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The Female Century (International Women’s Day)

1. Watch the first part of the video (until 4:05’) and tick the names of the women mentioned there. ()

|Angela Merkel Margaret Thatcher Anna Frank |

|Rosa Parks Marie Curie Sandra Day O’Conner |

|Michelle Bachelet Charlotte Bronte Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |

|Hillary Clinton Shirin Ebadi Simone de Beavoir |

|Catherine II Michelle Obama Madeleine Albright |

|Elisabeth II Valentina Tereshkova |

|Princess Diana Queen Victora |

2. Match the sentences halves.

1. Angela Merkel A. was the first woman who received a

2. Marie Curie Noble Prize in chemistry and physics.

3. Michelle Bachelet B. was the author of Anna Frank’s diary.

4. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf C. was the author of the book The Second Sex.

5. Madeleine Albright D. got arrested for refusing to give up her seat

6. Sandra Day O’conner for a white passenger on a bus.

7. Valentina Tereshkova E. became the first woman in space.

8. Anna Frank F. was the UK first Prime Minister.

9. Rosa Parks G. was the first judge of the US Supreme Court.

10. Simone de Beavoir H. was the first female US Secretary of State.

11. Shirin Ebadi I. the first female Muslim woman who received

12. Margaret Thatcher the Noble Peace Prize.

J. was the first female President of an African

country.

K. is Germany’s first female chancellor.

L. was the first Chili’s female President.

3. Decide if the statements are True or False.

1. In 1910 women over 70 countries decided at the Second International Socialism Women’s Congress in Copenhagen to vote for an International Women’s Day.

2. International Women’s Day wasn’t first celebrated on 8th March.

3. Marie Curie discovered two new chemical elements.

4. Valentina Tereshkova is a Russian cosmonaut.

5. Anna Frank’s Diary is a book about a Polish girl who was in Holocaust during the Second World War.

6. In 2011 three women from Africa receive the Noble Peace Prize for fighting for women’s rights.

7. Nowadays, women hold less than a 1/6 of the positions in the national governments.

8. Today women are included in the negotiating tables where important decisions are made.

9. Ruanda has become the country with the least number of women in the National Parliament.

10. More than thirteen countries have approved national action plans on implementing the UNs 13 to 25.

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