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A Woman Got it
Done! Hunt - Virgil said it in the Aeneid... "Dux Femina Facti" A Woman Got It Done! Women have played a vital role throughout the history of mankind. They have contributed to many different fields. Follow the links in this activity to learn about many of their accomplishments. Directions: Use the links
provided to find the answers to the questions. When you click on a link,
a new browser window will open with the linked site showing. After you
find the answer, close the new window. You should be looking at the
hunt page again.
2. Shirley Chisholm ran for the Presidency of the US in 1972. Why did she run?
3. Impressionist, Mary Cassatt is best known for her paintings of ...
4. Martha Graham was one of the world's finest ..........?
5. Name the woman who was once labeled "the most dangerous woman in America". Does she sound dangerous to you?
6. What important legislation did Judith Heumann help draft?
7. Gertrude Elion won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and
many other awards for her development
8. Abraham Lincoln said when he met her, "So this is the little woman who made this big war".
9. What about Cokie Roberts gives her a unique perspective when reporting on Congress?
10. She said "I knew he'd be acquitted; I knew it." Name her.
What is she referring to?
11. List two actions for which Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered.
12. What Native American explorer had a river named in her honor?
How was she most helpful to Lewis and Clark?
TAI (think about it) Name another way she has been honored.
13. Annie Taylor, a school teacher, was the first person to do what?
14. How was a team of women vital to the success of the ENIAC computer?
15. What was significant about Sybilla Masters' corn device?
16. Wilma Mankiller was elected to what position in 1985?
17. In 1851, two women joined forces to revolutionize the lives
of American women forever.
What did they begin?
18. Barbara Jordan served on an historic committee.
19. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second woman to do what? Look it up!
Who was the first woman to achieve this position?
Name the women currently serving in this group.
20. Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for what national office? When did she run? Was this before the Civil War - during the Civil War - or after the Civil War?
21. Who is the first African American women to own her own production company?
How has she sought to improve the lives of people?
22. Ada Byron King, the Countess of Lovelace, is credited with writing the first ............
23. Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman to have been
awarded the Medal of Honor.
24. In 1809, Mary Kies was the first woman to receive .................................?
25. Francis Perkins was the first female cabinet member.
26. Name the woman who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in Washington D.C.
27. Margaret Knight's attention to detail saved her
patent.
Use your internet research skills to learn:
Which of her works do you like the best?
29. Adm. Grace Murray Hopper invented something that
everyone knew was impossible.
30. Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech at the 1851
Women's Rights Convention
What was her message?
31. What did scientist, Stephanie Kwolek, discover?
32. What important organization did Civil War nurse, Clara Barton, found?
33. Katherine Saubel works hard to preserve what?
34. Maggie Kuhn embarked on an her most important task
at the age of 65.
35. Bella Abzug was the first U.S. Representative to call for President Richard Nixon's what?
36. What was Nellie Bly's real name?
How did she help people?
37. Sonia Manzano wrote a book called No Dogs Allowed.
38. Helen Keller is considered an icon of the 20th Century. Why?
39. Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown collaborated
long distance to develop what?
40. What was Alice Paul's greatest achievement?
41. Use your online research skills to ascertain the
name of the first woman to lay, in honor,
Why was she so honored?
42. Why should you thank, Sarah Josepha Hale? Use your online research skills to find the answer.
43. Mary Anderson invented a very important auto part. What lead to her invention?
44. Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
How many women serve in the U.S. Senate today?
45. The 19th
Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote. It was proposed June 4,
1919.
46. Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
47. How has March Fong Eu served her community?
48. Listen to the report. How did Virginia Hall serve the United States during WWII?
TAI - Which of her characteristics do you believe enabled her to successfully do this work?
Online Extras: The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol has 100 statues. Name a woman who is honored there.
Offline: Which of these women has had the greatest impact on your life? Explain your choice.
Do some digging.
* Has opportunity for American women now matched that of men?
"Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels." Ann Richards
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