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May 16, 2023 · Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Michelle Obama are just some of the women who have become famous for shaping history as we know it.
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70 Famous Women who Changed the World. A list of famous and influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists.
- Jane Austen (1775 –1817) You can thank Jane Austen for basically creating those rom-com books you love to read. In her teenage years during the early 1810s, she started writing her most famous novels, like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
- Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) Ada Lovelace's genius was years before her time. As an English mathematician, she is credited with being the world's first computer programmer.
- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Florence Nightingale, a.k.a. Lady with the Lamp, was a British nurse who is credited as the founder of modern-day nursing.
- Nellie Bly (1864-1922) Nellie Bly basically set the standard for investigative journalism. At a time when women writers were confined to the society pages, Bly tackled more serious topics like mental health, poverty, and corruption in politics.
- Fatima al-Fihri. In the early 9th century, in what is now Morocco, Fatima al-Fihri could have lived the rest of her life as a wealthy heiress when she inherited a fortune after her father died.
- Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was a writer, poet, civil rights activist, dancer, and director best known for titles such as her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
- Sofonisba Anguissola. Unlike men, female artists in Renaissance Italy weren’t allowed to learn their craft by becoming masters’ apprentices. But that didn’t stop Sofonisba Anguissola from studying with other artists like Bernardino Campi, Bernardino Gatti (Il Sojaro), and even Michelangelo himself.
- Susan B. Anthony. The year 2019 year marked the 100th anniversary of (many) women gaining the right to vote in the United States—and 2020 marked the 200th birthday of one of the women who made it possible: Susan B. Anthony.
Feb 10, 2023 · Women have set records in nearly every industry and area of life, so this list includes Olympians, Oscar winners, politicians, scientists, and leaders of all kinds. These change-making women are bound to inspire you.
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Mar 7, 2017 · 11 Underappreciated World-Changing Women. 1. Sybil Ludington: The Female Paul Revere. On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode nearly 40 miles to warn some 400...
In honor of the end of Women’s History Month, Global Citizen is highlighting some of the powerful, inspiring women who changed the world for the better: 1/ Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart, 40, stands next to a plane before her flight from Oakland, Calif., to for Honolulu, Hawaii in 1937 on the first leg of her record-setting attempt to ...
