Women's History Month
Click the picture link below to learn about many famous women.
Answer the questions below. You will find the answers on the Honor Roll website.
Name: Class:
1. She was born in the 1800's. She was the first person to write books especially for young women. She wrote over 270 books. Her most famous work was Little Women. Click the down arrow. Louisa May Alcott Eleanor Roosevelt Lillian Smith
2. She was the first American woman in space. Click the down arrow. Margaret Sanger Sally Ride Esther Peterson
3. This woman worked to protect consumers. Because of her efforts, working women have a legal right to equal pay, and food labels by law must now list exact amounts of ingredients and the nutritional content. Click the down arrow. Margaret Sanger Eleanor Roosevelt Esther Peterson
4. This athlete was the first American woman to win Olympic gold in the long jump. Click the down arrow. Frida Kahlo Jackie Joyner-Kersee Grace Hopper
5. Founder of a religious group of nuns in Calcutta, India, this woman devoted her life to aiding sick and poor people throughout the world. Click the down arrow. Mother Theresa Grace Hopper Eleanor Roosevelt
6. As a champion of human rights, she strove to further women’s causes as well as the causes of black people, poor people, and the unemployed. Being a first lady, the wife of a president of the United States, helped her to be able to make such great strides. Click the down arrow. Eleanor Roosevelt Jackie Joyner-Kersee Louisa May Alcott 7. I was a Mexican artist who started painting to escape the pain of polio. I was considered to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Click the down arrow. Eleanor Roosevelt Sally Ride Frida Kahlo
8. I invented one of the first easy-to-use computer languages that really helped with computer programming. Click the down arrow. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Grace Hopper Esther Peterson
9. I was the democratic leader of India. Because I was a woman and the leader of the largest democracy in the world, I was an important influence for all women. Click the down arrow. Esther Peterson Indira Ghandi Frida Kahlo
10. It is hard to believe that women were not allowed to vote until the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920! But this woman, along with other famous women such as Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, worked hard for women's suffrage. Click the down arrow. Louisa May Alcott Indira Ghandi Susan B. Anthony
Who am I? Names to choose from: Eleanor Roosevelt, Sally Ride, Louisa May Alcott, Mother Theresa, Grace Hopper, Indira Ghandi, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Frida Kahlo, Esther Peterson, Susan B. Anthony