Q 01/05

In what year was the 19th Amendment, giving American women the vote, ratified?

A) 1922

B) 1920

C) 1924

D) 1930

Answer · why

B) 1920

Congress passed the 19th Amendment in June 1919; it needed 36 state ratifications and finally took effect on August 18, 1920.

Q 02/05

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

A) Marie Curie

B) Ada Lovelace

C) Rosalind Franklin

D) Lise Meitner

Answer · why

A) Marie Curie

Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist, was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, sharing the Nobel Prize in Physic...

Q 03/05

Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

A) Theresa May

B) Margaret Thatcher

C) Golda Meir

D) Indira Gandhi

Answer · why

B) Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, becoming the first woman to hold the position.

Q 04/05

Which American poet and author wrote the acclaimed autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'?

A) Toni Morrison

B) Maya Angelou

C) Alice Walker

D) Zora Neale Hurston

Answer · why

B) Maya Angelou

'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' is a 1969 autobiography by American writer and poet Maya Angelou, detailing her early years and experiences.

Q 05/05

Who co-founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889, one of America's first settlement houses?

A) Clara Barton

B) Susan B. Anthony

C) Harriet Tubman

D) Jane Addams

Answer · why

D) Jane Addams

Jane Addams co-founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 to serve Chicago's immigrant poor; she later shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.