOCKA BECAME THIS EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER IN 1992 | POLAND |
FITTINGLY, IN 1962 THIS FEMALE SINGER WON THE FIRST GOSPEL GRAMMY | MAHALIA JACKSON |
IN MARCH 1998 NASA SELECTED HER AS THE FIRST FEMALE COMMANDER FOR A SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION | EILEEN COLLINS |
IN BYRON'S BIBLICAL DRAMA "CAIN", SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE CHARACTER TO SPEAK | EVE |
IN 1536, WITH ONLY A FEMALE HEIR, SHE WAS FIRST OF HENRY VIII'S WIVES TO GO ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK | ANNE BOLEYN |
IN 1995 HER "JAGGED LITTLE PILL" BECAME THE FIRST ALBUM BY A CANADIAN FEMALE TO REACH #1 IN THE U.S. | ALANIS MORISSETTE |
KELLY FLINN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY THIS BOMBER FOR THE AIR FORCE | B-52 |
IN 1932 HATTIE CARAWAY PLANTED THE SEED FOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN AS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THIS BODY | U.S. SENATE |
THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF A MAJOR MOVIE STUDIO, DAWN STEEL TOOK OVER THIS ONE IN 1987, BEFORE SONY DID | COLUMBIA-TRISTAR |
THIS WOMAN FROM NANTUCKET IS OFTEN CITED AS AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE ASTRONOMER | MARIA MITCHELL |
IN 1996 CHRISTY MARTIN BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRO IN THIS SPORT TO BE FEATURED LIVE ON NATIONAL TV | BOXING |
IN 1984 SHE REACHED A "TURNING POINT" WHEN SHE BECAME "60 MINUTES" FIRST FEMALE CORRESPONDENT | DIANE SAWYER |
THIS DIRECTOR OF "THE PIANO" WAS THE FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR TO WIN THE PALME d'OR AT CANNES | JANE CAMPION |
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE'S FIRST FEMALE HEAD OF STATE WAS THIS COUNTRY'S ISABEL PERON | ARGENTINA |
THIS NOVEL OF HIGH SOCIETY MADE EDITH WHARTON THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION | "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" |
BEATRICE WEBB WAS A LEADER OF THIS SOCIALIST SOCIETY TO WHICH GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ALSO BELONGED | FABIAN SOCIETY |
IN A LANDMARK 1973 SUPREME COURT CASE, 25-YEAR-OLD NORMA MCCORVEY WAS KNOWN BY THIS NAME | "ROE" |
IN 1613, WHEN SHE WAS VISITING THE POTOMAC INDIANS, SHE WAS CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH AND TAKEN TO JAMESTOWN | POCAHONTAS |
THIS HULL HOUSE FOUNDER WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF ROCKFORD SEMINARY'S CLASS OF 1881 | JANE ADDAMS |
BORN A SLAVE AROUND 1797, SHE BECAME FAMOUS AS A PREACHER, ABOLITIONIST, AND WOMAN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST | SOJOURNER TRUTH |
THIS PUN ON THE WORD "HISTORY" IS THE TITLE OF A 1995 BOOK ABOUT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD | "HERSTORY" |
AS A CHILD, SHE WAS CAPTURED BY THE HADATSAHS AND GIVEN THE NAME WHICH MEANS "BIRD WOMAN" | SACAJAWEA |
THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY NOMINATED BELVA LOCKWOOD FOR THIS HIGH OFFICE IN 1884 & 1888 | PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. |
LORD DARNLEY WAS JUST 19 WHEN HE BECAME THIS 22-YEAR-OL SCOTTISH QUEEN'S SECOND HUSBAND IN 1565 | MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS |
MATA HARI PRETENDED TO BE ASIAN, BUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY | NETHERLANDS |
KNOWN FOR HER CLEVERNESS & BEAUTY, SARAH CHURCHILL, DUCHESS OF THIS, WAS A CONFIDANTE OF QUEEN ANNE | MARLBOROUGH |
FLORA MCDONALD HELPED THIS "BONNIE PRINCE" ESCAPRE FROM SCOTLAND DISGUISED AS A WOMAN | CHARLIE |
HATSHEPSUT, WHO RULED THIS COUNTRY, CLAIMED TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOD AMON | EGYPT |
THIS REVOLUTIONARY WAR WATER-BEARER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS | MOLLY PITCHER |
THIS RUSSIAN EMPRESS WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN 1918 | ALEXANDRA |
HER LIFE INSPIRED THE HISTORICAL NOVEL "A WOMAN CALLED MOSES" | HARRIET TUBMAN |
BORN AN INFANTA IN 1485, SHE DIED AT KIMBOLTON CASTLE IN ENGLAND IN 1536 WITH THE OFFICIAL TITLE PRINCESS DOWAGER OF WALES | CATHERINE OF ARAGON |
IN AN 1863 ESSAY, HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CALLED THIS WOMAN WHOM SHE HAD MET WITH "THE LIBYAN SIBYL" | SOJOURNER TRUTH |
HER FIRST HUSBAND, ALEXANDRE DE BEAUHAMAIS, FOUGHT IN BOTH THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS | EMPRESS JOSEPHINE |
ARRESTED FOR VOTING IN AN 1872 ELECTION, SHE DIED 14 YEARS BEFORE THE 19TH AMENDMENT | SUSAN B. ANTHONY |
AROUND 1875 THIS WOMAN BEATS HER FUTURE HUSBAND, MARKSMAN FRANK BUTLER, IN A SHOOTING MATCH | ANNIE OAKLEY |
1950: 12-YEAR-OLD KATHRYN JOHNSTON BECOMES THE FIRST GIRL TO PLAY IN THIS SPORTS ORGANIZATION | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL |
1937: ENTERING A MOSTLY MALE DOMAIN, CONCHITA CINTRON BEGINS HER CAREER AS ONE OF THESE IN MEXICO | BULLFIGHTER |
1932: AT THE AAU NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD MEET, SHE WINS THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLE-HANDEDLY | BABE DIDRIKSEN ZAHARIAS |
