Great Places~Women's~States~Child Stars Quizzes

2. Broadcast journalist, Robin Roberts, credits the passage of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 with helping her receive her college education. Title IX was enacted to:
a. Provide equal access to educational opportunities for females and males
b. Increase scholarships for low income students
c. Ensure that women's history would be taught in the K-12 curriculum.
d. None of the above.

3. Wilma Vaught, retired Brigadier General, USAF, and president of the Women's Memorial Foundation, is one of the most highly decorated military woman in United States history. In what year was the law signed which finally permitted women to be promoted to the level of generals and admirals and lifted the quotas on women achieving other ranks?
a. 1865
b. 1920
c. 1945
d. 1967

4. As a result of a delayed birth Harilyn Rousso, the founder of Disabilities Unlimited, was born with cerebral palsy. In spite of the societal restrictions she faced as a person with a disability, she:
a. Graduated from Brandies University Magna Cum Laude as a Phi Beta Kappa
b. Earned advanced degrees in Education and Social Work.
c. Founded the Networking Project for Disable Women and Girls
d. All of the above

5. Linda Chavez-Thompson, the executive Vice-President of the AFL-CIO brings an expanded awareness to the labor movement of the obstacles faced by women. What percentage of women in the United States make over $30,000 a year?
a. 20%
b. 49%
c. 60%
d. 74%

6. Rebecca Walker, author and activist, co-founded the Third Wave Foundation for which of the following reasons:
a. Encourage young women's leadership
b. Promote young women's activism
c. Secure funding for grants and scholarships benefiting young women
d. All of the above

7. Tania Leon, award-winning composer and conductor, is an internationally acclaimed musician. What percentage of acclaimed musical conductors in the United States are women?
a. 1%
b. 9%
c. 35%
d. 60%

8. Yuri Kochiyama, determined to work for a just society and to promote understanding between groups of different cultural backgrounds was influenced by:
a. Being incarcerated in an interment camp during the Second World War
b. Meeting Malcolm X
c. Ensuring that her children had a good education
d. All of the above.

9. In 1950 Senator Margaret Chase Smith challenged the brutal tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy on the floor of the United State Senate. Most of her fellow senators:
a. Gave her overwhelming support
b. Immediately launched an investigation about McCarthy's tactics
c. Walked out of the Senate as she was speaking
d. Told her that as the only woman in the Senate, she could be seen, but not heard.

10. Mae Jemison, the first woman of color in space, is currently the director of the Jemison Institute, an organization she founded to advance the use of technology is developing countries. In what year did NASA lift its ban on women in the space program?
a. 1954
b. 1961
c. 1978
d. 1983

11. Rebecca Adamson, founder an president of First Nations Development Institute, had a vision of self-sufficiency for Native People which resulted in the establishment of which of the following:
a. A scholarship program for Native People at Yale University
b. A program for mutual fund shareholder to invest in community development loan funds
c. The first tribal investment model for reservation land reform
d. All of the above