Question 1

As a Supreme Court justice, she successfully fought against gender discrimination and unified the liberal block of the court.

Accepted Answer

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Question 2

She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 3

She was one of the most visible leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony

Question 4

She changed the role of the First Lady by advocating for human rights, women’s rights, and children’s causes.

Accepted Answer

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 5

Although she only wrote six full-length novels, her books have been made into countless TV, film, theater, and radio adaptations.

Accepted Answer

Jane Austen

Question 6

She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.

Accepted Answer

Mother Teresa

Question 7

She is known as the “Moses of her people” after she helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 8

She kept a diary that recorded her experiences as a Jew during the Nazi regime.

Accepted Answer

Anne Frank

Question 9

She wrote the first computer program in the world.

Accepted Answer

Ada Lovelace

Question 10

She led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans.

Accepted Answer

Joan of Arc

Question 11

She is known as “the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 12

She is the first woman to successfully climb Mt. Everest.

Accepted Answer

Junko Tabei

Question 13

She is the founder of modern nursing.

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 14

She was the first person to observe chimpanzees creating and using tools—a trait that, at that time, was thought to be distinctly human.

Accepted Answer

Jane Goodall

Question 15

She discovered polonium and radium.

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

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2) She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.