We take for granted the names of the world around us. Here's a quick peek into the world of buildings named to honor women. The first in Oregon was the Wikman Building.

1. Buildings
Named
to
Honor
Women
[A
Quiz]
June
12,
2012

2. 1.
Of
the
67,000
sites
on
the
Historic
Register
how
many
named
for
women
:
A. [9,820]
B. [67,000]
C. [58]
D. [360]

3. 2.
First
Federal
building
named
after
a
women?
A. [Juliet
Gordon
Lowe]
B. [Mary
E
Switzer]
C. [Margret
Chase
Smith]
D. [Edith
Green-­‐Wendall
Wyatt]

4. 3.
First
Federal
Building
named
for
a
women
by:
A. [Woodrow
Wilson
1918]
B. [Franklin
Roosevelt
1946]
C. [Dwight
Eisenhower
1959]
D. [Richard
Nixon
1972]

5. 4.
Multnomah
County
dedicated
a
building
to
a
women,
when
?
A. [1950]
B. [1982]
C. [2011]
D. [1976]

6. 4.
Which
Congressman
presented?
A. [Earl
Blumneaur]
B. [Edith
Green]
C. [Wendall
Wyatt]
D. [Robert
B
Duncan]

7. 6.
Named
to
Honor
a:
A. [Former
Commissioner]
B. [For
A
Cash
Donation]
C. [Leading
Educator]
D. [Community
Organizer]

8. 7.
That
Women
was:
A. [Arlene
Schnitzer]
B. [Gladys
McCoy]
C. [Margret
Carter]
D. [Virpi
Lea
Wikman]

9. 8.
Multnomah
County
Has
How
Many
Buildings
Named
for
Women:
A. [2]
B. [None]
C. [11]
D. [36]
BONUS
QUESTION

10. End
of
quiz
Answers
to
follow

11. Answers
1. D
360
(
3%
of
inventory
2. B
Mary
E
Switzer
Washington,
DC
3. D
Richard
M
Nixon
1972
4. B
1982
5. A
Earl
Blumenauer,
then
County
Chair
6. D
Community
Organizer
7. D
Virpi
Lea
Wikman
8. A
Wikman
and
McCoy
Buildings