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1. Official Olympics rules in 1932 let her compete in only three track events. She won gold medals for setting records in two of them, and a silver in the third. Who was she?
2. At age 37, she became a national recording star acknowledged as the "Mother of the Blues." She toured African-American vaudeville theaters for several years, becoming a major influence on show business and the blues. Her name?
3. She was so involved in women's 75-year effort for voting rights that the Congressional Amendment granting women the ballot was named for her. That's also why she was pictured on our one-dollar coin. Now, what was her name?
4. The Vietnam War memorial in Washington, D.C., is the most frequently visited monument in our capital city. Who was responsible for its unusual design?
5. Lewis and Clark's expedition would not have reached the Pacific Ocean without the help of this Shoshone teen-ager, who carried her baby boy the entire way. Do you remember her name?
6. At a time when ladies weren't supposed to sweat, she dressed young girls in bloomers and organized them into troops for physical activities and campouts. Millions of young women have since followed her lead. Who was this audacious woman?
7. In the early days of aviation, pilots had to rely on what they saw on the ground to guide them to their destinations. Who painted 16,000 aerial markers on building rooftops across the North American continent?
8. 1998 marked the 25th anniversary of what landmark court decision involving women's rights?
9. Who was the first MVP of the Women's National Basketball Association?
10. Who was the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize for Literature? Who was the first African American woman to do this?
11. Who was the first woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet post? Who was the first woman Secretary of State?
12. Who was the first woman lawyer?
13. What made Amelia Earhart famous?
14. Who was the first woman astronaut?
15. When did Washington state give women the right to vote?
16. Who was Hawaii's last Queen?
17. She discovered the first "computer bug," which was a real moth.
18. Who was the first woman to be a self made millionaire?
19. In what year did the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allow women to vote?
20. Who was the first female doctor in America?
21. What woman was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and live?
22. When was the first Mother's Day observed?
23. Who founded the Girl Guides (later the Girl Scouts) in Savannah, Georgia?
24. When was Women's Ice Hockey first played as an Olympic sport?
25. Who was the first female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
26. Who was the first woman elected Prime Minister of England?
27. Who was the first woman to receive the Purple Heart?
28. Who was the first woman to sign with a pro-baseball club and struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in one game?
29. When was the first modern elastic bra patented and by who?
30. When were nylons were first sold in the United States?

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