1567: SHE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST WOMAN TO PLAY GOLF | MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS |
BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY, THIS WOMAN FROM NEW ENGLAND WAS THE WIFE OF THE FIRST U.S. VICE PRESIDENT | ABIGAIL ADAMS |
SHE WAS THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF HENRY VIII'S FIRST WIFE | MARY TUDOR |
AFTER JULIA WARD HOWE HEARD UNION SOLDIERS SINGING "JOHN BROWN'S BODY", SHE WROTE THIS SONG TO THE SAME TUNE | BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC |
ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE FOUNDED A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES IN 1860, IS NOW HOME TO HER MUSEUM | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE |
IN THE LATE 1940S, SHE FOUNDED A FEMALE BRANCH OF HER HUSBAND'S POLITICAL PARTY IN ARGENTINA | EVA PERON |
THE WORK OF LAURA X LED TO MARCH BEING DESIGNATED THIS EVERY YEAR | WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH |
PRESIDENT TAFT'S DAUGHTER HELEN WAS A LONGTIME HISTORY PROFESSOR AND DEAN OF THIS WOMEN'S COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA | BRYN MAWR |
ARGENTINA CRIED FOR HER WHEN THIS FORMER ACTRESS & FIRST LADY DIED OF CANCER IN 1952 | EVA PERON |
HER FINDINGS ON PESTICIDES IN THE BOOK "SILENT SPRING", SPARKED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT | RACHEL CARSON |
KING HENRY VIII'S FIRST WIFE, CATHERINE OF ARAGON, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THIS FAMOUS QUEEN | ISABELLA |
THIS WOMAN DID QUITE A "SMASHING" JOB DURING HER CRUSADE AGAINST LIQUOR | CARRIE NATION |
"I NEVER RAN MY TRAIN OFF THE TRACK AND I NEVER LOST A PASSENGER" | HARRIET TUBMAN |
WITH 5 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS, SHE'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL U.S. WOMEN'S SPEED SKATER IN HISTORY | BONNIE BLAIR |
MATTIE SILKS RAN THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS, ONCE THE MOST FAMOUS BORDELLO IN THIS COLORADO CAPITAL | DENVER |
VIRGINIA HILL, WHO DROVE THIS GANGSTER "BUGSY", WAS CONVENIENTLY OUT OF TOWN WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN HER LIVING ROOM | BUGSY SIEGEL |
THIS WILD WEST "BELLE" SERVED TIME IN PRISON FOR HORSE THEFT IN 1883 | BELLE STARR |
JUST HEARING THE NAMES OF HER NEWSLETTERS..."SMASHER'S MAIL & THE HATCHET...MAKES US CRINGE | CARRIE NATION |
KATE ELDER, A NOTORIOUS LADY OF THE EVENING, IS BEST REMEMBERED AS THIS DENTIST'S COMPANION | DOC HOLIDAY |
THIS FUTURE FIRST LADY JOINED HER HUSBAND AT VALLEY FORGE IN THE WINTER OF 1777-78 AND TENDED THE WOUNDED | MARTHA WASHINGTON |
SHE PUBLISHED "THE RED CROSS IN PEACE AND WAR" | CLARA BARTON |
QUEEN MARGUERITE OF NAVARRE WROTE THE "HEPTAMERON", A COLLECTION OF TALES WIDELY COMPARED TO THIS BOCCACCIO WORK | "THE DECAMERON" |
THE GIRL SCOUTS ESTABLISHED A WORLD FRIENDSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF THIS GIRL SCOUTS FOUNDER | JULIETTE GORDON LOW |
A VISIT TO TOYNBEE HALL, A SETTLEMENT HOUSE IN ENGLAND, INSPIRED JANE ADDAMS TO FOUND THIS "HOUSE" | HULL HOUSE |
MESSALINA, EMPRESS OF THIS, MESSED AROUND SO MUCH HER HUSBAND CLAUDIUS HAD HER EXECUTED | ROME |
THE EVERLEIGH SISTERS RAN THE FANCIEST BORDELLO IN THIS ILLINOIS CITY | CHICAGO |
UPSET BY HER PUBLIC IMAGE, THIS PARTNER OF CLYDE SAID SHE WANTED FOLKS TO KNOW SHE DIDN'T REALLY SMOKE CIGARS | BONNIE PARKER |
SHE DUMPED HER HUSBAND AROUND 1902 AND EMBARKED ON A LIFE OF LUSTFUL LIASONS, NEARLY-NUDE DANCING AND SPYING | MATA HARI |
ANNA SAGE, WHO SET UP JOHN DILLINGER, IS KNOWN TO HISTORY AS THIS "LADY" | "THE LADY IN RED" |
CLAMITY JANE'S MEMOIRS SPREAD THE TALE OF HER TORRID ROMANCE WITH THIS "WILD" WESTERNER | WILD BILL HICKOK |
YOU COULD CALL THIS OUTLAW THE "MOTHER" OF ALL CRIME; SHE WAS ALSO THE MOTHER OF HERMAN, FRED, ARTHUR, AND LLOYD | MA BARKER |
MARIE WALEWSKA WAS ONE OF MANY WOMEN WHO "ENTERTAINED" HIM DURING HIS EXILE ON ELBA | NAPOLEON |
"BURNING TIMES" REFERS TO THE 15TH-18TH CENTURY PERSECUTION OF WOMEN FOR THIS CRIME | WITCHCRAFT |
LISE MEITNER MADE ATOMIC ENERGY POSSIBLE WITH HER 1938 CO-DISCOVERY OF THIS NUCLEAR PROCESS | NUCLEAR FISSION |
THE WIFE OF TV'S STARSKY, SHE DEVOTED HER LAST 6 YEARS TO FIGHTING PEDIATRIC AIDS | ELIZABETH GLASER |
PHILADELPHIA PHILANTHROPIST REBECCA GRATZ WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR REBECCA IN THIS SIR WALTER SCOTT NOVEL | IVANHOE |
DESIGNER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL | MAYA LIN |
THIS RELATIVE OF A FAMED FILM DIRECTOR BEGAN CHOREOGRAPHING FOR THE BALLET THEATRE BEFORE IT WAS "AMERICAN" | AGNES DEMILLE |
NPR LEGAL AIDE NINA TOTENBERG REPORTED ON THIS WOMAN'S STORY, HELPING REOPEN THE CLARENCE THOMAS HEARINGS | ANITA HILL |
IN THE 1960S SHE MADE THE FIRST RECORDED OBSERVATIONS OF CHIMPANZEES EATING MEAT & MAKING & USING TOOLS | JANE GOODALL |
IN THE MID-60S, SHE STARRED IN INGMAR BERGMAN'S "PERSONA" AND GAVE BIRTH TO HIS DAUGHTER, LINN | LIV ULLMAN |
VIGINIA GILDERSLEEVE, NAMED DEAN OF THIS SCHOOL IN 1911 BY THE PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, SERVED 36 YEARS | BARNARD |
