Through several centuries and across all cultures, girls and women had to face innumerable injustices and challenges. Feminism may be a controversial topic today. But, we think it is essential to take a moment to recognise some women who broke barriers. They overcame adversities and left a mark on history. Try a hand at this fun quiz to see how well you know some of the women who changed the world.
Check out some of the most famous women’s rights activists who changed the world!
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In 1932, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to:
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Fly solo across the Atlantic
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Fly in Air Force
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Fly solo around the world
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Fly a plane
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Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to what?
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US Congress
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Governor
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Mayor
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Supreme Court Judge
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She refused to give her seat to a white person on a Montgomery bus in 1955, which sparked the civil rights movement. Who was she?
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Rosa Parks
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Mary Seacole
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Angela Burdett-Coutts
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Who was India’s first and only female prime minister to have ruled the country on two occasions?
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Artemisia Gentileschi
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Margaret Thatcher
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Gabriela Mistral
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Indira Gandhi
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Which environmental activist was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate? She also became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to democracy, sustainable development and peace.
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Zora Neale
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Wangari Maathai
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Aphra Behn
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Gabriela Mistral
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This double Nobel Prize winner found effective cures for cancer. Who was she?
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Hypatia
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Marie Curie
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Margaret Thatcher
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Rosalind Franklin
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This 19th-century social reformer fought for the welfare and rights of prisoners and promoted rehabilitation over harsh punishment. Who was she?
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Queen Victoria
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Elizabeth Fry
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Mother Teresa
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Who was the first American woman to earn an international pilot’s license and staged the first public flight by an African-American woman in the US?
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Rosa Parks
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Bessie Coleman
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Mary Seacole
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Amelia Earhart
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In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to:
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Win a gold medal in the Olympics
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Be ordained a minister
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Earn a medical degree in the US
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Own a business
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She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. The record she set was nearly two hours faster than any of the previous male swimmers. Who was she?
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Martina Bergman-Österberg
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Maria Merian
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Gertrude Ederle
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Suzanne Lenglen
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This woman was the Queen of the Iceni tribe and led a Celtic revolt against Roman rule. Who was she?
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Sacagawea
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Hypatia
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Boudicca
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Which pioneering journalist went around the world in just 72 days?
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Virginia Woolf
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Nellie Bly
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Vera Atkins
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Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
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Junko Tabei
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Maria Merian
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Lottie Dod
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Anna Akhmatova
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Her book, ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’, is seen as an example of modern feminism. Who is she?
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Andrea Dworkin
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Ada Lovelace
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Florence Nightingale
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She was the first female publisher of an influential American newspaper and became the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Who was she?
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Marie Van Brittan Brown
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Katharine Graham
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Clara Barton
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Gertrude Ederle
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