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03.01.2024

See How Well You Know Your Women’s History With These Clues

The text says "Women's History Month," with silhouettes of women's heads on the graphic.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we pulled these clues from the Jeopardy! vault to celebrate the contributions of some of the most influential women in society. Test your knowledge of these trailblazers in the quiz below.

*Quiz Rules: Respondents do not have to answer in the form of a question. Moderate spelling errors will receive consideration. No prizes, but big-time bragging rights.*

FEMINISM The work of Laura X (no relation to Malcolm) led to March being designated this every year

DID YOU READ… ... "My Own Words", a bestselling collection of speeches & articles by this late Supreme Court justice

QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Her, in 1869 in a women's suffrage newspaper: "Join the union, girls, and together say equal pay for equal work"

WOMEN IN HISTORY Born a slave around 1797, she became famous as a preacher, abolitionist & women's rights activist

U.S. HISTORY In 1878 an amendment for this was introduced in Congress; its adoption didn't occur until 1920

AMERICAN HISTORY The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily

PEOPLE This 2014 Nobel laureate: "I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because... it is the story of many girls"

AMERICAN HISTORY In 1915 this Hull House founder helped establish the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom

STATUE OF NO LIMITATIONS A life-size statue of this girl pulling back an imaginary curtain in her attic hiding place is at a Boise Human Rights Memorial

FAMOUS FIRSTS In 1964 this state’s Patsy Mink became the first Japanese-American woman elected to the House of Reps.

NOTABLE PEOPLE On her death in 2005, this civil rights activist became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol

THE FILMS OF MERYL STREEP Meryl donated her entire salary from playing Margaret Thatcher in this film to the National Women’s History Museum

Jeopardy! Clues