Who was the first woman appointed as a Superintendent of a City School District in the United States?
(Hint: She was appointed superintendent of schools in Davenport in 1874. Naturally, she had to fight to receive the same salary the school district had to pay men. She won!) 7. Who was the first woman elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa? (Hint: It was before Joy Corning.) 8. Who was the first woman appointed to serve on the Iowa Supreme Court? (Hint: She was appointed in 1986.) 9. Who was the first African-American woman to serve in the State Legislature? (Hint: She was also the first woman Assistant Polk County Attorney.) 10. Who was the first writer of the Nancy Drew Series? (Hint: She used the pen name Carolyne Keene and she was the first woman to earn an M.A. in journalism from the University of Iowa.) 11. Who was the only woman to help found the National Bar Association? (Hint: She served as Iowa’s only practicing female African-American lawyer for decades.) Answers 1. Arabella Mansfield 2. Amelia Jenks Bloomer & Carrie Chapman Catt 3. Ola Babcock Miller 4. Mary E. Francis 5. Caro
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