Women Who Changed The World
As opposed to contrary belief, women have contributed equally and maybe more in shaping the present as we know of. And these women against all odds had their names etched in the history of mankind!
1. Joan Of Arc
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A patron saint of France and a revolutionary, Joan Of Arc is a heroic figure from our history. Born as a peasant girl, she claimed to receive spiritual intervention at a very early age and soon after she led the French to several victories in the Hundred Years’ War in her teens! Unfortunately fate had a different tale carved for her when she was captured and given away to Englishmen for money. The pro-English Bishop of Beauvais found her guilty on the charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy" and was burned at the stake for being a heretic when she was only 19 years old!
2. Mother Teresa
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A Nobel Peace Prize winner, a philanthropist, and arguably the one sole person to have brought about a change in the world as of today, Mother Teresa was a heaven-sent being for mankind. A Roman Catholic nun, Mother Teresa dedicated her whole life in serving the betterment of the poor and going to extreme lengths to eradicate poverty. So much so that she ended up establishing charitable trusts in more than 133 countries! Her motto of "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor" surely did its trick as she proved to be the most inspirational being of the 20th century!
3. Susan Anthony
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The most prominent woman of the American Civil Rights movement, Susan Anthony rewrote history with her work for humanitarianism and human rights. To put things in place, she was the sole person to raise her voice for women’s right to vote at the election, bringing the power of authority of women in accordance to the men. She extensively toured the country delivering speeches to huge masses and spreading the word of gender-equality, fighting for equal rights, social and political. Unfortunately she did not live long enough to see it through as the law was passed in 1920, 14 years after her death.
4. Harriet Beecher Stowe
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An abolitionist and an author, Harriet Beecher Stowe fought against the slavery of the African-Americans that was a trend in the 18t century. Her writings revolved around the hardships and ill-treatments that she witnessed first-hand all across the United States. Harriet’s work and exploits influenced millions and fuelled the fire that eventually helped in abolishing slavery all across United States and United Kingdom!
5. Marie Curie
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A scientist and a chemist, Marie Curie is a household name when it comes to science, and even more so radioactivity. Marie Curie established herself in the field that was solely dominated by men, and paved way for new techniques in the study of radioactivity. It doesn’t end there, for she has been the first in many roles; She was the first ever woman to win the Nobel Prize for her contribution to science and to be the first ever female professor at the University Of Paris. Her valuable contribution in the field of science, and yet unfortunately so she ended up dying while doing what she loved the most while working on radioactivity and eventually dying due to radiation.
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