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Women's Place is in the House and the Senate and the White House

Women Making History
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1. Who is the highest ranking elected woman in U.S. history?
Condoleezza Rice
Hillary Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nancy Pelosi

2. Who was the first woman to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, even though she was not even eligible to vote?
Martha Hughes Cannon
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Deborah Sampson
Betsy Ross

3. Who was the first woman seated on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Margaret Sanger
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy")

4. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has won more primary votes than any other woman in a presidential primary. How many women have been on a ballot for U.S. president (including Clinton)?
7 12 22 33

5. Who are the first sisters to serve in the U.S. Congress together?
Kathryn McCarthy and Carolyn McCarthy
Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez
Betty Castor and Kathy Castor
Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein

6. What country has the highest percentage of seats held by women in parliament or federal government?
U.S. Canada Rwanda Sweden

7. Who was the first woman of color to be elected to the U.S. Congress?
Carol Moseley Braun
Patsy Mink
Dolores Huerta
Barbara Jordan

8. Who was the first openly lesbian candidate to win a Congressional seat?
Ellen DeGeneres
Tammy Baldwin
Suze Orman
Lorna Lockwood

9. How many women have been or are currently serving as U.S. governors?
11 29 54 112

10. Who was the first woman of color to run for the presidential nomination of a major political party?
Patricia Roberts Harris
Barbara Jordan
Sojourner Truth
Shirley Chisholm

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