March, 2002  

 

Famous Femmes: Womens History Quiz

by M.T. Hyatt

Try to match the following women with their "first" accomplishments:

1. Antoinette L. Brown a. First woman to own and publish a newspaper
2. Victoria Claflin Woodhull b. First president and founder of the American Red Cross
3. Margaret Chase Smith c. First woman to win the Medal of Honor
4. Muriel Siebert d. First American Saint
5. Margaret Fuller e. First woman Rabbi in the history of Judaism
6. Jane Addams f. First woman elected to the Am. Academy of Arts and Sciences
7. Clara Barton g. First American woman astronaut to fly in space
8. Amelia Jenks Bloomer h. First woman graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9. Susan B. Anthony i. First president of the Nat'l. American Woman Suffrage Assn.
10. Pearl S. Buck j. First woman elected to the US Senate
11. Hattie Wyatt Caraway k. First American woman foreign correspondent
12. Mary Cassatt l. First American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
13. Mary Baker Eddy m. First woman to be honored on an American coin
14. Belva Lockwood n. First American Woman to found a major religion

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