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!
#81 Norwegian Suffragist And Photographer Marie Høeg Played With Gender Roles In The Studio
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#82 The Badass Georgian Golden Age Queen Who Was Kingtamar Of Georgia, Who Ruled From 1184 To 1213—the Peak Of Georgia’s Golden Age
37points
#83 The Radium Girls Were Female Factory Workers Who Contracted Radiation Poisoning From Painting Watch Dials With Self-luminous Paint At The United States Radium Factory In Orange, New Jersey, Around 1917. The Women Had Been Told The Paint Was Harmless. Five Of The Women Challenged Their Employer In A Case That Established The Right Of Individual Workers Who Contract Occupational Diseases To Sue Their Employers.
37points
#84 Cecilia Payne-gaposchkin (1900-1979) Astrophysicist Who Explained The Composition Of Stars. .
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#85 Emily Dickinson - A Prolific Private Poet, Fewer Than A Dozen Of Her Nearly 1,800 Poems Were Published During Her Lifetime
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#86 Dalia Grybauskaitė - Dalia Grybauskaitė Is The President Of Lithuania, Inaugurated On 12 July 2009 And Re-elected In May 2014. She Is The Country's First Female President And The First President Of Lithuania To Be Reelected For A Second Consecutive Term.
34points
#87 Dr. Ewa Klonowski - A Forensic Anthropologist Responsible For The Excavation And Identification Of Over 2,000 Victims In Bosnia
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#88 Maria Montessori An Italian Physician And Educators Known For Philosophy The Montessori Method Which Is Used By Parents And Schools Worldwide.
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#89 Djamila Bouhired Is An Algerian Militant. Bouhired Is A Nationalist Who Opposed The French Colonial Rule Of Algeria.
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#90 Camille Claudel - A French Sculptor And Graphic Artist.
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#91 Constance Markievicz - Constance Georgine Markievicz, Known As Countess Markievicz Was An Irish Politician, Revolutionary Nationalist, Suffragette And Socialist. In December 1918, She Was The First Woman Elected To The British House Of Commons, Though She Did Not Take Her Seat.. She Was Also The Second Woman To Hold A Cabinet Position In The World.
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#92 Mother Teresa
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#93 Vera Obolenskaya - A Russian Duchess And Heroine Of The French Resistance, She First Worked As A Model And As A Secretary. Vera Was An Intelligence Officer And A Spy, Organizing The Escapes Of British War Prisoners Over The Border.
29points
#94 Blanca Canales Was An Educator And A Puerto Rican Nationalist. Canales Joined The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party In 1931 And Helped Organize The Daughters Of Freedom, The Women's Branch Of The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Born: February 17, 1906, Jayuya Died: July 25, 1996, Jayuya Political Party: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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#95 Karrie Keyes Has Been With Pearl Jam For 25 Years. Her Career Dates Back To When, As A Punk-loving Teenager At A Black Flag Show, She Met A Sound Engineer Who Offered Her A Job.
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#96 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, First Woman To Receive An Academic Degree From A University (1678)
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#98 Frida Kahlo De Rivera (spanish Pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954), Born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Y Calderón, Was A Mexican Painter Known For Her Self-portraits.[2] Kahlo's Life Began And Ended In Mexico City, In Her Home, Which Is Known As "la Casa Azul," The Blue House. Her Work Has Been Celebrated Internationally As Emblematic Of Mexican National And Indigenous Traditions, And By Feminists For Its Uncompromising Depiction Of The Female Experience And Form.[3]
![Frida Kahlo De Rivera (spanish Pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954), Born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Y Calderón, Was A Mexican Painter Known For Her Self-portraits.[2] Kahlo's Life Began And Ended In Mexico City, In Her Home, Which Is Known As "la Casa Azul," The Blue House. Her Work Has Been Celebrated Internationally As Emblematic Of Mexican National And Indigenous Traditions, And By Feminists For Its Uncompromising Depiction Of The Female Experience And Form.[3]](https://img.boredpanda.com/unsafe/rs:fit:3840:0/q:80/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMuYm9yZWRwYW5kYS5jb20vYmxvZy93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxNy8wMy9GcmlkYS1LYWhsby1QYWludGluZy0xLTEwMjR4NTc2LTU4YzBkMzJjNGVjZGJfXzcwMC5qcGc.webp)
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#99 Eileen Gray - An Irish Architect And Furniture Designer And A Pioneer Of The Modern Movement In Architecture.
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#100 Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya 1850-1891 - A Russian Mathematician Responsible For Some Important Original Contributions To Analysis, Partial Differential Equations And Mechanics
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