Memorize these and recognize 23.9% of all Women in History clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amelia Earhart | 7 | In 1935 she became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland |
| 2 | Florence Nightingale | 6 | During the Crimean War, this British nurse toured the soldiers' hospital at night with her lantern |
| 3 | Susan B. Anthony | 5 | In 1851 Amelia Bloomer introduced Elizabeth Cady Stanton to this feminist in Seneca Falls |
| 4 | Clara Barton | 5 | This American Red Cross founder personally directed the relief effort at the Johnstown Flood in 1889 |
| 5 | Margaret Sanger | 5 | In 1914 she was indicted for mailing an "obscene" magazine article on contraception |
| 6 | Cleopatra | 4 | Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria, but she came back with an army a few years later |
| 7 | Betsy Ross | 4 | In May 1777 the Pennsylvania State Navy Board paid her £214 for "making ships' colours, etc." |
| 8 | the Kentucky Derby | 3 | On May 2, 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in this race |
| 9 | Rosa Parks | 3 | Referring to a 1955 incident, she said, "Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it" |
| 10 | Margaret Mead | 3 | She's the woman seen here with some of her artifacts |
| 11 | Joan of Arc | 3 | In 1431 a court at Rouen charged her with 70 counts, including immodesty by wearing men's clothing |
| 12 | Jane Addams | 3 | After vehemently opposing WWI, this Hull House founder was kicked out of the DAR |
| 13 | the Civil War | 3 | Dolores Ibárurri, a heroine of the losing side in this 1930s war, remained honorary president of the Communist Party until 1989 |
| 14 | (Valentina) Tereshkova | 3 | On June 16, 1963 she set off on a nearly 71-hour flight, becoming a Soviet hero & the first woman in space |
| 15 | William Jennings Bryan | 2 | In 1933 FDR appointed Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of this politician, the first U.S. woman diplomat |
| 16 | Wallis Warfield Simpson | 2 | The first to be named Time magazine's Woman of the Year, she soon married ex-British king Edward VIII |
| 17 | the North Pole | 2 | In 1955 the Boyd was on the wing as Louise Boyd became the first woman to fly over this point |
| 18 | the Gang of Four | 2 | Jiang Qing was one-quarter of this "numerical" group that enjoyed a decade of power |
| 19 | the Boston Marathon | 2 | In 1967 Kathrine Switzer broke the gender barrier by becoming the first female runner to officially enter this race |
| 20 | the American Bar Association | 2 | In 1995 Roberta Cooper Ramo, an Albuquerque attorney, became the first woman president of this organization |
| 21 | the Air Force Academy | 2 | In 1980 Kathleen Conley became the 1st woman to graduate from this Colorado school |
| 22 | Surgeon General | 2 | The first woman to serve in this government position was Dr. Antonia Novello in 1990 |
| 23 | Sojourner Truth | 2 | The formerly enslaved Isabella Baumfree said the spirit told her to preach & she renamed herself this |
| 24 | Shirley Temple Black | 2 | In the '70s this former child star was America's first female chief of protocol in the State Department |
| 25 | Secretary of Labor | 2 | Named to this post by FDR, Frances Perkins was the 1st woman to hold a position in the cabinet |
| 26 | Pocahontas | 2 | This nickname of a Native American woman, Chief Powhatan's daughter, means "playful one" |
| 27 | Nellie Bly | 2 | In 1889-90 she went around the world by ship, train, jinriksha & burro, in 73 days |
| 28 | Mother Teresa | 2 | In 1930 the pope sanctioned her Missionaries of Charity order in India |
| 29 | Monaco | 2 | The face of Gucci cosmetics, Charlotte Casiraghi is the daughter of Princess Caroline of this country |
| 30 | Molly Pitcher | 2 | This Revolutionary War water-bearer was the daughter of German immigrants |
| 31 | Mata Hari | 2 | This spy could have learned her exotic dances while living in Java & Sumatra from 1897 to 1902 |
| 32 | Mary, Queen of Scots | 2 | Lord Darnley was just 19 when he became this 22-year old Scottish queen's second husband in 1565 |
| 33 | Mary Leakey | 2 | In 1948 she discovered a 25-million-year-old skull in Africa |
| 34 | Marie Curie | 2 | Born Manya Sklodowska, she was the 1st director of Paris' Insitut du radium |
| 35 | Marie Antoinette | 2 | In 1770, at age 14, she married Louis XVI by proxy in Vienna; the 2 had never met |
| 36 | Maria Callas | 2 | In 1979 the ashes of this renowned Greek-American soprano were scattered in the Aegean Sea |
| 37 | Margaret Chase Smith | 2 | Though a staunch anti-communist, this Maine sen. led early Senate opposition to McCarthyism |
| 38 | Liv Ullmann | 2 | This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF |
| 39 | Katharine Graham | 2 | "She guided Post through Pentagon Papers and Watergate", said the headline of her obituary in her own paper |
| 40 | Juliette Gordon Low | 2 | In 1914 she received a patent on a trefoil emblem, which she would transfer to an organization a few years later |
| 41 | Julia Ward Howe | 2 | This "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" author was also the first president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association |
| 42 | Jeannette Rankin | 2 | A statue of her, the first woman elected to Congress, represents Montana in the U.S. Capitol |
| 43 | Japan | 2 | The empress of this country plays the piano with her daughter |
| 44 | Italy | 2 | Though a U.S. citizen & thus the 1st American saint, Mother Cabrini was born in this country |
| 45 | Indira Gandhi | 2 | In 1975 an Allahabad court found this Indian prime minister guilty of 2 counts of corruption |
| 46 | Helen Keller | 2 | She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7 |
| 47 | Harriet Tubman | 2 | She was a nurse, cook & spy during the Civil War, but was best known as the Moses of her people |
| 48 | golf | 2 | The first woman in this sport to win over $100,000 in a season was Judy Rankin in 1976 |
| 49 | Golda Meir | 2 | Ehud Barak once dressed as a woman in a covert operation, but she was the only actual woman PM of Israel |
| 50 | France | 2 | Paloma Picasso |
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