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* 1. Who was the first Woman delegate (not ambassador) to the UN?

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* 2. Who was the first woman to serve in the Presidential cabinet?

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* 3. This woman's memorable “Declaration of Conscience” speech to the US Senate in the McCarthy era defended each American’s “right to hold unpopular beliefs”.

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* 4. Who was the longest reigning queen in history?

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* 5. This woman, born in Kiev Russia and raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin, served as foreign minister and then Prime Minister in her adopted homeland.

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* 6. Who was the youngest First Lady of the United States?

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* 7. This woman became synonymous with the women’s movement in the 1970s.

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* 8. This woman has the distinction of being the first woman of color and the first Asian American elected to the House of Representatives.

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* 9. How many female Supreme Court justices have there been in the 230 year history of the Supreme Court and can you name them all?

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* 10. This woman was the first woman Secretary of State.

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* 11. Answers:
We recommend for your reading pleasure and education Time Magazine’s special project: 100 Women of the Year, which spotlights women who might have been considered for “Person of the Year” honors if the horizons:  https://time.com/100-women-of-the-year/

1.  Eleanor Roosevelt - Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1945, when the UN was created. Ms. Roosevelt chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights which was responsible for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948.

2.  Frances Perkins - Frances Perkins was appointed as secretary of labor by FDR in 1933. A witness to New York’s infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, Perkins pushed for laws to protect workers during the depression including minimum wages and unemployment insurance regarded as cornerstones of the New Deal.

3.  Margaret Chase Smith - Margaret Smith was a Senator from Maine and the only woman in the Senate in 1950 when she made this speech.

4.  Queen Elizabeth II of England - Queen Elizabeth II who began her reign at her 1952 coronation; 68 years and still going strong at age 93. Queen Victoria reigned for almost 64 years and Queen Wilhelmina almost 58 years. The longest reigning monarch is King is Louis XIV of France at 72 years, 110 days.

5.  Golda Meir - Golda Meir was named foreign minister of the infant state of Israel in 1956 and was elected as its prime minister in 1969.

6.  Frances Cleveland - Frances Cleveland was only 21 when she married President Grover Cleveland; they remain the only President and First Lady to wed in the White House. Jackie Kennedy was 31 when her husband was elected and Michele Obama was 44.

7.  Gloria Steinem - Gloria Steinem testified at Senate hearings for the Equal Rights Amendment and co-founded Ms. Magazine which became an important voice for the feminist movement.

8. Patsy Mink - Patsy Mink of Hawaii served 12 terms in Congress and was instrumental in the passage of Title IX in 1972 preventing sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions.

9. 4 - The first was Sandra Day O’Connor appointed in 1981 (who was on the bench when the Supreme Court determined the Bush-Gore election in 2000) followed by Ruth Bader Ginsberg (1993), Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 (also the first Hispanic judge) and Elena Kagan (2010).

10. Madeleine Albright - Madeleine Albright was appointed Secretary of State in 1997 by President Bill Clinton who had earlier appointed her as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice was appointed in 2005 by President George W. Bush and Clinton in 2009, then by President Barack Obama.

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