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163 Badass Women Who Changed The World We Live In Today
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!
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#1
Irena Sendlerowa - Woman Who Smuggled Approximately 2,500 Jewish Children Out Of The Warsaw Ghett
Final score:
614points
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#2
Malala Yousafzai, 19, Pakistani Activist For Female Education Who Survived Being Shot In The Head By The Taliban, The Youngest Ever Nobel Prize Laureate
Final score:
604points
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
What makes her bad a*s, is that she stood up to the Taliban for women's educational rights. She was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban, SURVIVED, and continued to fight for women's right to education. She is unstoppable fierce and determined!
#3
A Woman Hitting A Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag In Växjö, Sweden (13 April, 1985)
#4
Marie Curie Was A Polish Scientist Famous For Her Work On Radioactivity, The First Woman To Win A Nobel Prize And The Only Woman To Win Twice
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
What makes her badass is, she was the first EVER woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the ONLY woman (to date) to win TWO nobel prizes
#5
Nujood Ali, Given To Abusive Husband At Age 10, Divorced Him And Broke Tribal Tradition
Final score:
516points
Ironcat_xox (Submission author) 7 years ago
Might I add that she now fights in Yemen's movement against forced child marriage
#6
A 106-Year-Old Woman Who Protected Her Home With A Rifle, In Armenia (1990)
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
This is what a strong Armenian woman looks like, not Kim Kartashian. JS
#7
These Women Were Firefighters At Pearl Harbor (1941)
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
This photo reminds me of the statue in DC "raising of the flag on Iwo Jima"
#8
Margaret Heafield Was A Director Of Software Engineering For NASA's Apollo Space Program (1969)
#9
Muslim Woman Covers The Yellow Star Of Her Jewish Neighbor With Her Veil (1941)
#10
Voting Activist Annie Lumpkins At The Little Rock City Jail (10 July, 1961)
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
She was one of the Freedom Riders (a group of civil rights activisits who rode through the US fighting against segregation stating it as unconstitutional), this photo was taken after she was arrested for sitting on a "whites only" bus.
#11
One Of The Onna-Bugeisha, Female Samurai Warrior Of The Upper Bushi (Samurai), Class In Feudal Japan (Late 1800's)
#12
Jane Goodall, Leading Primatologist And Conservationalist
Final score:
353points
#13
Maud Stevens Wagner Was The First Known Female Tattoo Artist In The United States (1907)
#14
Anne Frank Was A Jewish Diarist And Writer
Amanda Flack 7 years ago
She was bad a*s because she represents every girl who fought to survive under Nazi. And every girl who fought for life was bad a*s.
#15
Amelia Earhart Was The First Female Aviator To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean (1928)
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
And her disappearance is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of all time.
#16
Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks - Civil Rights Activist
Final score:
308points
#17
Russia-Born Valentina Tereshkova Became The First Woman In Space Aboard The Vostok 6 (1963)
Ironcat_xox 7 years ago
I remember a long time ago, I had to be her for a history project! What an inspiring woman
#18
Mary Winsor Holding Suffrage Prisoners Banner In Washington D.C. (1917)
#19
Eliza Leonida Zamfirescu, The First Woman Engineer In The World
Final score:
278points
#20
Annette Kellerman Promoted Women’s Right To Wear A Fitted One-Piece Bathing Suit (1907). She Was Arrested For Indecency
Aimée Melissa 7 years ago
And now, in France, when women want to cover up, that's not allowed either. Women are always told what they can and can't wear, look at that.
#21
Florence Nightingale - 1st Nurse To Teach Basic Sanitation Between Patients
Final score:
235points
#22
Ftima El Fihria The Founder Of The First University In The World - Fes, Morocco
Final score:
234points
michael sky 7 years ago
University of Bologna is traditionally recognized as an oldest university. University of Al Quaraouiyine is older, but is not the first recognized university in the sense of the word that we know.
