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In 1960, Ruby Bridges integrated a previously all-white elementary school as a first grader in New Orleans and is now an activist speaking out about family involvement in education.
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Women In Politics

Women make up about 52% of the adult population. So why is it that only 13% of the U.S. Congress seats are held by women? Hmmm... Those numbers just don't add up! But if you consider that women couldn't even vote until 1920, we've come a long way. There's lots of progress to be made and there are many amazing women who have been paving the political pathway for us. How much do you know about these trailblazers?

1) Dr. Condoleezza Rice

is the U.S. Secretary of State for President George W. Bush.
was Stanford University's Provost for six years.
served in the first Bush administration with George W.'s dad.
All of the above

2) Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of what country from 1969 to 1974?
Turkey
Egypt
Israel
Britain

3) Before her death on September 28th, Patsy Takemoto Mink was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and
was the first woman of color to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
is considered to be the mother of Title IX, a federal law that guarantees girls equal access to all the benefits of education, including sports.
represented the state of Hawaii.
All of the above

4) Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is
one of the Senators from Arkansas.
the author of Where the Sidewalk Ends.
the first woman Senator to be elected statewide in New York.
All of the above

5) Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez from Orange County, California
is known for shocking the nation in 1996 by defeating Robert Dornan, a California Congressman who had been in office for almost twenty years!
has a sister, Linda, who is also a Congresswoman, making them the first two sisters in history to serve together in Congress at the same time.
is a member of the Hispanic Caucus and the Women's Congressional Caucus.
All of the above

6) Geraldine Ferraro, who skipped three grades as a child (!),
was the first woman candidate for Vice President of the U.S.
was the mayor of New York City in the late nineties.
is a savvy Senator from Virginia.
All of the above

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