March 8 is International Women's Day (US has its equivalent on the 26th of August) which celebrates the struggle for women's rights. Throughout history, many strong women had to rise against the odds and fight for their dreams and passions, equality and solidarity among men. Their bravery contributed to shaping today's world, and has to be remembered.
Bored Panda has made a list of badass women who did their part to make the world a better place. Scroll down to vote for your favorite heroes, and upload new ones if we missed them!
#41 Sarla Thakral Was First Indian Woman To Fly. She Earned An Aviation Pilot License In 1936 At The Age Of 21 And Flew A Gypsy Moth Solo
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#42 Billie Jean King. US Tennis Legend & Became The First Prominent Female Athlete To Come Out
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#43 Girls Deliver Ice. Heavy Work That Formerly Belonged To Men Only Is Being Done By Girls (16 September, 1918)
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#44 Gertrude Caroline Ederle Became The First Woman To Swim Across The English Channel (1926)
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#45 A Woman Drinking Tea, In The Aftermath Of A German Bombing Raid During The London Blitz (1940)
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#46 Suu Kyi Was Under House Arrest For 15 Years For Her Pre-Democracy Campaigning
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#47 Simone De Beauvoir, French Feminist, Who Wrote "The Manifesto Of The 343", 1971
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#48 These Four Female Pilots Leaving Their Plane At The Four-Engine School At Lockbourne AAF (Early 1940s)
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#49 Imone Segouin, The 18 Year Old French Résistance Fighter (1944)
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#50 Lili Elbe, Danish Transgender Woman And One Of The First Recipients Of Sex Reassignment Surgery (1882 – 1931). Elbe Is The Subject Of The 2015 Film "the Danish Girl".
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#51 Joan Of Arc, Nicknamed "the Maid Of Orléans," Was Born In 1412 In Domrémy, Bar, France. A National Heroine Of France, At Age 18 She Led The French Army To Victory Over The English At Orléans. Captured A Year Later, Joan Was Burned At The Stake As A Heretic By The English And Their French Collaborators
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#52 Maria Teresa De Filippis, First Female Formula 1 Driver (1958)
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#53 The First European Woman Ever To Obtain A License And A Phd In Law From The University Of Paris
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#54 Jackie Ormes, America's First Black Female Cartoonist, And Creator Of Torchy Brown
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#55 Jane Austen: An Influential Woman, She’s Not Just A Writer, She’s A Cult, A Brand And A Cultural Touchstone.
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#57 Among The Prisoners Taken On Walcheren Was This Dutch Woman With Her Husband, A German Solder, Whom She Refused To Leave (1944)
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#58 Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya - A Russian Journalist, Writer, And Human Rights Activist Known For Her Opposition To The Second Chechen War And To The Policies Of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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#59 Raina Kasabova Is A Bulgarian Military Pilot And The First Woman In The World Who Piloted A Battle Air Plane In A Combat.
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#60 A Female Lockheed Employee Works On One In Burbank, California (1944)
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