Strong women are all around us: On our radios, inspiring our comic books, guiding us through movements, and even pioneering future medical discoveries. In honor of Women’s History Month, test your knowledge of these powerful women from throughout the decades who have exemplified women’s resilience and strength.
Test your knowledge of powerful women during Women’s History Month!
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Question 1/7
This musician’s career has resulted in multiple Grammy awards, a Superbowl performance, and an MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, coincidentally named after her brother. Later in life, she advocated for improved treatment of child stars.
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This musician’s career has resulted in multiple Grammy awards, a Superbowl performance, and an MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, coincidentally named after her brother. Later in life, she advocated for improved treatment of child stars.
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Janet Jackson
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Kelly Clarkson
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Solange Knowles
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Aretha Franklin
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This powerhouse musician will stop at nothing to make sure the “hole” world knows her. She was widowed early in life but continued to make music despite her depression and addiction. Now, she works with her daughter and ex-band members to combat addiction in aspiring musicians.
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This powerhouse musician will stop at nothing to make sure the “hole” world knows her. She was widowed early in life but continued to make music despite her depression and addiction. Now, she works with her daughter and ex-band members to combat addiction in aspiring musicians.
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Yoko Ono
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Courtney Love
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Billie Eilish
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Lady Gaga
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Due to the durability of her cells, scientists today still claim this woman is immortal, even though she died in the 1950s. Though this woman’s cells were used without her consent, they contributed to the development of polio, HPV and even the COVID-19 vaccines. Who is she?
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Due to the durability of her cells, scientists today still claim this woman is immortal, even though she died in the 1950s. Though this woman’s cells were used without her consent, they contributed to the development of polio, HPV and even the COVID-19 vaccines. Who is she?
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Ada Lovelace
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Henrietta Lacks
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Harper Lee
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This author was in the famous British art clique the Bloomsbury Group along with her friends and husband. She wrote “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse”. She was a bisexual author whose stories described the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals in the early 1900s. Who is she?
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This author was in the famous British art clique the Bloomsbury Group along with her friends and husband. She wrote “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse”. She was a bisexual author whose stories described the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals in the early 1900s. Who is she?
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Jane Austen
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Virginia Woolf
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Sylvia Plath
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Sappho
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Credited with the restoration of the White House, this first lady witnessed her husband’s assassination and swore in the vice president minutes later. She later documented her experiences with PTSD and advocated for widows until she died in 1994.
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Credited with the restoration of the White House, this first lady witnessed her husband’s assassination and swore in the vice president minutes later. She later documented her experiences with PTSD and advocated for widows until she died in 1994.
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Jackie Kennedy
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Marie Todd Lincoln
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Michelle Obama
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This activist stood up by sitting down. At 46, she protested by sitting in a “whites only” part of a bus in 1955, which is known as one of many events that kickstarted the Civil Rights Movement. Who is she?
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This activist stood up by sitting down. At 46, she protested by sitting in a “whites only” part of a bus in 1955, which is known as one of many events that kickstarted the Civil Rights Movement. Who is she?
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Henrietta Lacks
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Joy Harjo
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Clara Schumann
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Rosa Parks
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This powerful and longstanding musician is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long county music career. She prides herself on her candid nature, taking time to uplift the communities around her.
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This powerful and longstanding musician is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long county music career. She prides herself on her candid nature, taking time to uplift the communities around her.
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Nicole Kidman
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Victoria Beckham
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Dolly Parton
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Mel B
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