International Womens Day (IWD)!

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  1. 2. What position did Virne “Jackie” Mitchell play as the first woman in professional baseball?
  2. 5. Marie _______ is the only woman to ever win two Nobel Prizes and the first in history to do so.
  3. 7. What was the only event open to women at the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924?
  4. 9. The first novel in the world was written in c. 1000 CE by a woman from this country.
  5. 11. In the United States, Women's History Month is celebrated during this month.
  6. 13. Last name of the first president to recognize Women’s History Week.
  7. 14. With 32 wins, this woman has won the most Grammy Awards in history.
  8. 15. ________ was the first U.S. state to grant women the right to vote.
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  1. 1. What month is Women’s History Month observed in Canada?
  2. 3. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially enter and run in the _____________________.
  3. 4. In 1921, American novelist Edith Wharton was the first woman to receive a _____________ for fiction.
  4. 6. ______ May Wong was the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
  5. 8. Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
  6. 10. What is the global campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2023?
  7. 12. ______, green, and white are the colors of International Women's Day In the United States.