Celebrating Women's History

[daughter]

March is Women's History Month. For your entertainment and education a mini quiz. Do you know your women's history?


[Fill in the blank] is a cardiologist and health administrator who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1991 to 1993. Known for her outspokenness, innovative policymaking, and sometimes controversial leadership in medical and research institutions, [she] has been particularly effective in addressing medical policy and research pertaining to women.


Deborah leads Israel in victory over the invading Canaanites

A) 1150 B.C.
B) 1360 B.C.
C) 1490 B.C.

Despite suffering from chicken pox, this sports star lead her high school team to victory in the state championships. Who is she?

A) Lisa Leslie
B) Babe Didrikson Zaharias
C) Sarah Hughes

 

[RisiaSkye]

1) Bernadine Healy

2) 1150 B.C.

3) Lisa Leslie

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Nice to see you, daughter. For your garden-->

 

[daughter]

Risia

Hey, girl!

Showoff. LOL Thanks for responding.

Peace,

Daughter

 

[daughter]

Women In Politics

The first woman governor of a state (Wyoming) in the United States, [she] later served as an officer in the Democratic Party and as a director of the U.S. Mint, one of the first women to head a federal agency.


The first African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, [she] went on to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She mesmerized the nation during televised coverage of the House Judiciary Committee's investigation considering the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

 

[RisiaSkye]

Heh. Well, what can I say? I found the "Gale" site too.

And you're welcome. Of course I responded...I saw your name, I had to check it out.

I hope you're well. Someday soon, I hope to get a chance to wander in the gardens again. That would be nice. I miss y'all.

 

[estevie]

I didn't know any of those answers.


But, its wonderful to see you, daughter!

 

[Lost Cause]

Always been my favorite gal......

*Move over William Wallace!
This would make a great "Braveheart" like movie, Queen Boudicca has always intrigued me, and has my respect.

<snip>Celtic UK.....
Boudicca was not content to sit back and allow the atrocities committed against her family to go unanswered. She rallied the support of a neighbouring tribe, the Trinovantes, and also a few other Celtic tribes from the north, who had thus far refused to bow to Roman rule. Within a short time Queen Boudicca had amassed an army of over 100,000. Her first target was Comulodunum, a garrison of retired Roman soldiers and their families. Boudicca and her forces spared no one and she ordered the city and its temples put to the torch. A Roman infantry of 5000 was sent to deal with the upstart Queen but they were also annihilated to the last man. Boudicca’s bloody rebellion moved on, her next targets Londinium and Verulamium and surrounding Roman settlements, which were all systematically sacked and burned.


While Boudicca continued exacting her revenge against the Romans, the current Governor, Suetonius, galvanised an army of 10,000 legionaires and marched them to an area where he was fairly certain his highly trained soldiers would have a tactical advantage over the Queen’s rebels. With a dense forest at their backs his forces would meet the enemy from only one direction.


Meanwhile, Boudicca and her warriors, certain they would once again prevail over such a small Roman force not only quickly but completely, brought their families along to witness this latest conquest. The battle raged all day, Boudicca sending wave after wave of her Britons against Suetonius’s much more disciplined legionaires. The Romans successfully repelled the rebels, eventually surrounding the Queen’s remaining forces amidst their own trapped and terrified families. The Romans began their own systematic slaughter of warriors, women, children and the elderly, carnage from which few escaped. Boudicca and her two daughters did manage to get away, but rather than be taken back to Rome and paraded before the Emperor as political prisoners, they chose to commit suicide. So ended the short-lived Boudiccan rebellion.


Today Boudicca, warrior Queen of the Iceni tribe, is regarded as a patriotic Briton and heroine, a woman and a leader who stood her ground against foreign invasion. A life-sized bronze statue of Boudicca and her daughters was erected at Westminster bridge, across from the British House of Parliament during the reign of Queen Victoria. Several literary works have also been written based on her life and her accomplishments. One of the most popular is the poem, “Boadicea”, penned by Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson.

 

[Lost Cause]

My heroine....

She was born in a small town in North Dakota, an only child, moved out west during the depression, was raised by her Aunt's, went to college, met a great guy, had five son's, lost a breast to cancer, organized the first breast cancer event in her town, does public speaking about cancer, takes care of her husband, who has a heart condition, and loves her nephews so very much........





If you haven't guessed by now, it's my mother, I love you mom!

 

[daughter]

Giving away my secrets!

Risia, child hush. LOL

New quiz #3

[Fill in the blank] is a cardiologist and health administrator who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1991 to 1993. Known for her outspokenness, innovative policymaking, and sometimes controversial leadership in medical and research institutions, [she] has been particularly effective in addressing medical policy and research pertaining to women.


Deborah leads Israel in victory over the invading Canaanites

A) 1150 B.C.
B) 1360 B.C.
C) 1490 B.C.

Despite suffering from chicken pox, this sports star lead her high school team to victory in the state championships. Who is she?

A) Lisa Leslie
B) Babe Didrikson Zaharias
C) Sarah Hughes

 

[estevie]

Re: Giving away my secrets!

Risia, child hush. LOL

New quiz #3

[Fill in the blank] is a cardiologist and health administrator who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1991 to 1993. Known for her outspokenness, innovative policymaking, and sometimes controversial leadership in medical and research institutions, [she] has been particularly effective in addressing medical policy and research pertaining to women.


Deborah leads Israel in victory over the invading Canaanites

A) 1150 B.C.
B) 1360 B.C.
C) 1490 B.C.

Despite suffering from chicken pox, this sports star lead her high school team to victory in the state championships. Who is she?

A) Lisa Leslie
B) Babe Didrikson Zaharias
C) Sarah Hughes

1) Bernadine Healy

2) 1150 B.C.

3) Lisa Leslie

Heh!

 

[daughter]

DING!!!DING!!!DING!!!

1) Bernadine Healy

2) 1150 B.C.

3) Lisa Leslie

Heh!

 

[daughter]

Do you know?

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