Florida
Women's Trivia
Who
is the First Jewish woman from Florida to be elected to Congress?
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Who
was the first Hispanic woman elected to Congress?
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of Florida
Who
was the first African-American woman to be elected to the Florida
House of Representatives?
Gwen Sawyer Cherry
Who
was Florida's First Female Lieutenant Governor?
Toni Jennings in 2003
How
many Domestic Abuse cases were reported in Florida in 2002?
121,834-more than 9,000 new cases since 1993.
How
much money has the Bush Administration cut from Prevention and
Prosecution Programs for Violence Against Women?
39.5 million
What
percentage of Florida firms are owned by women?
25.9 percent
Who
was the first woman to break the sound barrier and where was she
from?
Jacqueline Cochran, of Pensacola Florida. She broke the sound barrier in 1953, while flying an F-86 Sabre Jet.
Who
was the first, and only, Woman United States Attorney General,
and where is she from?
Janet Reno of Miami, Florida
Is
the women's AIDS case rate higher in Florida or the nation?
The AIDS case rate for females in Florida is 21.0 out of 100,000 cases. The national average is only 9.1 per 100,000 cases.
