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Making progress isn’t easy. Women have had to fight for a lot of rights they are entitled to today. How much do you know about how far women have come? Take this quiz to test your knowledge!Once you answer all the questions, you will get your results from this quiz. Submit your answers by selecting Show More
Making progress isn’t easy. Women have had to fight for a lot of rights they are entitled to today. How much do you know about how far women have come? Take this quiz to test your knowledge!Once you answer all the questions, you will get your results from this quiz. Submit your answers by selecting an option below each question. All answer options will load for you once you reach them. For best results, answer the questions in a row. Once you know your results, don’t forget to check the rest of the fun quizzes we’ve prepared for you. Good luck!
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1
Education is the best tool for changing the world. In 1837, this university became the first coeducational college in the United States.
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Oberlin College
Simmons College
Babson College
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In 1869, women living in this part of the country earned the right to vote after the passing of the nation’s first women’s suffrage law.
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Nevada
Wyoming Territory
Maine
Dakota Territory
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3
1916 was a big year for Margaret Sanger. What can women today thank her for doing?
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Opening the first birth control clinic in the United States.
Submitting legislation on behalf of the national suffragette movement.
Refusing to ask for husband’s consent to work.
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Naomi Klein is quoted as saying, “Democracy is not just the right to vote, it’s the right to live in dignity.” In 1920, which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
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15th
19th
21st
27th
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That didn’t take long! Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first elected a female governor in 1924. Which state was she from?
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Iowa
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Wisconsin
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6
Educational amendment Title IX was put in place in 1972 to do what?
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Ban gender discrimination in federally funded education programs.
Require all public schools to teach comprehensive sex education.
Promote rewarding scholarships to female high school graduates.
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7
Thanks to Roe v. Wade, women have the right to terminate a pregnancy. What year was this Supreme Court ruling?
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1952
1966
1973
1984
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True or false: 1982 was the first year that more women earned bachelor’s degrees than men.
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True. Knowledge is power!
False. Women are still earning fewer degrees than men.
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9
In 1984, this woman became the first major-party vice presidential nominee.
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Geraldine Ferraro
Ellen McCormack
Shirley Chisholm
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10
Who became the first female attorney general of the United States in 1993?
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Nancy Pelosi
Sonia Sotomajor
Janet Reno
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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In 2009, the first bill signed into law by President Obama amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect pay discrimination based on gender. Who was this law named after?
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Shannon Faulkner
Gloria Feldt
Lilly Ledbetter
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The United States is one of the only major countries to not yet elect a female head of state or head of government. Which of the following has also NEVER had a woman in charge?
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