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Who Was? Girls Rule: Famous Women in History Quiz

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I was both the wife and the Answer: mother of a US President. Abigail Addams Abigail Addams was the first First Susan B. Anthony Lady to live in the .

I mysteriously Answer: disappeared in 1937. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean, Amelia Earhart but she never completed her 1937 around-the-world flight.

As a black child living in the Answer: South, I could not attend school with white children. Anne Frank Rosa Parks kept her seat Rosa Parks on the bus, but took a stand Michelle Obama for Civil Rights in 1955.

As a young girl, I dreamt of Answer: living among wild chimps. Jane Goodall Jane Goodall Eleanor Roosevelt Jane Goodall grew up to be a world-famous scientist and Mother Theresa animal rights champion. Who Was? Girls Rule: Famous Women in History Quiz

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At college, I was an Answer: amazing student and a really good tennis player. Betsy Ross Sally Ride was the first American Sally Ride woman to fly in space! Amelia Earhart

I am world-famous Answer: because of my diary. Anne Frank Anne Frank Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl tells Marie Curie the story of a remarkable Jewish girl JK Rowling who hid with her family for over two years during World War II.

Answer: I never lost a passenger!

Amelia Earhart Harriet Tubman risked her life to help other slaves escape to Harriet Tubman along the and “never lost a passenger.”

During my lifetime, I painted Answer: fifty-five self-portraits! Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous female artists of all time. Who Was? Girls Rule: Famous Women in History Quiz

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My book, Silent Spring, inspired Answer: worldwide movements to conserve and protect the environment.

Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was the first person to speak out about how pollution and chemicals can be harmful to every living thing on earth.

Queen Victoria called me a “very, Answer: very clever little girl” when she saw me perform in a Wild West show. Annie Oakley

Laura Ingalls Wilder Annie Oakley was a Annie Oakley sharpshooting, horseback-riding Harriet Tubman symbol of the Wild West.

I am the founder of Answer: Ms. magazine Eleanor Roosevelt Gloria Steinem is a world-famous Susan B. Anthony champion of women’s rights. Gloria Steinem

I was only 16-years-old Answer: when I joined the Louis and Sacagawea Clark expedition! Sacagawea Sacagawea was a Indian Abigail Adams woman who helped one of the most Betsy Ross remarkable journeys in American history. Who Was? Girls Rule: Famous Women in History Quiz

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I became queen of the United Kingdom at age eighteen Answer: and oversaw the greatest Queen Victoria expansion of the British Empire. Queen Elizabeth Queen Victoria’s peaceful and Queen Victoria prosperous reign became known as the Victorian era.

I was arrested for voting in the Answer: presidential election of 1872. Susan B. Anthony Mother Theresa Harriet Tubman Susan B. Anthony is the most Susan B. Anthony famous leader of the women’s right’s movement.

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