How well do you know your women’s history?
How well do you know your women’s history?
Questions on women's achievements, changes to the law, and landmark moments in history.
Questions on women's achievements, changes to the law, and landmark moments in history.
The Equal Pay Act was the first piece of UK legislation designed to protect women from discrimination in the workplace. But when was it passed?
Who was the first woman to found a university or college?
Where did property-owning women first win the vote?
In 1637, Amye Everard became the first woman to be granted a patent in Britain. What was the patent for?
Who was the first woman to become UK Foreign Secretary?
In 1831, Mary Prince became the first black woman to write and publish an autobiography. She was also the first woman to do what?
In what year did Diane Abbott become the UK’s first black woman MP?
When was the last woman ducked in a pond in England for the crime of being a “common scold”?
Bhikaji Cama was a prominent Indian suffragette, socialist and anti-colonialist, who joined the struggle for women’s voting rights upon moving to London in the early 1900s. She is most famous for which quote?
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. But what year did she win?
The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 gave women in Great Britain and Ireland the right to be elected to Parliament for the first time. But who was the first woman MP?
When was abortion legalised in the UK?
In 2017, Marjorie Hale became the first woman to be:
The Sex Discrimination Act made it illegal to discriminate against women when providing goods, facilities or services to the public in the UK. When was it passed?
What changed after the introduction of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1923?
When did US astronaut Mae Jemison – the first woman of colour to go into space – take off?
The contraceptive pill was introduced on the NHS in 1961 – but saw a huge surge in uptake in 1974. Why?
When did the House of Lords conclusively rule that it was illegal for a man to rape his wife?
How many British Cabinet positions have never been held by a woman?