Quiz: Can You Name ALL These History-Making Women?

Do you know your influential women?

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Question: 1/28She fought for women’s right to vote.

Susan B. Anthony
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Rosalind Franklin
Emmeline Pankhurst
Susan B. Anthony

Question: 2/28She was the Queen of Egypt and the last pharaoh.

via Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question: 3/28She led the resistance for France in the Hundred Years War.

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Joan of Arc
Josephine Butler
Mary Seacole

Question: 4/28She was a physicist and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

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Marie Curie
Mary Wollstonecraft
Angela Burdett-Coutts

Question: 5/28She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

amelia earhart
Underwood & Underwood | Public Domain
Amelia Earhart
Jane Austen
Marie Stopes

Question: 6/28She was Queen of England during the 1500's.

Elizabeth I
Public Domain
Elizabeth I
Virgin Mary
Queen Victoria

Question: 7/28She was a deaf, mute, and blind author.

Helen Keller
Public Domain
Mary Shelley
Helen Keller
Vera Atkins

Question: 8/28She founded a Catholic group of nuns in Calcutta, India.

Mother Teresa
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Elizabeth Fry
Mother Teresa
Catherine the Great

Question: 9/28She was the first woman U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Sandra Day O’Connor
Library of Congress  | Public Domain
Grace Hopper
Sandra Day O’Connor
Mary Anning

Question: 10/28She set in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa Parks
Public Domain
Maryam Mirzakhani
Frida Kahlo
Rosa Parks

Question: 11/28She was the conductor on the Underground Railroad.

harriet tubman
Horatio Seymour Squyer | Public Domain
Wangari Maathai
Ethel Smyth
Harriet Tubman

Question: 12/28She was the first American woman in space.

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Public Domain
Sally Ride
Laura Bassi
Marie Van Brittan Brown

Question: 13/28She was a First Lady and a champion of human rights.

eleanor roosevelt
Public Domain
Junko Tabei
Eleanor Roosevelt
Gertrude Ederle

Question: 14/28She was the interpreter for Lewis and Clark.

Public Domain

Question: 15/28She was the founder of the birth control movement in the U.S.

Margaret Sanger
Library of Congress | Public Domain
Lise Meitner
Margaret Sanger
Eleanor Rathbone

Question: 16/28Lawyer, writer and the first African-American First Lady

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Oprah Winfrey
Kamala Harris
Michelle Obama

Question: 17/28She was the first woman prime minister in European history.

margaret thatcher
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Simone de Beauvoir
Margaret Thatcher
Virginia Woolf

Question: 18/28American Poet, memoirist, spokesperson for women and civil rights activist.

Maya Angelou
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Indira Gandhi
Selena Williams
Maya Angelou

Question: 19/28She was a British nurse during the Crimean war.

Florence Nightingale
H. Lenthall, London | Public Domain
Coco Chanel
Florence Nightingale
Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Question: 20/28She was the First Lady of Argentina during the 1940's.

Eva Peron
Eva Peron
Artemisia Gentileschi
Emily Hobhouse

Question: 21/28She was a Jewish diarist during the Holocaust.

Anne Frank
Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam | Public Domain
Zora Neale Hurston
Katharine Graham
Anne Frank

Question: 22/28She was a British Royal known for humanitarian charity work.

princess diana
Russ Quinlan | CC BY-SA 2.0
Princess Diana
Catherine of Siena
Isabella of Castile

Question: 23/28She was the first computer programmer.

ada lovelace
Alfred Edward Chalon | Public Domain
Ada Lovelace
Aphra Behn
Isabella Bird

Question: 24/28She was a journalist who wrote about the poor and oppressed.

Nellie Bly
H. J. Myers, photographer | Public Domain
Nellie Bly
Suzanne Lenglen
Bessie Coleman

Question: 25/28She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette
Meister der Erzherzoginnenportraits | Public Domain
Sarah Breedlove
Catherine de’ Medici
Marie Antoinette

Question: 26/28She was the first women to run for U.S. president for a major party.

hillary clinton
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Hillary Clinton
Gabriela Mistral
Clara Barton

Question: 27/28This tennis player has won 3 of the 4 grand slams, 6 times!

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Serena Williams via Instagram @serenawilliams
Viola Davis
Mary Jackson
Serena Williams

Question: 28/28She was a Pakistani girl who campaigned for the right to education.

Malala Yousafzai
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Indira Gandhi
Anna Akhmatova
Malala Yousafzai
QUIZ BLISS | Quiz Facts

Are you a historical expert? How well do you know the most influential, powerful, and noteworthy women throughout human history? Can you name them all by one image and a hint? History is one of the most important and fascinating subjects a person can study. Not only will you be more informed about past events, dates, and people, but you will also have a much better understanding of how the world works and where we are headed in the future. Do you know how certain people in history made their mark? Generations upon generations of people have influenced the world we live in today. As they've come and gone, they've left their mark on history. From famous First Ladies like Jackie Kennedy to famous activists like Rosa Parks, a true lover of women's history should be able to identify these other well known and powerful women without hesitation! The world has produced some of the most successful, talented, and beautiful famous women ever known, so you should be proud to know all of them and their accomplishments! From the politicians and scientists to the authors and artists to the humanitarians and musicians, we're going to quiz you on them all! All you need to do is look at a series of photos of different historical figures. Alongside each photo will be a hint about who the person was or what they accomplished many years ago. After reviewing both, you will need to match the mystery person up to their correct name to pass. Do you think you're smart enough about history to pass this quiz on the first try. It's time to find out! Good luck!