Test your knowledge of women’s history with these 50 trivia questions that cover a wide range of influential women and their remarkable contributions to various fields.
Women’s History Trivia Questions
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#1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
#2. Which suffragette leader was instrumental in securing women’s voting rights in the United States?
#3. Who was the first woman to serve as the British Prime Minister?
#4. Which woman wrote the famous novel “Pride and Prejudice”?
#5. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
#6. Which woman became the first female president of Ireland in 1990?
#7. Who is known for her role as a prominent civil rights activist and refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
#8. Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director?
#9. Which woman served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017?
#10. Who was the first female astronaut from the United States to travel into space?
#11. Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
#12. Which woman was a prominent figure in the Mexican feminist movement and fought for women’s right to vote?
#13. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
#14. Which woman served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984?
#15. Who is known for her diary documenting her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II?
#16. Which woman was the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States?
#17. Who was the first African-American woman to be appointed as the U.S. Secretary of State?
#18. Which woman founded the environmental organization 350.org and has been a prominent climate activist?
#19. Who was the first woman to win a Grand Slam title in tennis?
#20. Which woman led the British suffragette movement and advocated for women’s right to vote?
#21. Who is known for her work as a spy during World War II and was executed by the Nazis?
#22. Which woman is often referred to as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
#23. Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975?
#24. Who is considered the “Queen of Soul” and is known for her powerful voice and hit songs such as “Respect” and “Natural Woman”?
#25. Who was the first woman to win the Fields Medal, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?
#26. Which woman was a prominent figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and delivered the famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?
#27. Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics for the United States?
#28. Which woman was the first female president of Liberia and the first female head of state in Africa?
#29. Who is known for her contributions to computer programming and is considered the world’s first computer programmer?
#30. Which woman was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
#31. Who wrote the book “The Second Sex,” a pioneering work of feminist philosophy?
#32. Which woman was the first female Secretary of State in the United States?
#33. Who is known for her contributions to the discovery of DNA’s structure alongside James Watson and Francis Crick?
#34. Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
#35. Which woman was a prominent figure in the American abolitionist movement and escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist and advocate for women’s rights?
#36. Who became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905?
#37. Which woman was the first female president of Chile, serving from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018?
#38. Who is known for her groundbreaking work in the field of primatology and her studies on chimpanzees in Tanzania?
#39. Which woman served as the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993?
#40. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, awarded in 1921?
#41. Which woman was a prominent figure in the British suffragette movement and is known for her hunger strikes and militant tactics?
#42. Who is known for her work as a pioneer in the field of nursing and for establishing modern nursing practices?
#43. Which woman was the first female president of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 2009 to 2010?
#44. Who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020?
#45. Which woman was a prominent figure in the American feminist movement and wrote the influential book “The Feminine Mystique”?
#46. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
#47. Which woman was a leading figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and organized the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?
#48. Who is known for her contributions to the field of anthropology and her studies on the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea?
#49. Which woman was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
#50. Who became the first woman to be elected as the Chancellor of Germany in 2005?
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