Starbucks Women's History Month Quiz
How well do you know American women's history?
What is this year’s Women’s History Month theme?
Read more about this year’s women’s history month theme and how you can get involved here.
“Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced”
“Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope”
“Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence”
“Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women”
Who was the first American woman to travel to space?
Sally Ride became the first American woman and third woman in the world to travel to space in 1983, two decades after Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in the world. Today, the number of women in the aerospace industry has remained at roughly 20 percent over the past 30 years, globally. Gender parity in the space industry still has a way to go, but in some positive news — NASA’s Artemis Moon program plans to land the first female astronaut and astronaut of color on the moon by 2024.
Sally Ride
Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb
Mae Jemison
Kathryn C. Thorton
When were women given the right to vote in America?
The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 granted women the right to vote in America. However, this change was largely restricted to wealthy white women. Women of color were still barred from voting through disenfranchisement tactics and discriminatory laws.
1904
1911
1920
1939
Who was the first woman to run for U.S. president?
Victoria Claflin Woodhull is widely recognized as the first woman to run for U.S. President in 1872, as a candidate of the Equal Rights Party. At the time, women were still not allowed to vote and Woodhull was a leader of the women's suffrage movement. Her candidacy was largely dismissed by public at the time, but today she is recognized as a pioneer in the fight for women's rights in America. Today, the U.S. has still yet to elect a female president.
Hillary Clinton
Margaret Chase Smith
Tulsi Gabbard
Victoria Woodhull
On the 2022 SDG Gender Index, where does the U.S. rank in the world for gender equality?
The SDG Gender Index tracks a country’s progress on gender equality through a wide variety of measurements including education and employment rates, health and workplace rights, political involvement, and more. The U.S. ranked 38th out of 144 countries, and the report stresses that no country has achieved full gender parity. Read the full report and their recommendations for change here.
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19th
38th
61st
Who was one of the first women (if not people) to play rock and roll?
The "King of Rock & Roll" may be a title credited to Elvis Presley, but the start of this culture-shifting genre can be traced back to black musicians like "Father of Rock & Roll" Chuck Berry and "Godmother of Rock & Roll" Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Wanda Jackson
LaVern Baker
Ruth Brown
When and where was the first women's professional sports team founded?
Cincinnati, OH, 1904
Philadelphia, PA, 1867
New York City, NY, 1873
Berkeley, CA, 1896
Many women in the U.S. could not obtain a credit card in their own name until what year?
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it illegal to discriminate “on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age in credit transactions.” Before the law, many banks required women to bring a man’s cosignature to obtain a credit card. This law was a huge step forward for women’s financial independence.
1966
1974
1981
1990
Who was the first woman to win a Grammy's Album of the Year twice?
Norah Jones
Kacey Musgraves
Alanis Morissette
Taylor Swift
How many women have served on the U.S. Supreme Court as of February 2022?
After the first female Supreme Court Justice was appointed in 1981, three more women have served on the highest court in America. In U.S. history, there have been 114 Supreme Court Justices, 108 of which have been white men.
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was quoted saying: “...when I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the supreme court]? And I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that."
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