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Which Groundbreaking Woman Said This?
In honor of International Women's Day, MAKERS is testing your knowledge of women's history! Do you know which incredible, groundbreaking woman said each of these memorable quotes?
Click on the slideshow to test yourself on which woman said what, and then let us know how you did by posting on Facebook or sending us a tweet!
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Hint: She reinvented the wrap dress.
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That would be Diane von Furstenberg!
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The day her comic was first published, she hid in the bathroom at the advertising firm where she was a VP.
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Cathy Guisewite, creator of the Cathy comic
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Spoken by a groundbreaker in American government who began her political career rather late.
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ANSWER: Madeleine Albright, first female Secretary of State.
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The magazine she co-founded tackled issues never before depicted in magazines, like domestic abuse.
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These words were spoken by a character in one of her novels.
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Written by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice-- extra points if you know which character said it!
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She beat Bobby.
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That would be Billie Jean King, who changed the face of women's professional sports.
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This Congresswoman broke ground as the longest serving woman in Congress.
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That's Pat Schroeder! Did you get it right?
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This funny lady was the first woman ever to be asked by Johnny Carson to sit down for an interview after her comedy set on The Tonight Show.
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Ellen DeGeneres also played the first gay lead character to come out on television. Extra points if you know who played her love interest!
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She was the first Latina to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Anita in West Side Story.
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She wrote these words in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel about a young black girl growing up in Georgia and the strong female influences in her life, which was eventually made into both a movie and a musical.
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Those words were written by Alice Walker in The Color Purple.
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This pioneering English writer wrote a book about a nobleman who wakes up one day and finds he is now a woman.
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Virginia Woolf and the book is Orlando.
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These famous words were spoken by this woman in 1995 at the UN.
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That would be Hillary Clinton, then First Lady and eventually the first First Lady to subsequently become a Senator and Secretary of State.
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Now for the real test-- these words were spoken by this media mogul and philathropist in the film MAKERS: Women Who Make America!
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That's right! Oprah Winfrey!
