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