Historical People VI: Women in History

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1. This female Egyptian pharoah led Egypt to prosperity with numerous building projects, increased trade routes and funded an expedition to the Land of Punt. Many trees were brought back from this expedition, and resulted in the first documented attempted to plant foreign trees on another land's soil. Hatshepsut Cleopatra VI Cleopatra VII Sobekneferu

2. This young female war hero and Catholic saint claimed to be led by God. Under her leadership France saw many victories against England in the Hundred Years' War. Sadly, she died young at the age of nineteen. Alice Liddell Mother Teresa Joan of Arc Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

3. This Celtic queen of the Iceni led an uprising against the mighty Roman Empire. Andromeda Boudica Clytemnestra Cassandra

4. This Russian queen ruled for 34 years, and was considered an enlightened ruler, she worked to modernize Russia and even pushed for the colonization of Alaska. During her reign Russia saw much territorial expansion, adding roughly 200,000 square miles to its territory. Catherine the Great Anna of Russia Isabelle the Great Elizabeth of Russia

5. This female pirate was the scourge of the sea, if you were French. Her nickname was the Lioness of Brittany. Anne Dieu-le-Veut Lady Elizabeth Killigrew Jeanne de Clisson Jacquotte Delahaye

6. This female half of an infamous duo of bank robbers roamed the United States during the Great Depression, she and her partner were eventually killed in the state of Louisiana. Emma Krause Bonnie Clyde Bonnie Parker Jane Austen

7. This English queen was known as "The Virgin Queen" and was also the last queen of the Tudor dynasty. Queen Elizabeth II Queen Victoria Anne Boleyn Queen Elizabeth I

8. This woman was a prominent advocate of Civil Rights, fighting for women's rights. She died at the age of 86. Susan B. Anthony Nancy Drew Clara Barton Rosa Parks

9. This was the first women to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, and the first aviator to make a solo trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Clara Barton Lucy Burns Alice Paul Amelia Earhart

10. Marilyn Monroe wasn't always called by that name, she was born with a different name, what was it? Answer: (First Name, before baptism)

11. This woman is the only woman in China's vast history to be known as Empress Regnant. PrincessTaiping Empress Wei Empress Wang Empress Wu Zetian

12. This woman founded the American Red Cross. Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Norma Jeane Baker Betsy Ross

13. This great and mighty female samurai was a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka and is believed to have fought in the Genpei War (1180-1185). Tomoe Gozen Hangaku Gozen Akiko Yamamoto Wu Zetian

14. This Biblical prostitute is known for her assistance to the Israelites in their siege of Jericho, and the red cord she hung out of her window. Bathsheba Rahab Eve Naamah the Ammonite

15. This great Queen of Palmyra led a revolt against the Roman Empire. Cleopatra VII Zenobia Semiramis Dido