Rediscovering America: A quiz on International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, which celebrates women’s achievements, is March 8.

With a woman vice president, a woman speaker of the House of Representatives, 141 other women serving in the House and Senate, nine women governors, and several dozen women leading Fortune 500 companies, the prominent role women play in U.S. society may seem evident today. But it wasn’t always so.

The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of women’s achievements in the United States.

1. In 1848, suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first woman’s rights convention in American history, which was held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. The statement of Sentiments and Grievances, published at the end of the convention, used language from what historical document? A. U.S. Constitution B. Declaration of Independence

C. Emancipation Proclamation

D. The Federalist Papers 2. Who was the first woman to testify on women’s right to vote before a congressional committee, arguing that the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution already gave them the right?

A. Victoria Woodhull B. Tennessee Claflin C. Sojourner Truth D. Catherine Beecher

3. Who is considered to be the first woman newspaper publisher and what was the name of the paper?

A. Katharine Graham and The Washington Post

B. Mary Katherine Goddard and the Providence Gazette

C. Anna Zenger and the New York Weekly Journal

D. Elizabeth Timothy and the South Carolina Gazette

Answers: 1-B, 2-A, 3-D