THIS PRESIDENT NOMINATED SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK AS AMBASSADOR TO GHANA IN 1974 | FORD |
SHE DANCED IN ANTONY TUDOR'S 1937 BALLET "DARK ELEGIES" BEFORE SHE CHOREOGRAPHED "RODEO" | AGNES DEMILLE |
TENNIS PLAYER MARTINA NAVRATILOVA WAS BORN IN THIS WORLD CAPITAL CITY | PRAGUE |
THIS LONG-TIME RIVAL OF HEDDA HOPPER WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST MOVIE COLUMNISTS | LOUELLA PARSONS |
ALONG WITH SUSAN B. ANTHONY, SHE FOUNDED THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION AND BECAME ITS FIRST PRESIDENT | ELIZABETH CADY STANTON |
A FOUNDER OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD, HER SLOGAN WAS "JOIN THE UNION, BOYS" | MOTHER JONES |
IN 1903 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN FRANCE TO EARN HER DOCTORATE | MARIE CURIE |
IN 1963 SHE SAID, "I FEEL AS THOUGH I'M SUDDENLY ON STAGE FOR A PART I NEVER REHEARSED" | LADY BIRD JOHNSON |
ON JAN. 4, 2007, SHE SAID, "FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, TODAY WE HAVE BROKEN THE MARBLE CEILING" | NANCY PELOSI |
SHE WAS THE 31ST PERSON...AND THE FIRST WOMAN...TO LIE IN STATE OR HONOR IN THE U.S. CAPITOL | ROSA PARKS |
IN 2004 & 2005, THIS FORMER UNIVERSITY PROVOST TOPPED FORBES' LIST OF THE 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD | CONDOLEEZZA RICE |
IN 1967 DAME CICELY SAUNDERS FOUNDED ST. CHRISTOPHER'S, THE FIRST MODERN ONE OF THESE; IN 2005, SHE DIED THERE | HOSPICE |
AS STAFF DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, SHE HELPED REVISE THE STATE CONSTITUTION | JANET RENO |
SHE SAID SHE HEALED FROM A NEAR-FATAL FALL AFTER READING A PASSAGE FROM THE BIBLE IN 1866 | MARY BAKER EDDY |
SARAH WEDDINGTON WAS THE ATTORNEY WHO SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THIS LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CAST IN 1973 | ROE V WADE |
THE EMINENT BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGIST DOROTHY GARROD WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR AT THIS BRITISH UNIVERSITY | CAMBRIDGE |
AFTER EARNING A LAW DEGREE FROM TRINITY COLLEGE, MARY ROBINSON BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THIS NATION | IRELAND |
IN 1999 NANCY MACE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE GRADUATE OF THIS SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY | CITADEL |
A FORMER ACTRESS & PROSTITUTE, THEODORA WAS A 6TH-C. CO-RULER OF THIS EMPIRE WITH HER HUSBAND JUSTINIAN | BYZANTINE EMPIRE |
BERTHA VON SUTTNER, THE 2ND WOMAN TO WIN ONE OF THESE, WAS THE 1ST WOMAN TO WIN IN THE PEACE CATEGORY | NOBEL PRIZE |
CLARA SCHUMANN TAUGHT THIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AT FRANKFURT'S HOCH CONSERVATORY | PIANO |
SHE WAS THE LOYAL SECRETARY TO RICHARD NIXON | ROSEMARY WOODS |
THE LAST ENGLISHWOMAN TO WIN WIMBLEDON'S WOMAN'S SINGLES, SHE WON IN 1977 | VIRGINIA WADE |
IN 1994 A LIBERTY SHIP WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THIS UNDERGROUND RAILROAD LEADER | HARRIET TUBMAN |
DORTHY HANSINE ANDERSON IDENTIFIED THIS DISEASE ABBREVIATED CF AND DEVISED A TEST TO DIAGNOSE IT | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
IN 1865 MARIA MITCHELL BECAME VASSAR'S FIRST PROFESSOR OF THIS SCIENCE | ASTONOMY |
WHILE LIVING IN EUROPE, SHE WAS ASKED TO HELP INTRODUCE THE RED CROSS TO AMERICA, AN SHE DID | CLARA BARTON |
GRACE HOPPER WAS PERHAPS BEST-KNOWN FOR CO-DEVELOPING THIS COMPUTER LANGUAGE, USED IN BUSINESS | COBOL |
THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO OWN HER OWN STUDIOS | OPRAH WINFREY |
SHE ANSWERED AN AD IN HER COLLEGE PAPER LOOKING FOR ASTRONAUTS, AND IN 1983 BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE | SALLY RIDE |
IN 1978 NONA GAPRINDASHVILI BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO ACHIEVE THE MEN'S INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER TITLE IN THIS | CHESS |
IN 1997 THIS ACTRESS TURNED POLITICIAN WAS APPOINTED A MINISTER IN THE U.K. TRANSPORT DEPT. | GLENDA JACKSON |
ASTRONOMER MARGARET BURBIDGE WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR OF THIS INSTITUTION IN ENGLAND IN 1972 | ROAYL OBSERVATORY IN GREENWICH |
IN 1999 A HIGH COURT IN LAHORE FOUND HER GUILTY OF ACCEPTING BRIBES IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONTRACT | BENAZIR BHUTTO |
NOBEL PRIZE WINNING POET GABRIELA MISTRAL REPRESENTED THIS COUNTRY AS A "LIFE CONSUL" | CHILE |
THE "MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT", SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME IN 1993 | ROSA PARKS |
"GOD BLESS THE CHILD" AND "GOD BLESS THIS BLUES SINGER WHO CO-WROTE THE SONG | BILLIE HOLIDAY |
A POWERFUL POLITICAL FIGURE, MAXINE WATERS HAS REPRESENTED THIS STATE IN CONGRESS SINCE 1991 | CALIFORNIA |
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SPEAK PUBLICLY AGAINST SLAVERY...HONEST! | SOJOURNER TRUTH |
6 YEARS AFTER HER 1957 WIMBLEDON WIN, THIS TENNIS GREAT TURNED GOLF PRO | ALTHEA GIBSON |
THESE EVER POPULAR SINGING SISTERS PERFORM AT THE LAWRENCE WELK CHAMPAGNE THEATRE IN BRANSON, MO | LENNON SISTERS |
HER FIRST NOVEL, " THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL", WAS PUBLISHED IN 1948, THE SAME YEAR AS HER SHORT STORY "THE LOTTERY" | SHIRLEY JACKSON |
