- 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) Elizabeth Blackwell
B) Marie Curie
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale
- 2. Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
A) Clara Barton
B) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
C) Marie Stopes
D) Jane Addams
- 3. Which woman is known for her work in discovering the structure of DNA?
A) Marie Curie
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Rosalind Franklin
D) Clara Barton
- 4. Who founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was instrumental in public health reform?
A) Marie Curie
B) Rita Levi-Montalcini
C) Elizabeth Blackwell
D) Lillian Wald
- 5. Which woman was the first female surgeon in England?
A) Dr. Mary Walker
B) Dr. Virginia Apgar
C) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
D) Dr. Emily Blackwell
- 6. Who was a famous nurse during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Mary Seacole
C) Clara Barton
D) Elizabeth Blackwell
- 7. Which woman was the first female winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
A) Marie Curie
B) Gerty Cori
C) Barbara McClintock
D) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- 8. Who was a renowned physicist and chemist, known for her research on radioactivity?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
C) Marie Curie
D) Clara Barton
- 9. Who was a pioneering woman in the field of reproductive health and contraception?
A) Clara Barton
B) Elizabeth Blackwell
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Margaret Sanger
- 10. Who was a pediatrician known for developing the Apgar Score used to quickly assess the health of newborns?
A) Virginia Apgar
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Jonas Salk
D) Jane Goodall
- 11. Who was the first African American woman physician in the state of New York?
A) Gertrude B. Elion
B) Susan McKinney Steward
C) Ada Lovelace
D) Maria Goeppert Mayer
- 12. Who was the first woman to officially practice medicine in the United States military?
A) Mary Edwards Walker
B) Grace Hopper
C) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D) Virginia Apgar
- 13. Which woman in medicine pioneered research in the field of genetics and discovered jumping genes?
A) Jonas Salk
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D) Jane Goodall
- 14. Who was a pioneer in public health and environmental reforms, known for her book 'Silent Spring'?
A) Rachel Carson
B) Barbara McClintock
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) Hedy Lamarr
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Emmy Noether
D) Grace Hopper
- 16. Which woman was a pioneering American biochemist who determined the structure of penicillin and Vitamin B12?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Dorothy Hodgkin
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) Mae C. Jemison
D) Hedy Lamarr
- 18. Which woman was a Native American physician and the first woman of Cherokee descent to become a physician in the United States?
A) Milada Horáková
B) Susan La Flesche Picotte
C) Shirin Ebadi
D) Vera Rubin
- 19. Which woman was a microbiologist known for her discovery of antibiotics, particularly streptomycin?
A) Selman Waksman
B) Carol Greider
C) Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
D) Sophie Wilson
- 20. Who was the first woman elected as president of the American Medical Association?
A) Virginia Apgar
B) Grace Hopper
C) Nancy Dickey
D) Margaret Sanger
- 21. Which woman in medicine was the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States?
A) Helen Keller
B) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
C) Irena Sendler
D) Sarah Bernhardt
- 22. Which woman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on neuroblastoma and nerve growth factor?
A) Marie Curie
B) Rosalind Franklin
C) Rita Levi-Montalcini
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) Margaret Mead
B) Barbara McClintock
C) Sally Ride
D) Mae Jemison
- 24. Who was a renowned American primatologist and conservationist known for her extensive study of chimpanzees?
A) Barbara McClintock
B) Emmy Noether
C) Sally Ride
D) Jane Goodall
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