by Claus Crowell
Throughout history, women have made significant strides and left an indelible mark on the world. From pioneering scientists to fearless activists, their stories of courage, innovation, and resilience continue to inspire us today. This quiz will challenge your knowledge about these extraordinary women and their achievements. Let’s celebrate their legacy and see how much you know about the women who have changed the course of history. Good luck and enjoy the journey!
We recommend that you do not leave the page that you are taking this quiz in. Stay honest 🙂
Women’s History Quiz Questions Overview
1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Jane Addams
Mother Teresa
Rosalind Franklin
2. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Harriet Quimby
Bessie Coleman
Jacqueline Cochran
3. Which woman is known as the ‘Mother of the Civil Rights Movement’?
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells
4. Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
Angela Merkel
Indira Gandhi
5. Which woman co-founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?
Mother Teresa
Florence Nightingale
Dorothy Day
Helen Keller
6. Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Viola Davis
Octavia Spencer
7. Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
8. Which woman is known for her work in developing the theory of radioactivity and discovering the elements polonium and radium?
Marie Curie
Lise Meitner
Rosalind Franklin
Dorothy Hodgkin
9. Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?
Victoria Woodhull
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Shirley Chisholm
10. Which woman was a leading figure in the women’s suffrage movement and co-founded the National Woman’s Party?
Alice Paul
Carrie Chapman Catt
Lucy Stone
Lucretia Mott
11. Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Edith Wharton
Willa Cather
Harper Lee
Toni Morrison
12. Who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale
Mary Edwards Walker
13. Which woman was a pioneering computer scientist and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language?
Grace Hopper
Ada Lovelace
Katherine Johnson
Jean Bartik
14. Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Charlotte Cooper
Wilma Rudolph
Nadia Comăneci
Florence Griffith-Joyner
15. Which woman was the first female Secretary of State in the United States?
Madeleine Albright
Condoleezza Rice
Hillary Clinton
Janet Reno
16. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Selma Lagerlöf
Gabriela Mistral
Pearl S. Buck
Toni Morrison
17. Which woman was a famous Mexican artist known for her self-portraits and works inspired by nature and Mexican culture?
Frida Kahlo
Georgia O’Keeffe
Mary Cassatt
Tamara de Lempicka
18. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economics?
Elinor Ostrom
Esther Duflo
Amartya Sen
Janet Yellen
19. Which woman was the first to serve as Chancellor of Germany?
Angela Merkel
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
Golda Meir
20. Who was the first woman to win the Fields Medal, often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize of Mathematics’?
Maryam Mirzakhani
Emmy Noether
Sophie Germain
Ada Lovelace
We recommend that you do not leave the page that you are taking this quiz in. Stay honest 🙂
