International Women's Day Trivia

Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while approximately two months pregnant.

Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind in 1940.

Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981.

Dr. Antonia Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic person to serve as the Surgeon General of the United States, appointed in 1990.

Justice Anna Chandy was the first female judge in India, appointed to a district court in 1937. She later became the first woman in India to serve as a High Court judge in 1959.

Asima Chatterjee was a renowned chemist who became the first Indian woman to receive a Doctorate of Science from an Indian university (University of Calcutta) in 1944.

Prem Mathur was the first Indian woman to become a commercial pilot, receiving her license in 1947 and joining Deccan Airways.

Sarojini Naidu was a prominent poet and activist who served as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1925, becoming the first Indian woman to hold that position.

Elaine Chao, born in Taiwan, became the first Asian American woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet position when she was appointed Secretary of Labor in 2001.

Lady Gaga won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019 for the song Shallow from the film A Star Is Born.

Katharine Graham became the CEO of The Washington Post Company in 1971, making her the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.

Shirley Chisholm was the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972, and the first African American candidate for a major party's nomination.

Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.

Muriel Siebert was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, purchasing it in 1967.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet, appointed as Secretary of Labor by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.