Women’s History Month Icebreakers for work

fun icebreakers to celebrate international women’s day

This article will feature 50+ fun women’s history month icebreakers and free games to help you celebrate the occasion and connect with your team!

March is Women’s History Month and a fun opportunity to bring your teams together to celebrate women in your company, your community, and your lives. Whether you are hosting a fun Women’s History Month team building session or corporate event or need a fun icebreaker to kick off a meeting, we have compiled a list of fun conversation starters, trivia, and games so your team can honor Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day together!

1. Icebreakers/Conversation Starters

Kick off your Women’s History Month celebrations with easy icebreaker questions and get to know your teams better! Icebreakers are a quick way to establish trust within a group, help everyone feel comfortable, and make their voices heard. Check out five fun icebreaker questions:

Who is a woman you look up to?/Do you have a mentor or colleague you admire?
What is the best lesson a woman taught you?
Who is your favorite female character in a movie? Why are they your favorite?
What is your favorite quote by a woman?
Who is your favorite female musician?

2. The First Woman To…

Play a game with your team and discover who knows the most about incredible pioneering and trailblazing women who were the first to accomplish remarkable feats. Test your team and see if they can name the first woman to achieve the following!

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Answer: Marie Curie
Who was the first woman to travel to space? Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame? Answer: Aretha Franklin
Who was the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court? Answer: Sandra Day O’Connor
Who was the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic? Answer: Amelia Earhart
Who was the first woman to win Album Of The Year at the Grammys? Answer: Julie Garland
Who was the first woman depicted on a US coin? Answer: Susan B. Anthony
Who was the first woman to produce her own TV talk show? Answer: Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first female Secretary of State of the United States? Answer: Madeleine Albright
Who was the first woman to receive EGOT status (winner of a Tony, Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy)? Answer: Helen Hayes

3. Women’s History Month Trivia

Trivia is a fun and exciting game that will challenge your team and test their knowledge of women’s history, including athletes, activists, artists, and more!

1. Which artist was known for her self-portraits and depiction of Mexican folk culture?

Tamara De Lempicka
Frida Kahlo
Teresa Burga

2. Which singer won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year most often (3 times)?

Adele
Taylor Swift
Lauryn Hill

3. Jane Austen’s most famous novels include Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and _____.

Jane Eyre
Emma
Wuthering Heights

4. Rosa Parks’ activism led to which key moment in the Civil Rights Movement?

Montgomery Bus Boycott
Greensboro Sit-In
March On Washington

5. Who is known as the founder of ‘modern nursing’ and helped further army medical services?

Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Virginia Henderson

6. Which of the following astronauts was the first Black woman to travel into space

Kathy Sullivan
Mary Jackson
Mae C. Jemison

7. Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which of the following sports?

Athletics
Figure skating
Gymnastics

8. Who wrote the gothic novel, Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley
Virginia Woolf
Margaret Atwood

9. Malala Yousafzai is the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Price laureate for her work in which cause?

Education of women and children
Promoting the rights of refugees
Contribution to sustainable development

10. Jane Goodall was a primatologist best known for being an expert on which of the following?

Gorillas
Chimpanzees
Orangutans

4. Match The Famous Quote

Women have given us incredibly inspiring and empowering words, so in this fun game, challenge your team to match the famous quote from a woman to its speaker.

‘Well-behaved women seldom make history.’ Answer: Laurel Ulrich
‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’ Answer: Maya Angelou.
‘Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.’ Answer: Judy Garland
‘We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.’ Answer: Malala Yousafzai
‘I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.’ Answer: Serena Williams
‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.’ Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt
‘If there is one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s the power of using your voice.’ Answer: Michelle Obama
‘Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn't be that women are the exception.’ Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
‘Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.’ Answer: Oprah Winfrey
‘If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.’ Answer: Dolly Parton

5. Women’s History Month: Guess The Emoji Title (Song Edition)

Female musicians have given us some of the greatest songs and fun pop hits on this list. Find out how good your team is at Guess The Emoji Title with our fun collection of emoji song titles!

☎️🤚🤔 Answer: Call Me Maybe

🚫💍👯‍♀️ Answer: Single Ladies

👎🩸 Answer: Bad Blood

🩸❤️ Answer: Bleeding Love

🧞⬇️🍼 Answer: Genie In A Bottle

⬆️👧🚫💧 Answer: Big Girls Don’t Cry

1️⃣👧⬇️🌎 Answer: Only Girl In The World

🎉⬇️🇺🇸 Answer: Party In The USA

🔥➡️💧 Answer: Set Fire To The Rain

🧑‍🤝‍🧑🔍❤️ Answer: We Found Love

6. Women’s History Month: Who Said It (Movie and TV Edition)

Women in TV and movies have given us some of the most incredible lines, some that make us laugh, some make us cry, and some inspire us. Find out who among your team can match the quote to the right movie or TV show, and discuss which one is your favorite and why.

‘You see how picky I am about my shoes, and those only go on my feet.’ Answer: Cher, Clueless (1995).
‘You must always have faith in people. And most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself.’ Answer: Elle Woods, Legally Blonde (2001).
‘Only love can save this world. So I stay, I fight, and I give. This is my mission now. Forever.’ Answer: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman (2017).
‘If I cared about the other 7 billion out there instead of just me, that’s probably a much better use of my time.’ Answer: Mia Thermopolis, The Princess Diaries (2001).
‘Women. They have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition. And they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it.’ Answer: Jo March, Little Women (2019).
‘What I want is to become a powerful woman.’ Answer: Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl (2007).
‘Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here, and don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.’ Answer: Christina Yang, Grey’s Anatomy (2005).
‘It is so weird being my own role model. I recommend it.;’ Answer: Dr. Mindy Lahiri, The Mindy Project (2012).
‘I am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, earn me.’ Answer: Olivia Pope, Scandal (2012).
‘You don’t always have to be who they want you to be, you know.’ Answer: Kat Stratford, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).

We hope our IWD icebreakers will help your teams celebrate and connect this Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. Our goal is to provide fun opportunities for teams to bond and build memories while celebrating important occasions.

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