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Famous Feminists Quiz
By Myriam Gabriel-Pollock

Can you imagine not being able to vote, own property or pursue a job or a degree, just because of your gender? For centuries, feminists -- people who believe men and women are equal -- have campaigned for women to have a position equal to men in all levels of society. Feminists have protested for women's suffrage, demanded equal pay for equal work and campaigned for complete political, social and economic equality between women and men. Take our Famous Feminists Quiz and learn about some of these achievements.
1
English novelist Mary Shelley, whose 1818 novel "Frankenstein" was a critical and popular success, must have had writing in her genes. The groundbreaking feminist text "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," published in 1792, was written by her mother. Who was she?
2
American feminist leader and author Betty Friedan wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963, and founded which organization in 1966?
Betty Friedan (Image credit: UPI/THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)
3
This French writer, one of the most important of her generation, wrote "The Second Sex" in 1953:
4
This Massachusetts-born advocate for women's right to vote became the first woman to be pictured on circulating United States currency, the $1 coin:
5
This American writer and leader in the feminist movement has, among other things, studied in India, written an undercover article titled "I Was a Playboy Bunny," co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus and helped start the feminist Ms. magazine:
6
British-American Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to receive this degree:
Elizabeth Blackwell (Image credit: Culver Pictures)
7
Canadian poet, novelist and critic Margaret Atwood won a Governor General's Literary Award for which groundbreaking novel?
Margaret Atwood (Image credit: UPI/THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE)
8
This American jurist and professor of law was already a champion of women's rights before she became the second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court:
9
American nurse Margaret Sanger's lifelong efforts for the birth-control movement gave rise to which of the following:
Margaret Sanger (Image credit: Culver Pictures)
10
Which American feminist and abolitionist created controversy by retaining her maiden name after her marriage as a symbol of a woman's right to individuality?
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