Memorize these and you could recognize 18.6% of all Women in History clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Nightingale | 5 | Famous woman depicted on the Crimean monument in Waterloo Place, London |
| 2 | Clara Barton | 5 | After the Civil War, this nurse was placed in charge of government-sponsored search for MIAs |
| 3 | Susan B. Anthony | 4 | Sadly, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote |
| 4 | Betsy Ross | 4 | According to legend she made 1st American flag, but there's no proof |
| 5 | Rosa Parks | 3 | In 1997 the American Public Transportation Association gave this woman its first Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 6 | Margaret Sanger | 3 | She originated the term "birth control" which formerly had been called "voluntary motherhood" |
| 7 | Margaret Mead | 3 | She married a man named Fortune, but after a few anthropological field trips, they got divorced |
| 8 | Jane Addams | 3 | In 1909 she became the 1st woman pres. of what later became the National Conference of Social Work |
| 9 | Katharine Graham | 3 | (Hi, I'm Bob Woodward,) One of the most influential women of the 20th century, she was publisher of the Washington Post from 1969 to 1979 & CEO until ... |
| 10 | Julia Ward Howe | 3 | She wrote her "Battle Hymn" during a visit to an army camp near Washington, D.C. in 1861 |
| 11 | the Boston Marathon | 2 | Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race |
| 12 | Shirley Temple Black | 2 | In 1976 this former child star became the 1st woman named Chief of Protocol for a U.S. president |
| 13 | Pocahontas | 2 | Ironically, her husband John Rolfe was probably killed in an Indian massacre in 1622 |
| 14 | Molly Pitcher | 2 | In the 18th century, Mary Ludwig Hays earned this famous nickname at the battle of Monmouth |
| 15 | Mary, Queen of Scots | 2 | King James V of Scotland died about one week after the birth of this daughter in 1542 |
| 16 | Marie Antoinette | 2 | Queen who "lost her head" over Louis XVI |
| 17 | Juliette Gordon Low | 2 | Visiting her birthplace at 10 E. Oglethorpe in Savannah, Ga. won't get you a merit badge |
| 18 | Jeannette Rankin | 2 | She became the 1st woman elected to Congress in 1916, before most women could even vote |
| 19 | Harriet Tubman | 2 | In 1978, she became 1st Black woman ever honored on a U.S. postage stamp |
| 20 | Charlotte Corday | 2 | French revolutionary who was guillotined for murdering Marat in his bathtub |
| 21 | break the sound barrier | 2 | 6 years after Chuck Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran became the 1st woman to do this |
| 22 | Bette Davis | 2 | This 1st woman to head the Motion Picture Academy won Oscars for "Dangerous" & "Jezebel" out of 10 nominations |
| 23 | Ann Bancroft | 2 | It wasn't Mel Brooks' wife but another woman named this who was the first to cross the ice to the North Pole |
| 24 | Amelia Earhart | 2 | She married publisher George P. Putnam in 1931 |
| 25 | the Spanish Civil War | 2 | Dolores Ibárurri, a heroine of the losing side in this 1930s war, remained honorary president of the Communist Party until 1989 |