Tuesday Trivia: July 7, 2008

New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is, Their Own Frontier: Women Intellectuals Re-Visioning the American West edited by Shirley A. Leckie and Nancy J. Parezo is dedicated to the female pioneers of the Twentieth Century.  Their philanthropic efforts, study into native studies, folklore, and ethnology have all retained their significance and are pervasive to modern day research.  This week Tuesday Trivia is going to see how much you know about these amazing women.

Match the Woman to her accomplishment:

Annie Heloise Abe
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin
Angie Debo
Isabel T. Kelly
Majorie Ferguson Lambert
Dorothea Cross Leighton
Alice Marriot
Mari Sandoz
Ruth Underhill

A.    Wrote Southern Paiute Shamanism
B.    Is best known by the name Zitkala-Sa
C.    Studied the Navajo, Inuit in Alaska, Papago, Hope and Sioux children.
D.    Is co-founder of the Marriot Hotel Chain
E.    Won the Justin Winsor Prize in 1906 for “The History of Events Resulting in Indian Consultation west of the Mississippi River.
F.    Served as a pastor at her local Methodist church during WWII
G.    Wrote the Ist life history of a Southwestern Indian woman
H.    Was one of the first woman curators in the country at the museum of New Mexico
I.    Won the Indian Achievement award in 1943.
J.    Is famous for her book Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas.

Check back tomorrow for the answers!!!