Women's Quick Quiz Questions

Question 1

What was NAWSA’s membership in 1905 & 1914?

Answer 1

1905: 17,000
1914: 100,000

Question 2

What % of NAWSA joined LWV

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

What was 1875 Minor v Happersett

Answer 3

Meant campaigners for suffrage had to obtain a constitutional change

Question 4

What % of women voted in 1920?

Answer 4

36%

Question 5

How many more women in workforce 1940-5

Answer 5

5 million

Question 6

How many more women in armed forces during WW2?

Answer 6

350,000, 12x that of WW1

Question 7

How many women in state legislatures by 1945?

Answer 7

228

Question 8

How many women lost their jobs following 8 weeks of peace post-ww2?

Answer 8

800,000

Question 9

By 1946 how many states continued to fund childcare?

Answer 9

Only 3

Question 10

What was the Sheppard–Towner Act?

Answer 10

1921 Act that provided federal funding for maternity and childcare

Question 11

What % of women voted Reagan?

Answer 11

47%

Question 12

What % of Reagans Gov. appointments were women?

Answer 12

8%

Question 13

Name an influential female figure at the end of the period

Answer 13

Sandra Day O’Connor (Supreme Court)

Question 14

What % of women voted in 1920 and what % of men?

Answer 14

Women: 36%
Men: 68%

Question 15

What year was the parity of gender votes split?

Answer 15

1957

Question 16

How many women were working outside the home during WW2?

Answer 16

1/3

Question 17

By 1946 how many states continued to fund childcare?

Answer 17

Only 3

Question 18

By 1965 how many married women were using the Pill?

Answer 18

1 in 2

Question 19

In 1986 what % of women considered themselves to be feminist?

Answer 19

56%

Question 20

What was the backlash from the Pill?

Answer 20

• Alarmed people with traditional values

- Massive Christian opposition

Question 21

What year did the ERA pass congress?

Answer 21

1972

Question 22

By 1992 what % of women had a job and graduated highschool?

Answer 22

47% of women had a job

98% graduated highschool

Question 23

In 1972 and 1990 what % of women support gender equality?

Answer 23

1972: 33%
1990: Only 40%

Question 24

When was the Hyde Amendment and what did it do?

Answer 24

1976

Banned gov. aid spent on abortions

Question 25

What happened after 1982

Answer 25

No laws passed to help with wage discrimination

Question 26

What was the results of the 1936 gallup poll?

Answer 26

suggested 82% opposed to women working

Question 27

What did men fear about women entering the workforce?

Answer 27

That they would lose their jobs