SHE WAS BORN IN 1946, THE SAME YEAR HER MOTHER JUDY GARLAND STARRED IN "THE HARVEY GIRLS" | LIZA MINNELLI |
THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD INTRODUCED THE BELOVED BRITISH CUSTOM OF AFTERNOON TEA IN THIS CENTURY | 19TH-C. |
SHE'S WRITTEN SOME OF HER ROMANCE NOVELS UNDER HER MARRIED NAME, BARBARA MCCORQUODALE | BARBARA CARTLAND |
GOALKEEPER GWEN CHEESEMAN WAS PART OF THE BRONZE MEDAL WINNING U.S. TEAM IN THIS SPORT AT THE 1984 OLYMPICS | FIELD HOCKEY |
"THE DYING SWAN" WAS A "CYGNET"URE SOLO FOR THIS BALLERINA FOR WHOM IT WAS CREATED IN 1905 | ANNA PAVLOVA |
SHE WAS CLINTON'S ATTORNEY GENERAL | JANET RENO |
AFTER SHE MARRIED, SHE WAS KNOWN AS REBECCA ROLFE | POCAHONTAS |
RUSSIA FOUGHT 2 WARS WITH TURKEY AND ANNEXED THE CRIMEA DURING HER REIGN AS RUSSIA'S EMPRESS | CATHERINE THE GREAT |
HER 1951 BOOK "LA RAZON DE MI VIDA" ("THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE"), WAS ONCE MANDATORY READING IN ARGENTINE SCHOOLS | EVA PERON |
IN HER 1903 BIOGRAPHY, SHE WROTE, "EVERYTHING HAS ITS WONDERS, EVEN DARKNESS AND SILENCE" | HELEN KELLER |
MARGRETHE II STUDIED ARCHAEOLOGY AT THIS BRITISH UNIVERSITY BEFORE SHE BECAME QUEEN OF DENMARK | CAMBRIDGE |
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER MADE HER PROFESSIONAL DEBUT PLAYING THIS STRINGED INSTRUMENT IN 1977, AT AGE 13 | VIOLIN |
LYNNE THIGPEN WON A TONY IN 1997 FOR ACTING IN "AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER" BY THIS AUTHOR OF "THE HEIDI CHRONICLES" | WENDY WASSERSTEIN |
SHE WROTE THE PURR-FECTLY TITLED MEMOIR, "I'M STILL HERE: CONFESSIONS OF A SEX KITTEN" | EARTH KITT |
THIS FUTURE U.S. FIRST LADY DISTRIBUTED FOOD & HELPED TEND THE WOUNDED DURING THE BOXER REBELLION | LOU HOOVER |
CORETTA SCOTT MET THIS FUTURE HUSBAND WHILE AT THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | MLK, JR |
TRAINING BY THE SUZUKI METHOD YOUR CHILD CAN BECOME A FAMOUS ONE OF THESE, LIKE MIDORI | VIOLINIST |
IN 1956 SHE MADE $3 MILLION AS THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS PARTNERS TO SELL THEIR STOCK | MARY PICKFORD |
THE 2 HARRIETS IN THE WOMAN'S HALL OF FAME | HARRIET BEECHER STOWE & HARRIET TUBMAN |
UPSET OVER THE SENATE'S TREATMENT OF ANITA HILL, THIS ILLINOIAN RAN FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN 1992 AND WON | CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN |
YASUKO NAMBA, ONE OF JAPAN'S LEADING WOMEN MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS, DIED IN A BLIZZARD ON THIS NEPALESE PEAK IN 1996 | MT. EVEREST |
IN HER 1950S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, "THIS LIFE I'VE LED", SHE WROTE, "MY GOAL WAS TO BE THE GREATEST ATHLETE THAT EVER LIVED" | BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS |
1996 MARKED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER "BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK", NOW PUBLISHED UNDER HER OWN NAME | FANNIE FARMER |
THIS NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT STUDIED FOR 4 YEARS AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN SAN ANTONIO, TX | VIOLETTA CHAMORRO |
SARTRE & THIS PHILOSOPHER BEGAN THEIR LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP WHILE STUDENTS AT THE SORBONNE | SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR |
THIS AVIATOR LIKED TO BE CALLED "A.E." | AMELIA EARHART |
IN 1995 THIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE VISITED THE U.S. AND HELPED OPEN AN AIDS HOSPICE FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN | MOTHER THERESA |
THIS BELOVED JAZZ SINGER, "THE FIRST LADY OF SONG", PASSED AWAY IN 1996 | ELLA FITZGERALD |
MANY BELIEVE HER 1985 MURDER WAS IN RETALIATION FOR HER TRYING TO STOP THE POACHING OF GORILLAS IN AFRICA | DIAN FOSSEY |
IN 1904 THIS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER WAS AWARDED THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR | MARY CASSATT |
THIS FIRST LADY AND HER HUSBAND WERE DISTANT COUSINS; HER FATHER WAS TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S YOUNGER BROTHER | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT |
DING LING, WHO WROTE ABOUT INDEPENDENT, BRAVE WOMEN, WAS ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR AUTHORS | CHINA |
EVA CRANE BECAME INTERESTED IN APICULTURE WHEN SHE RECEIVED A SWARM OF THESE AS A WEDDING PRESENT | BEES |
GRACE DARLING & HER FATHER, THE KEEPER OF ONE OF THESE, SAVED 9 PEOPLE FROM DROWNING IN AN 1838 SHIPWRECK | LIGHTHOUSE |
IT WAS THE PROFESSION OF MRS. SIDDONS, THE SUBJECT OF ONE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' FINEST PORTRAITS | ACTRESS |
IN 34 B.C. SHE AND HER SON CAESARION WERE DECLARED JOINT RULERS OF CYPRUS, LIBYA, COELESYRIA, & EGYPT | CLEOPATRA |
IN 1854 SHE LEFT ENGLAND TO WORK IN THE MILITARY HOSPITAL AT SCUTARI, TURKEY | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE |
THIS WIFE OF RUTHERFORD HAYES WAS THE FIRST FIRST LADY TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE | LUCY HAYES |
