Women’s History Month Quiz
by Lois Gilbert and Liza Gilbert

The theme for Women’s History Month 2023 is “The Women Who Tell Our Stories.” Can you match the famous woman or women on the left with their correct identity on the right

1. Josephine Baker
2. Mary Ritter Beard
3. Simone de Beauvoir
4. Nellie Bly
5. Sandra Cisneros
6. Katherine Clarenbach
7. Martha Gellhorn
8. The History Chicks
9. Pauli Murray
10. Virginia Woolf

A. In her 1929 book, A Room of One’s Own, this author argued that sexism, in the form of poverty, suppression, and male-dominated social norms, is what has kept women out of the documented history of humankind.

B. A free, informative, and conversational podcast all about women throughout world history. Over 200 episodes are currently streaming.

C. Black human rights activist whose life’s work pointed out the important crossover of racism, sexism, and poverty. She earned a law degree and called attention to “Jane Crow” laws.

D. She reported on the Great Depression, child prostitution, and hunger. To report on WWII, she disguised herself and was the first woman on the beach at the invasion of Normandy.

E. She changed American history by becoming a female historian. This woman pointed out that the entire history of documenting world events in print, women were almost totally absent.

F. A great intellect and the top of her class at the Sorbonne, she taught philosophy and literature. In 1949, she published The Second Sex, creating the foundation of the modern feminist movement.

G. She is the author of the novel The House on Mango Street, which has sold over 6 million copies and been translated into over 20 languages.

H. In 1889, this daring reporter, carrying only 1 small piece of luggage, traveled around the world in 72 days, beating the record of a Jules Verne character and a contemporary rival.

I. Born in Sparta, WI, this women’s rights activist chaired the WI Governor’s Commission on The Status of Women for 15 years and was one of the founding members of the National Organization of Women (NOW).

J. The highest paid entertainer in Jazz Age Europe, this woman was also an important spy for the French Resistance during WWII.