Saturday, January 06, 2007

Madam Speaker..... and other firsts

Nancy Pelosi
Last week our nation witnessed the first woman elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Over the years since our country became independent, there have been many historic steps for women. Enjoy the themes of womens firsts:

5 firsts Can you put these in order of occurance?
First woman astronaut
Given the right to own personal property

Roe v. Wade - what is it and when was it passed

Given the right to vote

Allowed to sit on a jury


How about trying this quiz on Groundbreaking Women.
http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/whm2/1.html

Here are 5 women that made a first step. What was their accomplishment?
Antoinette Blackwell

Victoria Claflin Woodhull

Jeannette Rankin

Amelia Earhart
Margaret Chase Smith - what is extra special for this lady?

Here are 5 good resources:

Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cccatt/home.html

Instructional Materials Center at the University of Missouri:
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/womenfi.htm

National Women's Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org

RootsWeb's Notable Women Ancestors, an Associate of Amazon.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/politician.html

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