Women's History Month 2021 Challenge

Are YOU Up for the WHM Challenge?

Complete 1, 2 or all of the activities below. Want to take on a bigger challenge? Participate in the National Park Service's WHM Challenge sharing your accomplishments with us by tagging us @uoflwomencenter!

Women’s History Month Virtual Scavenger Hunt 2021

Commemorate Women’s History Month by going on a Virtual Scavenger Hunt with us! When you have completed the scavenger hunt, email it to womenctr@louisville.edu by March 26th.  Winners will be announced via social media.

Optional, but encouraged: Share your finds on social media and tag us so we can celebrate these women and acknowledge women’s contributions! Tag us @uoflwomencenter! We will be sharing your photos/answers on our Instagram and Facebook.

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  1. Who is an inspiring Woman to you? Write them a note saying why and/or thanking them. Tag @uoflwomenctr for us to share!
  2. Cynisca of Spartawas the first woman in history to win at the ancient Olympic Games. Which event did she win? 
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  3. The National Women’s History Project chooses a theme for each year’s observance of Women’s History Month in March. What was last year’s theme for 2020 and what is this year’s? 
    1. What does this year’s theme mean to you?
  4. Go to the 19th Amendment by State page. Find you state or territory and click on it. (If you are not from the U.S., choose a place you would like to visit!).
    1. When did that state ratify the 19th Amendment?
    2. List something you learned that you found interesting.
    3. Share a picture of your state with the information you found! Tag @uoflwomencenter.
  5. Rosa Parks: How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last? BONUS: There was another woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person 9 months before Rosa Parks did. Who is she and why has she not been recognized until recently. 
    1. What are your thoughts on this?
  6. Who was the first woman in modern history to lead a major Native-American tribe, the Cherokee Nation?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  7. Visit the page African American Women and Suffrage in Louisville.
    1. Name a woman who was instrumental in fighting for the right to vote for women and something you learned about her.
    2. Share a picture of them with the information you found! Tag @uoflwomencenter.
  8. Who was the first Chinese-American woman ever elected to hold a statewide office in the United States?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  9. As vice president of the United Farm Workers, what woman has been vital in speaking for civil and economic rights for farm workers throughout the U.S.?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  10. Harriet Tubman served as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad leading them to safety in the North. A $40,000 reward was offered for her capture. How many slaves did she help escape to freedom?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  11. Why is Rachel Carson (1907–1964) considered the mother of the environmental movement?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  12. Gloria Steinem has said, “If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?” Which two magazines did Gloria Steinem help found?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  13. What is the significance of Septima Poinsette Clark?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  14. Georgia O'Keeffe was a 20th-century American painter and pioneer of American modernism best known for her canvases depicting flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls and southwestern landscapes. She was the first woman artist to have a retrospective at this museum?
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.
  15. Who first drafted the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), passed by the Senate on March 22, 1972
    1. List something you learned that you found interesting.

 

Women's History Month Word Search

Find the last names of these famous Women in the puzzle below on this word search.

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Rosa PARKS I Shirley CHISHOLM I Susan B. ANTHONY I Amelia EARHART I Mae JEMISON I Serena WILLIAMS I Katherine JOHNSON I Hilary CLINTON I Mala YOUSAFZAI I Gloria STEINEM I Beyonce KNOWLES I Wilma MANKILLER I Dolores HUERTA I Patsy MINK I Laverne COX I Harriet TUBMAN I Betty FRIEDAN I Rachel CARSON I Ruth Bader GINSBURG I Dorothy HEIGHT I Grace HOPPER I Billie Jean KING I Lilly LEDBETTER I Angela DAVIS I Stacey ABRAMS I Kamala HARRIS I Frida KAHLO I Alexandria OCASIO-CORTEZ I Greta THUNBERG I Megan RAPINOE 


Women’s History Month Name Scramble 

(First & Last Name) 

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  1. RMAEI CERUI 
  2. JTNAE CKMO 
  3. EROAELN ERLEOSTOV 
  4. AMAY LGNOAEU 
  5. RCTEATO OSCTT KGNI 
  6. SAYLL EIDR 
  7. EALVRNE XCO 
  8. AIMLW PDURLHO 
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  10. RPAOH IENRWYF 
  11. AURDE EORLD 
  12. DYAL GGAA 

Who Am I?

Can you guess who these influential women are with the given clues?

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Who Am I?

  1. Wanting to pursue a degree when it was illegal for women to receive higher education, I enrolled at the Flying University, a Polish college that welcomed female students that constantly changed class locations to avoid detection from authorities.  

  1. The Association of Collegiate Alumnae (a predecessor to AAUW) helped raise money to purchase a gram of radium for my research. At the time, a gram of radium cost $100,000 ($1,339,339 in 2021) 

  1. I was the 1st woman to win the Novel prize and the 1st person to win the award twice in 2 distinct scientific fields.  

  1. Empowered women empower women. My daughter also won a Nobel prize.  

Who Am I?

  1. Promoted as “the world’s most beautiful woman” by Hollywood, I’m most known for being on the big screen.  

  1. Brains before beauty, I developed a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes during World War II.  

  1. Though it was never used in wartime, being dubbed the “Mother of Wi-Fi", my device is a component of satellite and cellular phone technology including GPS and Bluetooth.  

  1. In 2014, I was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.  

Who Am I?

  1. In 2011, I told my story in Marie Claire after learning about many transgender children that were committing suicide. I wanted my story to be a form of encouragement. 

  1. I have a New York Times bestselling book which was the 1st biography written from the perspective of a young trans person.  

  1. In 2018, I became the 1st transgender woman of color to write and direct an episode of television (Pose on FX).  

  1. Most recently, I signed a deal with Netflix to create content for their website making me the 1st openly transgender woman of color to sign a deal with a major content company.