IN 1984 THIS U.S. GYMNAST WAS NAMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WOMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | MARY LOU RETTON |
HALF OF THE SECRETARIES OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES HAVE BEEN WOMEN, INCLUDING THIS CLINTON APPOINTEE | DONNA SHALALA |
CLARE OF ASSISI, WHOSE MIRACLES SAVED HER CITY FROM DESTRUCTION TWICE, DIED IN 1253 AND BECAME ONE OF THESE IN 1255 | A SAINT |
MARGARET SPELLING, WAS THE FIRST MOM WITH KIDS IN SCHOOL, TO SERVE AS U.S. SECRETARY OF THIS | EDUCATION |
AN AGE WHEN SHAKESPEARE WROTE & ENGLAND GAINED POWER IS NAMED FOR THIS QUEEN | ELIZABETH I |
SHE'S THE BRONTE SISTER WHO WROTE "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" | EMILY BRONTE |
THIS SECRETARY OF STATE, WHOSE FIRST NAME IS FROM A MUSICAL TERM, HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE A CONCERT PIANIST | CONDOLEEZZA RICE |
SHORTLY AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE, HER PUBLISHER HUSBAND GEORGE PUTNAM RELEASED "LAST FLIGHT", CONTAINING HER DIARIES | AMELIA EARHART |
HER BELOVED TEACHER WAS ANNE SULLIVAN | HELEN KELLER |
THIS SINGER/ACTRESS WAS BORN IN HOUSTON IN 1987; HER SISTER HAYLIE, IN 1985 | HILLARY DUFF |
HAYDEN PANETTIERE PLAYED THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CHEERLEADER IN THIS NBC DRAMA | HEROES |
SHE WAS "ALL THAT" ON NICKELODEON BUT IN 2006, "SHE'S THE MAN" | AMANDA BYNES |
PRIOR TO THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAYS, CNN REPORTED THAT THE WEALTH OF THESE TWINS TO BE $150 MILLION...EACH! | OLSEN TWINS |
THIS WOMAN SLIPPED A .38 REVOLVER TO CLYDE BARROW IN HIS PRISON CELL IN 1930, LEADING TO HIS ESCAPE | BONNIE PARKER |
THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1993 | TONI MORRISON |
IN 1804 FUR TRADER TOUSSAINT CHARBONNEAU MADE HER HIS WIFE | SACAJAWEA |
YOKO ONO ATTENDED THIS BRONXVILLE, NY PRIVATE WOMAN'S COLLEGE WITH A FEMALE NAME | SARAH LAWRENCE |
IN "THE FEMALE EUNUCH", THIS AUSSIE FEMINIST DECLARED, "WOMEN HAVE VERY LITTLE IDEA OF HOW MUCH MEN HATE THEM" | GERMAINE GREER |
CATHERINE BEECHER, A PROMOTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN, WAS THE SISTER OF THIS FAMOUS AUTHOR | HARRIET BEECHER STOWE |
IN 2003 THIS YOUNG WOMAN MOVED TO THE NYC AREA THAT GAVE HER HER NAME | CHELSEA CLINTON |
SHE SCORED THE WINNING GOAL FOR THE U.S. IN THE 1999 WORLD CUP | BRANDI CHASTAIN |
AS HEAD OF HEWLETT-PACKARD, SHE LED THE FIGHT FOR HP'S MERGER WITH COMPAQ | CARLY FIORINA |
THIS NEWSWOMAN HAS INTERVIEWED EVERY U.S. PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY SINCE THE NIXONS | BARBARA WALTERS |
SINCE 1984 THIS FORMER FIRST LADY HAS LED AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG BLITZ OF HOUSE BUILDING FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | ROSALYNN CARTER |
QUEEN OF ENGLAND FROM 1558 TO 1603 | ELIZABETH I |
THIS STYLE & DECORATING MAVEN SAID SHE'S MOVING FROM WESTPORT, CT, AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS | MARTHA STEWART |
THIS SCIENTIST WAS BORN IN 1867 WITH THE NAME MARJA SKLODOWSKA | MARIE CURIE |
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ON MARCH 8 HONORS A FAMOUS 1857 STRIKE BEGAN BY TEXTILE WORKERS IN THIS CITY | NYC |
SHE OPENED HER FIRST CHOCOLATE CHIPPERY IN PALO ALTO IN 1977 | MRS. FIELDS (DEBBI) |
IN 1999 MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO WROTE A LETTER TO THE COURTS TO RELEASE THIS GIRL | AMY FISHER |
THIS 1992 OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING GOLD MEDALIST IS A 4TH-GENERATION JAPANESE-AMERICAN | KRISTIE YAMAGUCHI |
SHE WROTE THE CHILDREN'S BOOK, "TO SPACE & BACK" | SALLY RIDE |
THIS FORMER REPRESENTATIVE FROM COLORADO CO-CHAIRED GARY HART'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN | PAT SCHROEDER |
IN A WEEKLY COLUMN, "TALKING IT OVER", SHE WROTE ABOUT LIFE AS FIRST LADY | HILLARY CLINTON |
OF THE 3 BRONTE SISTERS WHO WERE NOVELISTS, SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO LIVED PAST THE AGE OF 35 | CHARLOTTE BRONTE |
AN INDIAN WOMAN IN HER 90S WHO DIED IN 1884 CLAIMED TO BE THIS FAMOUS INTERPRETER | SACAJAWEA |
IN 1908 SHE ESTABLISHED THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR | MARY BAKER EDDY |
ACROSS THE WAY FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, YOU'LL FIND THIS FAMOUS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN | BARNARD |
SHE'S GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE SAN DIEGO ZOO | JOAN EMBERY |
IN 1997 SISTER NIRMALA SUCCEEDED THIS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AS HEAD OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY | MOTHER THERESA |
AMONG THE WOMEN TO SERVE IN THIS POST ARE ANTONIA NOVELLO AND JOYCELYN ELDERS | SURGEON GENERAL |
"I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO" IS SOMETHING SHE MIGHT SING SINCE LEAVING CITY HALL FOR CAPITOL HILL | DIANNE FEINSTEIN |
IN HER FINAL YEARS, THIS FORMER FIRST LADY KEPT COMPANY WITH DIAMOND TRADER MAURICE TEMPELSMAN | JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS |
THIS BRITISH WOMAN IS REGARDED AS THE WORLD'S FOREMOST AUTHORITY ON CHIMPANZEES | JANE GOODALL |
