Chapter 1 Quiz - Introduction

In what year did the FDA approve the birth control pill?

1960

What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote

19th Amendment

As of 2019, how many women are in the U.S. Senate

25

during the U.S Civil war, who led a national effort to organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded and sick?

Dorothea Dix

T or F? The most effective way to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases in populations is to ignore gender

False

Which of the following statements about the Patient Protection and Affordance Care Act is true?

It increased access to health insurance for about 6 million women from 2010 to 2019

Which of the following statements about the Violence Against Women Act is true?

It made certain violent crimes committed against women illegal across the country

Who first began using the phrase "me too" to describe the widespread, but often silent, nature of sexual assault and harassment in the United States?

Tarana Burke

During World War II, many women entered the U.S. workforce. What happened to most of these women at the end of the war, when men returned from the front?

They usually had to leave their jobs and return to the home as men returned to the workforce.

T or F? The federal government's role in funding biomedical research is significant

True

T or F? From its beginnings, the American feminist movement has been inclusive with respect to race, class, and sexual identity

false

Which of the following is true about the feminist movement

it continues to evolve while pursuing the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men

What did the NIH Revitalization Act do for women's health

it required that women and minorities be included as subjects in all human research funded by NIH

Which of the following statements is true

research from the completed human genome project promises to significantly improve the public health

Gloria Steinem, a feminist, writer, and activist who started the magazine Ms. in 1972, and was most active from the 1960s to the 1990s, would be best categorized as an example of which generation of feminism

third generation

What is the main objective of the family and medical leave act

to provide unpaid medical leave for employees caring for a newborn baby, adopted child, or sick relative

T or F? From its beginning, the women's health movement embraced and advocated for women of all races and economic backgrounds

true

T or F? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993 required drug studies to include women of childbearing age

true

T or F? Susan Wood was the top official in charge of women's health at the FDA.

true

T or F? The convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination (CEDAW) legally binds 165 UN member states to take steps to promote women's equality and to report on the steps they have taken

true