Happy Wednesday, puzzlers! Today, August 26, marks Women's Equality Day in the United States, commemorating the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. In honor of the occasion, today's brain teaser is a five-question trivia quiz on women who changed history. Good luck!
Trivia Quiz: Trailblazing Women
Which suffragist and abolitionist organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention in the United States?
Which Polish-French scientist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, went on to become the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields?
Which aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?
Sandra Day O'Connor made history in 1981 by becoming the first woman to hold which position in the U.S. federal government?
Which tennis champion won a famous 1973 exhibition match known as the "Battle of the Sexes," defeating Bobby Riggs?
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Answers
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Marie Curie
Amelia Earhart
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Billie Jean King
Scoring: 5 correct — Trivia champion! 3–4 — Well versed in women's history. 0–2 — A good excuse to read up on these remarkable trailblazers.