AFTER LEAVING ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE IN 1983, SHE BECAME A CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER FOR VANITY FAIR | ANNIE LEIBOVITZ |
IN 1996 THIS WIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PUBLISHED "A VISUAL DIARY", A COLLECTION OF HER PHOTOGRAPHS | TIPPER GORE |
THIS "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" STAR ONCE WROTE AND STARRED IN HER OWN BBC COMEDY SERIES | EMMA THOMPSON |
THIS DIMINUTIVE PSYCHOLOGIST IS SAID TO DOLE OUT "SEXUAL ADVICE LIKE GOOD HOT CHICKEN SOUP" | DR. RUTH |
IN 1983 SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST AMERICAN TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE | SALLY RIDE |
ONCE A TEACHER OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, SHE LATER BECAME NEW JERSEY'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR | CHRISTIE TODD WHITMAN |
HIS 2ND AND 3RD MOST FAMOUS WOMEN'S PORTRAITS ARE "CECELIA GALLERANI" AND "GINEVRA DE'BENCI" | LEONARDO DA VINCI |
A CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN 1984, SHE RAN FOR THE SENATE IN 1992 | GERALDINE FERRARO |
URGED BY LOUIS LEAKEY, SHE WENT TO AFRICA TO STUDY MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN 1966 | DIAN FOSSEY |
IN 1975 A NEW JERSEY PARK WAS NAMED FOR THIS SWIMMER OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL | GERTRUDE EDERLE |
AS WELL AS MADD, SHE FOUNDED SADD, STUDENTS AGAINST DRIVING DRUNK | CANDY LEITNER |
FAMOUS FOR HER THEATRICS, THIS EVANGELIST ONCE GAVE A SERMON ON "GOD'S LAW" DRESSED IN A POLICE UNIFORM | AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON |
IN 1993 THIS ESTRANGED WIFE OF A WORLD LEADER WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE ANC'S WOMEN'S LEAGUE | WINNIE MANDELA |
THIS COMEDIENNE GOT HER START ON TV AS THE GIRLFRIEND OF JERRY MAHONEY, AND WE'RE NOT PULLING YOUR EAR! | CAROL BURNETT |
IT'S THE FIRST NAME OF CARTOONIST GUISEWITE, OR HER FAMOUS COMIC STRIP | CATHY |
THE ORIGINAL GIBSON GIRL, IRENE LANGHORNE GIBSON, WAS AN OLDER SISTER OF THIS AMERICAN-BORN BRITISH "LADY" | LADY NANCY ASTOR |
SHE FOUNDED THE ELSA WILD ANIMAL APPEAL IN ENGLAND IN 1961 AND IN THE U.S. IN 1969 | JOY ADAMSON |
IN 1989 BARBARA HARRIS BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO BE MADE THIS | BISHOP |
IT'S THE NAME UNDER WHICH JUDITH MARTIN WRITES HER FAMOUS ETIQUETTE COLUMN | "MISS MANNERS" |
WHEN SHE BECAME TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY IN 1983, SHE WAS ONLY THE 7TH WOMAN TO HEAD A CABINET DEPARTMENT | ELIZABETH DOLE |
THIS WOMAN FOR WHOM THE TONY AWARDS ARE NAMED WAS A DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PILGRIM JOHN HOWLAND | ANTOINETTE PERRY |
SHE CREATED TV'S "ALL MY CHILDREN" WHILE WORKING AS A WRITER FOR "THE GUIDING LIGHT" | AGNES NIXON |
FROM 1973 TO 1983 SHE WAS ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER | ANNIE LEIBOVITZ |
THE 1935 FILM "NAUGHTY MARIETTA" WAS HER FIRST COLLLABORATION WITH NELSON EDDY | JEANETTE MACDONALD |
IN 1923 HER FIRST MAGAZINE ARTICLE, "IN CHINA TOO", APPEARED IN THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY | PEARL S. BUCK |
ACTRESS TO WHOM CHARLES II REFERRED WHEN HE SUPPOSEDLY SAID, "LET NOT POOR NELLIE STARVE" | NELL GWYN |
FROM 1986-89 GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND SERVED AS THIS SCANDANAVIAN COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER | NORWAY |
SHE WAS A TEXTILE FACTORY EMPLOYEE WHEN SHE WAS CHOSEN AS THE USSR'S FIRST FEMALE COSMONAUT | VALENTINA TERESHKOVA |
DAME WHO PLAYED MME. ARCATI IN "BLITHE SPIRIT" AND MISS MARPLE IN THE FILM "MURDER SHE SAID" | MARGARET RUTHERFORD |
IN 1955 THIS MINISKIRT INNOVATOR OPENED HER FIRST SHOP ON KING'S ROAD IN CHELSEA | MARY QUANT |
IN 1755 MARIA THERESA, QUEEN OF HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA, GAVE BIRTH TO THIS FUTURE QUEEN | MARIE ANTOINETTE |
THE FIRST WOMAN DEMOCRAT ELECTED A SENATOR IN OWN RIGHT IS THIS MARYLAND SENATOR | BARBARA MIKULSKI |
PATRON SAINT OF SOUTH AMERICA, SHE WAS THE FIRST CANONIZED SAINT FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | ST. ROSE OF LIMA |
HALLS OF FAME INTO WHICH SHE'S BEEN INDUCTED INCLUDE THE CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL WOMEN'S, NATIONAL AVIATION, AND U.S. ASTRONAUT | SALLY RIDE |
IN 1952 WILLIAM REHNQUIST GRADUATED FIRST IN HIS CLASS AT STANFORD LAW & SHE GRADUATED THIRD | SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR |
THE 2 WOMEN WHO'VE APPEARED THE MOST ON COVERS OF TIME MAGAZINE | VIRGIN MARY & PRINCESS DIANA |
THIS WOMAN WHO MADE DEATH MASKS OF GUILLOTINE VICTIMS TOOK THE BASTILLE GATE KEY AFTER THE 1789 STORMING | MARIE TUSSAUD |
DURING WW I THIS AMERICAN SHOWED OFF HER TALENTS IN A PLAY CALLED "THE WESTERN GIRL" | ANNIE OAKLEY |
THIS AUTHOR WAS A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR OF ASIA MAGAZINE FROM 1941 TO 1946 | PEARL S. BUCK |
THIS 1904 RADCLIFFE GRADUATE WAS A SUFFRAGIST, POLITICAL ACTIVIST, VAUDEVILLE PERFORMER, AND WRITER | HELEN KELLER |
IN 1997, IN HONOR OF HER 90TH BIRTHDAY, SHE WAS MADE HONORARY FIRST LADY OF OLD SAYBROOK, CT | KATHERINE HEPBURN |
