Super Quiz: Women Events by Decade

January 16, 2021 at 1:40 a.m.

  1. 2020: She became the first Black woman to be a major party's vice presidential nominee.

  2. 2011: Nikki Haley became the first female governor of this state.

  3. 2007: She became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

  4. 1997: She became the first woman to serve as secretary of state.

  5. 1983: She became the first American woman in space.

  6. 1973: She defeated Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.

  7. 1966: NOW was co-founded by Betty Friedan. For what do the letters stand?

  8. 1955: She refused to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala.

  9. 1942: WAC was formed during World War II. For what did the acronym stand?

ANSWERS

  1. Kamala Harris

  2. South Carolina

  3. Nancy Pelosi

  4. Madeleine Albright

  5. Sally Ride

  6. Billie Jean King

  7. National Organization for Women

  8. Rosa Parks

  9. Women's Army Corps

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