Women Leaders / Mainly, 20th Century
The 20th century began with a sense of great optimism after centuries of oppression. It was to be one of the most violent and tumultuous in world history. And the most progressive. And women have fought every step of the way.
From extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions in science, to revolutionary political shifts, and artistic and cultural movements, this is a collection of some of the most remarkable achievements of women in the last century.
Some made music, some made noise, all made a difference. Here we celebrate incredible women who overcame hardships, broke records, and blazed trails. While some are obvious choices and some more obscure, all acted to increase our freedom, safety, and prosperity.
Some have changed the way people think, some the way people see an hear, and others have changed the course of events across the globe. All have shaped our history. And our future.
Humanity and Liberty
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Mother Teresa
- Rosa Parks
- Eva Peron
- Anne Frank
- Gloria Steinem
- Malala Yousafzai
Science
- Nettie Steens
- Marie Curie
- Lise Meitner
- Inge Lehmann
- Barbara McLintock
- Maria Goeppert Mayer
- Marguerite Perey
- Mary Leakey
- Katsuko Saruhashi
- Rosalind Franklin
- Rosalyn Yalow
- Martha Chase
Medicine
- Florence Nightingale
- Margaret Sanger
- Dorothy Hodgkin
- Gertrude Elion
- Elizabeth Blackburn
- Nancy Wexler
Technology
- Hertha Ayrton
- Amelia Earhart
- Grace Hopper
- Stephanine Kwolek
Space and the Environment
- Henrietta Leavitt
- Rachel Carson
- Dian Fossey
- Jane Goodall
- Valentina Tereshkov-Nikolayeva
- Jocelyn Bell
Politics
- Jeannette Rankin
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Indira Gandhi
- Margaret Thatcher
- Angela Davis
- Hillary Clinton
- Benazir Bhutto
- Angela Merkel
- Condoleezza Rice
- Julia Eileen Gillard
- Michelle Obama
Culture and Society
- Queen Victoria
- Helena Rubinstein
- Helen Keller
- Coco Chanel
- Margaret Mead
- Marlene Dietrich
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Better Friedan
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Audrey Hepburn
- Mary Quant
- Germaine Greer
- Alice Walker
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Christina Onassis
- Oprah Winfrey
- Princess Diana
- Sheryl Sandberg
- Audry Pulvar
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Arts
- Mary Cassatt
- Beatrix Potter
- Isadora Duncan
- Vanessa Bell
- Virginia Woolf
- Georgia O'Keefe
- Agatha Christie
- Hattie McDaniel
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Daphne du Maurier
- Frida Kahlo
- Amrita Sher-Gil
- Maya Angelou
- Toni Morrison
- Sylvia Plath
- Margaret Atwood
- Tracey Emin
- J.K. Rowling
Image Credit:
Women International Day 2000.
Resources:
Women That Changed the World. Compiled from various resources, from books, newspapers, social media, ... to the World Wide Web information. And too, many of them are famous household names that need no citation.
(c) July 5, 2009. Updated July 28, 2018. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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