- 1. Pioneering Women in Medicine have made significant contributions to the field, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations of women. Throughout history, women have faced challenges and discrimination in pursuing medical careers, yet their resilience and dedication have led to groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in healthcare. From early trailblazers like Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States, to modern-day innovators pushing the boundaries of medical science, these women have played a vital role in shaping the healthcare industry and improving the lives of countless individuals around the world.
Who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States?
A) Marie Curie
B) Clara Barton
C) Elizabeth Blackwell
D) Florence Nightingale
- 2. Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
A) Jane Addams
B) Marie Stopes
C) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
D) Clara Barton
- 3. Which woman is known for her work in discovering the structure of DNA?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Marie Curie
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
- 4. Who founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was instrumental in public health reform?
A) Rita Levi-Montalcini
B) Lillian Wald
C) Elizabeth Blackwell
D) Marie Curie
- 5. Which woman was the first female surgeon in England?
A) Dr. Virginia Apgar
B) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
C) Dr. Mary Walker
D) Dr. Emily Blackwell
- 6. Who was a famous nurse during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing?
A) Mary Seacole
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Elizabeth Blackwell
D) Clara Barton
- 7. Which woman was the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
A) Gerty Cori
B) Marie Curie
C) Barbara McClintock
D) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- 8. Who was a renowned physicist and chemist, known for her research on radioactivity?
A) Clara Barton
B) Marie Curie
C) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
D) Florence Nightingale
- 9. Who was a pioneering woman in the field of reproductive health and contraception?
A) Clara Barton
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Margaret Sanger
D) Elizabeth Blackwell
- 10. Who was a pediatrician known for developing the Apgar Score used to quickly assess the health of newborns?
A) Jane Goodall
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Jonas Salk
D) Virginia Apgar
- 11. Who was the first African American woman physician in the state of New York?
A) Ada Lovelace
B) Maria Goeppert Mayer
C) Susan McKinney Steward
D) Gertrude B. Elion
- 12. Who was the first woman to officially practice medicine in the United States military?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B) Grace Hopper
C) Mary Edwards Walker
D) Virginia Apgar
- 13. Which woman in medicine pioneered research in the field of genetics and discovered jumping genes?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B) Jonas Salk
C) Barbara McClintock
D) Jane Goodall
- 14. Who was a pioneer in public health and environmental reforms, known for her book 'Silent Spring'?
A) Barbara McClintock
B) Rachel Carson
C) Dorothy Hodgkin
D) Rosalind Franklin
- 15. Who was a pioneer in the field of computer programming and played a crucial role in the development of COBOL?
A) Emmy Noether
B) Grace Hopper
C) Hedy Lamarr
D) Barbara McClintock
- 16. Which woman was a pioneering American biochemist who determined the structure of penicillin and Vitamin B12?
A) Dorothy Hodgkin
B) Rosalind Franklin
C) Joan Clarke
D) Rita Levi-Montalcini
- 17. Who was a German-American mathematician known for her contributions to algebra and theoretical physics?
A) Emmy Noether
B) Grace Hopper
C) Hedy Lamarr
D) Mae C. Jemison
- 18. Which woman was a Native American physician and the first woman of Cherokee descent to become a physician in the United States?
A) Susan La Flesche Picotte
B) Milada Horáková
C) Shirin Ebadi
D) Vera Rubin
- 19. Which woman was a microbiologist known for her discovery of antibiotics, particularly streptomycin?
A) Selman Waksman
B) Sophie Wilson
C) Carol Greider
D) Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
- 20. Who was the first woman elected as president of the American Medical Association?
A) Grace Hopper
B) Margaret Sanger
C) Virginia Apgar
D) Nancy Dickey
- 21. Which woman in medicine was the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States?
A) Irena Sendler
B) Sarah Bernhardt
C) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
D) Helen Keller
- 22. Which woman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on neuroblastoma and nerve growth factor?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Rita Levi-Montalcini
C) Marie Curie
D) Dorothy Hodgkin
- 23. Which pioneering woman was the first female astronaut and youngest American to travel to space at the age of 32?
A) Barbara McClintock
B) Sally Ride
C) Mae Jemison
D) Margaret Mead
- 24. Who was a renowned American primatologist and conservationist known for her extensive study of chimpanzees?
A) Sally Ride
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Jane Goodall
D) Emmy Noether
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