So many of the social life's aspects have changed for women in the years. Starting with the right for education and ending with gender equality - all of this didn't happen overnight, and many badass women had to sacrifice their personal lives for a greater cause. Women's Equality Day celebrated on August 26th in the US, commemorates the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It was certified in 1920, despite being introduced many years earlier in 1878, and since 1972, every president has published a proclamation for Women's Equality Day. Only because of the strong women in history we have reached this point in our society.
Starting from female Samurais in the early 1800s and ending with Stephanie Kwolek, who invented Kevlar (yes, a woman invented that!) this list of women who changed the world will shed some light on the 'weaker' gender. And without some of these pioneers, we wouldn't be this advanced in such spheres as neuro-surgeries, chemistry, and even programming.
Scroll down and take a look at our list of famous women in history. And, ladies, you might get inspired by these women in history to reach for your goals, no matter how impossible they might seem.
#1 A Woman Hitting A Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag In Växjö, Sweden (13 April, 1985)
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#2 Marie Curie Was A Polish Physicist And Chemist Famous For Her Work On Radioactivity And Twice A Winner Of The Nobel Prize
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#3 Kathrine Switzer Was The First Woman To Run The Boston Marathon (1967). When Organizer Jock Semple Realised A Woman Was Running He Tried To Tackle Her
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#4 Margaret Heafield Was A Director Of Software Engineering For Nasa's Apollo Space Program (1969)
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#5 Russia-born Valentina Tereshkova Became The First Woman In Space Aboard The Vostok 6 (1963)
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#6 One Of The Onna-Bugeisha, Female Samurai Warrior Of The Upper Bushi (Samurai), Class In Feudal Japan (Late 1800's)
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#7 Amelia Earhart Was The First Female Aviator To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean (1928)
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#9 Komako Kimura, A Prominent Japanese Suffragist Marched On Fifth Avenue In New York City Demanding The Right To Vote (27 October, 1917)
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#10 Eliza Leonida Zamfirescu, The First Woman Engineer In The World
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#11 Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks - Civil Rights Activist
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#12 Sofia Ionescu-ogrezeanu (25 April 1920 – 21 March 2008) Was A Romanian Neurosurgeon And Is Cons
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#14 A 106-year-old Woman Who Protected Her Home With A Rifle, In Armenia (1990)
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#15 Jane Goodall, Leading Primatologist And Conservationalist
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#16 Nadia Comaneci - The First Women To Score A Perfect 10 In Gymnastics At The Olympic Games
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#17 Ana Aslan (romania) - She Is Considered To Be A Pioneer Of Gerontology And Geriatrics.
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#18 Maud Stevens Wagner Was The First Known Female Tattoo Artist In The United States (1907)
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#19 Mary Winsor Holding Suffrage Prisoners Banner In Washington D.C. (1917)
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#20 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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