1. Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States of America? Victoria Woodhull Geraldine Ferraro Hillary Clinton
2. When were U.S. women granted the right to vote? 1820 1880 1920 3. Who was the first woman elected to congress? Susan B. Anthony Jeanette Rankin Elizabeth Blackwell
4. How many women living today have undergone genital mutilation? 1 million 20 million 2 million
5. What percent of the world's illiterate are women? 60% 50% 40%
6. What is the ratio of females to males that die of malnutrition each year worldwide? 4 to 1 4 to 2 1 to 2
7. What percent of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim? 73% 80% 50%
8. What percentage of women undergo intimate partner violence? 15% 10% 25%
9. Who was the first black woman elected to Congress? Rosa Parks Ida Wells-Barnett Shirley Chisholm
10. What law provides for gender equity in athletics at the high school and collegiate levels? Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act (formerly the Education Amendments of 1972) Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Women's Studies Burkhardt Building Room 108 765.285.5451 wsintern@bsu.edu M-F 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.