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!
#121 Julia Butterfly Hill, Environmental Activist Who Lived In A 180 Foot Redwood Tree For 738 Days To Protest Deforestation
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#122 Chiquinha Gonzaga Was The First Woman Conductor In Brazil, The First Pianist "choro" And The Author Of The First Carnival March In Xix Century. She Found The Brazilian Society Of Authors To Protect The Copy Rights Of Artists In Brazil. She Was Also Abolitionist And Feminist Who Had A Very Outstanding Life. Chiquinha Gonzaga Lived Further Ahead Of Her Time.
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#123 Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979). French Composer And Conductor.
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#124 Ševala Zildžić - Iblizović - First Muslim Female Doctor In Bosnia And Herzegovina
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#125 Maria Odette Ferreira, Portuguese Scientist, Pharmacy Scholar At The Pharmaceutical College Of Lisbon And First Woman To Isolate The Hiv Type 2
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#126 The Mothers Of The Plaza De Mayo. The Association Of Argentine Mothers Whose Children Were "disappeared" During The State Terrorism Of The Military Dictatorship, Between 1976 And 1983.
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#127 Roshni: Youngest C E O Of H C L Corp, At The Age Of 31.
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#128 Jovita Idar, (1885–1946, Teacher, Journalist, And Political Activist, Served As A Writer For Her Father's Weekly Newspaper Which, In 1911, Called The First Mexican Congress To Discuss Educational, Social, Labor, And Economic Matters. Women Participated As Speakers And Participants In The First Attempt In Mexican-american History To Organize A Militant Feminist Social Movement. Jovita Became Its First President And Organized Its Principal Effort, To Provide Education For Poor Children. In 1913, During The Mexican Revolution Battles Of Nuevo Laredo, Jovita And A Friend, Leonor Villegas De Magnon, Crossed The Border To Care For The Injured, Forming La Cruz Blanca, A Medical Group Similar To The Red Cross, And Traveled In Northern Mexico With Revolutionary Forces As Nurses.
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#129 Sabiha Gökçen Was The World's First Female Combat Pilot
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#130 Shikha Sharma: Ceo & Md Of Axis Bank, Worth $78 Billion Dollar. Ignores Corporate Glass Ceiling.
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#131 Sophia Dhuleep Singh - Sikh Princess And Suffragette
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#132 Maria De Lourdes Pintasilgo (1930-2004), Portuguese Politician, Was The First And Until Now Only Woman To Be Prime-minister Of Portugal Between July 1979 And January 1980.
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#133 Neerja Bhanot, (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986),was A Purser For The Airline Pan American World Airways, Based In Mumbai, India. She Was Shot And Killed While Saving Hundreds Of Passengers On Board Pan Am Flight 73, Which Was Hijacked By Terrorists On 5 September 1986. Posthumously, She Became The Youngest Recipient Of India's Highest Peacetime Award For Bravery, The Ashok Chakra Award. She Saved 359 People Among 379 And Was Shot While Helping Passengers Escape From The Emergency Exits.
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#134 Sophie Scholl,sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) Was A German Student And Anti-nazi Political Activist, Active Within The White Rose Non-violent Resistance Group In Nazi Germany.[1][2]
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#135 Rosa Mota, Portuguese Former Marathon Runner, Suffered From Asthma But Became World And Olympic Champion Of The Marathon (gold Medals In 1987 And 1988).
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#136 Chitra Ramkrishna: Ceo And Md Of National Stock Exchange Of India. She Was The First To Touch The Glass Ceiling As A Woman.
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#137 Fadumo Dayib, 1st Woman To Run For Somalian President: Refugee In Finland, Learned To Read At 14, Got Degrees In Finland And Harvard.
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#138 Elvira Fortunato, Portuguese Scientist And Professor, Leader Of The Team Of Investigators Who Invented The Paper Transistor.
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#139 Maria José Pereira, Portuguese Scientist At Gekco (paris, France), Is Developing A "surgical Glue" To Prevent Blood Losses. She Has Been Praised By The Mit Technology Review.
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#140 Chanda Kochhar: M D And C E O Of Icici Bank, Worth $110 Billion.
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