SHE WORKED AS A MODEL, CATERER, COOKING COLUMNIST, AND FOOD STYLIST BEFORE STARTING HER OWN MAGAZINE IN 1990 | MARTHA STEWART |
WHILE A REGULAR ON MAJOR BOWES' RADIO SHOW, SHE SAID, "I'M 7 YEARS OLD AND I CAN SING 23 ARIAS" | BEVERLY "BUBBLES" SILLS |
NEVER MENTIONED BY NAME IN THE BIBLE, THIS DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WOMEN IN IT | SALOME |
BOTH DETROIT AND MONTGOMERY, AL, HER HOME IN 1955, HAVE STREETS NAMED FOR HER | ROSA PARKS |
THE TITLE OF HER BOOK, "ARE MEN NECESSARY?", EXPLORED THE IMPLICATIONS OF FEMINISM, AND PUT A TWIST ON "IS SEX NECESSARY?", BY E.B. WHITE AND JAMES THURBER | MAUREEN DOWD |
EMMELINE & CHRISTABEL PANKHURST WERE A MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEAM OF THESE ACTIVISTS FOR THE VOTE | SUFFRAGETTES |
THE WORK OF LAURA X LED TO MARCH BEING DESIGNATED THIS EVERY YEAR | WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH |
THE PROFESSION OF MARY PRANCE IN HENRY JAMES' 1886 "THE BOSTONIANS" | PHYSICIAN |
VIRGINIA WOOLF WAS ACTIVE IN THIS CAUSE WHICH SHE WROTE "ROUSED IN MAN AN EXTRAORDINARY DESIRE FOR SELF-ASSERTION" | WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE |
IN 1970 SAN DIEGO STATE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST OF MANY DEPARTMENTS CALLED THIS | WOMEN'S STUDIES |
IN 1836 THE GRIMKE SISTERS PIONEERED WOMEN'S RIGHT TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC WHEN THEY FLOUNCED AROUND DENOUNCING THIS | SLAVERY |
NAOMI WOLF WROTE, "MISCONCEPTIONS: TRUTH, LIES, AND THE UNEXPECTED ON THE JOURNEY TO..." THIS | MOTHERHOOD |
IN 1997 JAY LENO'S WIFE MAVIS BECAME CHAIR OF A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY | AFGHANISTAN |
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WAS FOUNDED IN THIS YEAR IN WHICH WOMEN FIRST VOTED NATIONALLY FOR PRESIDENT | 1920 |
THE BELIEF IN THE NEED TO SECURE RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EQUAL TO THOSE OF MEN | FEMINISM |
THE 1848 FEMINIST "DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS" ADDS THESE 2 WORDS TO 1776'S "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL" | "AND WOMEN" |
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 2000 ADDRESSES THIS BEHAVIOR RANGING FROM LYING IN WAIT TO ACTUAL HARRASSEMENT | STALKING |
SOMETIMES SHORTENED TO MCP, THIS NEGATIVE TERM HAD A VOGUE WITH EARLY WOMEN'S LIBBERS | MALE CHAUVINIST PIG |
SECRETARY OF STATE BAINBRIDGE COLBY SIGNED IT AT HOME IN 1920; HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS MUST HAVE BEEN EXCITED | 19TH AMENDMENT |
TV'S HAWKEYE PIERCE, THIS MALE FEMINIST WAS A MEMBER OF MEN FOR ERA | ALAN ALDA |
PERHAPS INSPIRED BY SHIRLEY MULDOWNEY, IN 1990 SAUDI ARABIAN WOMEN PROTESTED THEIR EXCLUSION FROM THIS ACTIVITY | DRIVING |
THIS 2-WORD TERM POPULARIZED BY ANITA HILL'S TESTIMONY MAY HAVE ORIGINATED IN A 1975 GATHERING AT CORNELL | SEXUAL HARRASSMENT |
A WIDELY READ 1977 NOVEL BY MARILYN FRENCH WASN'T CALLED "THE LADIES' ROOM", BUT THIS | "THE WOMEN'S ROOM" |
ARTIST WHO CREATED "THE DINNER PARTY" | JUDY CHICAGO |
THIS PUN ON THE WORD "HISTORY" IS THE TITLE OF A 1995 BOOK ABOUT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD | "HERSTORY" |
TITLE IX OF A 1972 EDUCATION LAW LED TO GREATER FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN THIS ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS | SPORTS |
REFORMER LUCY STONE IS PERHAPS BEST REMEMBERED FOR REFUSING TO DO THIS WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED IN 1855 | CHANGING HER LAST NAME TO HER HUSBAND'S |
IT PASSED CONGRESS IN THE 1970S BY A COMBINED 438-31 VOTE, BUT WAS NEVER RATIFIED BY 3/4 OF THE STATES | ERA (EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT) |
A HERALDED 1973 "BATTLE OF THE SEXES" ENDED IN HER FAVOR | BILLIE JEAN KING |
IN THE 1960S THIS FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP BECAME A SYMBOL OF FEMINIST BONDING | SISTERHOOD |
CO, PO, AND NA ARE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES TO THIS MALE PRONOUN TRADITIONALLY USED WHEN GENDER IS UNKNOWN | HE |
FEMINISTS HAVE LINKED THIS EATING DISORDER TO SOCIETY'S PREOCCUPATION WITH PHYSICAL BEAUTY | ANOREXIA |
IN A 1970 BOOK KATE MILLETT CRITICIZED THE "SEXUAL POLITICS" OF NORMAN MAILER AND THIS "WOMEN IN LOVE" AUTHOR | D.H. LAWRENCE |
IN THE EARLY 1970S, A BOSTON COLLECTIVE BEGAN PUBLISHING THIS BEST SELLING BOOK ON WOMEN'S HEALTH | "OUR BODIES, OURSELVES" |
AFTER VEHEMENTLY OPPOSING WWI, THIS HULL HOUSE FOUNDER WAS KICKED OUT OF THE DAR | JANE ADDAMS |
"WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY GIRL" IS A 1998 BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR OF "FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLESTOP CAFE" | FANNIE FLAGG |
SHE AND LUCRETIA MOTT ORGANIZED THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN 1848 | ELIZABETH CADY STANTON |
THIS DEMOCRAT WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEW YORK'S 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN 1978 | GERALDING FERRARO |
THIS AMERICAN WOMEN WON AT LEAST ONE WOMEN'S GRAND SLAM TENNIS TITLE A RECORD 13 STRAIGHT YEARS, 1974-1986 | CHRIS EVERT |
