Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was born on November 29 and was an American novelist and poet. In 1868 she wrote "Little Women" and in 1871 the sequel "Little Men". "Little Women" follows the life of four sisters through childhood to adulthood. The novel has been adapted for stage, film and television.
2. The Country Girl
Answer: Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly (1929-1982) born on November 12, was an American film actress until she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. She starred in many films but it was in "Country Girl" (1954) opposite Bing Crosby and William Holden that she won her only Oscar, the Academy Award for Best Actress.
3. Grand Slam winner
Answer: Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (born Moffitt) was born on November 22, 1943. She is a former professional tennis player who throughout her career from 1959-1983 won 39 Grand Slam titles (12 singles, 16 Women's doubles and 11 mixed doubles).
4. Blanche DuBois
Answer: Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) was born on November 5 in India. She was a British stage and film actress and won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, the first being Scarlet O'Hara opposite Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind"(1939) and the second as Blanche DuBois, opposite Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire"(1951).
5. Nobel Prize winner
Answer: Marie Curie
Marie Curie (1867-1934) was born on November 7 in Warsaw, Poland. She later became a naturalised French citizen and is the only woman to have won two Nobel Prizes in two different categories - Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).
6. What's Love Got to Do with It?
Answer: Tina Turner
Tina Turner was born on November 26, 1939 in Tennessee, USA and became a Swiss citizen in 2013. She is one of the biggest recording artists of all time.
7. Queen of France
Answer: Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) was born on November 2 in Vienna, Austria. She was the wife of Louis XVI and when he ascended to the throne she became Queen of France and Navarre. She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution (1789-1799).
8. George Eliot
Answer: Mary Ann Evans
Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) was born on November 22 and was an English novelist and journalist who wrote under the pen name George Eliot. Although other women writers of the time wrote under their own name, she chose to change her name to a masculine name as women were only expected to write romantic novels. Her seven novels were set in provincial England and involved natural situations and to a degree psychological fiction.
9. Prime Minister
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) was born on November 19 in Allahabad, India. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was India's first Prime Minister after independence from Great Britain and served in that position from 1947-1964. She became the first female Prime Minister of India from 1966-1977 and a second term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
10. Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
Answer: Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn was born on November 21 in 1945 in Washington D. C, USA. She first came to attention on the comedy TV program "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968-1970). From there she went on to appear in numerous movies and it was her role in the comedy film "Cactus Flower" (1969) that she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1980 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in "Private Benjamin.
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