WOMEN 18 OR OLDER WHO CAN PROVE LINEAL DESCENT FROM A PATRIOT OF THIS EVENT CAN JOIN A GROUP FOUNDED IN 1890 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION (DAR) |
THIS ANTI-ERA CRUSADER SAID, "THE CLAIM THAT AMERICAN WOMEN ARE DOWNTRODDEN...IS THE FRAUD OF THE CENTURY" | PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY |
IN 1949 THE AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN'S ASSOC. NAMED AN AWARD FOR THIS PIONEER WHO GOT HER DEGREE IN 1849 | ELIZABETH BLACKWELL |
BABETTE WAS THE MIDDLE NAME OF THIS AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MOVED TO FRANCE IN 1907 | ALICE B. TOKLAS |
THE 2 WOMEN FEATURED IN THE 2004 AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHERS STAMP SERIES | MARTHA GRAHAM & AGNES DEMILLE |
"BROOKLYN BRIDGE" WAS ONE OF THE LAST OF HER NYC PAINTINGS BEFORE SHE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO NEW MEXICO | GEORGIA O'KEEFFE |
6 YEARS AFTER CHUCK YEAGER, JACQUELINE COCHRAN BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO THIS | BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER |
SHE WAS PUBLISHER OF THE WASHINGTON POST FROM 1969 TO 1979 AND CEO UNTIL 1991 | KATHERINE GRAHAM |
GWENDOLYN BROOKS, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WIN A PULITZER PRIZE, WON FOR THIS CATEGORY IN 1950 | POETRY |
ELECTED IN 1993, SHE'S THE FIRST WOMAN TO REPRESENT TEXAS IN THE U.S. SENATE | KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON |
AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH IN 1968, SHE FOUNDED A CENTER IN ATLANTA FOR NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE | CORETTA SCOTT KING |
WHILE SHIRLEY CHISHOLM REPRESENTED NY IN CONGRESS, BARBARA JORDAN REPRESENTED THIS STATE | TEXAS |
BEFORE BECOMING AN ADVISOR TO GEORGE W. BUSH, SHE SERVED 6 YEARS AS PROVOST OF STANFORD UNIV. | CONDOLEEZZA RICE |
ARTURO TOSCANINI ONCE PRAISED THIS CONTRALTO, SAYING SHE HAD A VOICE THAT COMES "ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS" | MARIAN ANDERSON |
IN 1915 THIS HULL HOUSE FOUNDER CREATED THE WOMEN'S PEACE PARTY, WHICH SOUGHT AN END TO WWI | JANE ADDAMS |
THIS CONTROVERSIAL WOMAN NOW REPRESENTS FLORIDA'S 13TH DISTRICT IN THE U.S. HOUSE | KATHERINE HARRIS |
THIS DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BOOTH COMPOSED MANY OF THE HYMNS SUNG BY THE SALVATION ARMY | EVANGELINE BOOTH |
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THIS SOCIAL REFORMER WAS SUPERINTENDANT OF THE U.S. ARMY WOMEN NURSES | DOROTHEA DIX |
WHEN SHE LANDED AT EDWARDS AFB IN 1986, SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY NONSTOP AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT REFUELING | JENNA YEAGER |
HER BOOK, "THE SAME RIVER TWICE: HONORING THE DIFFICULT", CONTAINS NOTES ON FILMING "THE COLOR PURPLE" | ALICE WALKER |
HER BOOK, "THE SEA AROUND US" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1951 WHILE SHE WAS CHIEF BIOLOGIST FOR THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE | RACHEL CARSON |
THIS WIFE OF RUTHERFORD HAYES ORIGINATED THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG ROLL ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN | LUCY HAYES |
THE WIFE OF RICHARD BYRD, SHE HAS AN ANTARCTIC "LAND" NAMED FOR HER | MARIE BYRD |
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THIS ABOLITIONIST CAMPAIGNED FOR WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND JUSTICE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS | WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON |
THE MILLION WOMAN MARCH WAS HELD IN THIS CITY IN 1997 | PHILADELPHIA |
FORMED IN 1920, THIS GROUP GREW OUT OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS |
THESE AMERICANS GOT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN 1920 | WOMEN |
A "GIANT" AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN NOVELISTS, SHE WROTE THE PLAY "STAGE DOOR" WITH GEORGE S. KAUFMAN | EDNA FERBER |
THIS AMY TAN NOVEL TELLS THE STORIES OF 4 CHINESE-BORN WOMEN AND THEIR AMERICAN DAUGHTERS | THE JOY LUCK CLUB |
IN 1932, WHEN WOMEN COULD ONLY ENTER 3 OLYMPIC EVENTS, SHE WON 3 GOLD MEDALS | BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS |
"LADY LINDY" | AMELIA EARHART |
IN 1947 SHE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE BRITISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT | BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS |
THE FIRST OLYMPIC MARATHON FOR WOMEN WAS WON BY THIS AMERICAN IN 1984 | JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSSON |
IN 1997 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOC. GAVE THIS WOMAN ITS FIRST LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | ROSA PARKS |
HENRY JAMES CALLED HER "THE THACKERAY, THE TROLLOPE, OF THE NURSERY AND THE SCHOOLROOM" | LOUISA MAY ALCOTT |
SHE GAVE HERSELF THE THIRD-PERSON NAME "PHANTOM", THE "NO-PERSON" SHE WAS FROM 19 MONTHS UNTIL SHE WAS ALMOST 7 | HELEN KELLER |
THIS WOMAN'S ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1890, WAS CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1896 | DAR |