#23
Nadia Comaneci - The First Women To Score A Perfect 10 In Gymnastics At The Olympic Games
Final score:
216points
#24
Women Of The 1975 Icelandic Women's Strike, Kvennafrídagurinn, When 90% Of The Female Population Of Iceland Went On Strike To “demonstrate The Indispensable Work Of Women For Iceland’s Economy And Society”
Final score:
209points
#25
Komako Kimura, A Prominent Japanese Suffragist Marched On Fifth Avenue In New York City Demanding The Right To Vote (27 October, 1917)
criminalgirl 7 years ago
Very brave, not just as a woman but also not being an "average American woman"
#26
Marina Ginestà Was A French Veteran Of The Spanish Civil War. This Is Her Most Famous Picture At The Top Of Hotel Colón In Barcelona (21 July, 1936)
Anna González Fort 7 years ago
Catalan born in France, not French: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Ginest%C3%A0
#27
Harriet Tubman, Who Helped Slaves Escape Via The Underground Railroad.
Final score:
200points
#28
Yusra Mardini Syrian Teenage Refugee Who Swam For Hours In The Sea Pushing A Sinking Boat With Other Refugees To Safety
Final score:
200points
#29
Ana Aslan (Romania) - She Is Considered To Be A Pioneer Of Gerontology And Geriatrics
Final score:
194points
#30
Taramon Bibi Is One Of The Two Female Freedom Fighters In Bangladesh
Final score:
179points
#31
Mileva Maric, Serbian Physicist, Einsteins Wife. Worthy "His" Nobel Prize
Final score:
159points
#32
Ellen O'neal, One Of The Greatests Female Freestyle Skateboarders In The World (1970)
#33
Coretta Scott King. American Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader, And The Wife Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Final score:
150points
#34
Smaranda Brăescu, Romanian parachuting Pioneer, Former Multiple World Record Holder (1932)
Final score:
148points
#35
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm. American Politician, Educator, And Author. In 1968, She Became The First African American Woman Elected To The United States Congress. She Served 7 Terms And Ran For The Democratic Party Nomination For Potus In 1972.
Final score:
146points
#36
Women's Liberation Coalition Marching For Equal Pay (1970)
#37
Angela Davis (1944), American Political Activist, Scholar, Author & Feminist
Final score:
137points
#38
Rita Levi-Montalcini - Italian Nobel Laureate Honoured For Her Work In Neurobiology
Final score:
135points
#39
Bertha Von Suttner - First Woman Peace Activist And First Woman To Be Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Final score:
134points
Cathy Shift 7 years ago
again not the first. just the first pease activist to be recognized as an activist.
#40
Jeanne Manford With Her Son Morty, Foreground, Marching In The New York City Gay Pride Parade (1972)
#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
#42
Billie Jean King. US Tennis Legend & Became The First Prominent Female Athlete To Come Out
Final score:
124points
Erick Germanotta Damarez 7 years ago
Yeah! Long live LGBT. We were supposed to have received our right since nineties century. Quite similar with Alan Turring.
#43
Girls Deliver Ice. Heavy Work That Formerly Belonged To Men Only Is Being Done By Girls (16 September, 1918)
Anzelle Van Der Vyver 7 years ago
The things these brave women had to do just to prove we are all equal are astonishing... I can't think this is the best job there was but they look happy enough to earn their own money! WOW
#44
Gertrude Caroline Ederle Became The First Woman To Swim Across The English Channel (1926)
#45
A Woman Drinking Tea, In The Aftermath Of A German Bombing Raid During The London Blitz (1940)
#46
Suu Kyi Was Under House Arrest For 15 Years For Her Pre-Democracy Campaigning
Final score:
112points
Melia Janssen 7 years ago
She was a brave woman who stood up to the junta but she still needs to do more for the persecuted Muslims in her country.
#47
Simone De Beauvoir, French Feminist, Who Wrote "The Manifesto Of The 343", 1971
Final score:
101points
#48
These Four Female Pilots Leaving Their Plane At The Four-Engine School At Lockbourne AAF (Early 1940s)
Monica Sandoval 7 years ago
From left to write: Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner, and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane called "Pistol Packing Mama"
#49
Imone Segouin, The 18 Year Old French Résistance Fighter (1944)
#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".
Final score:
89points
#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
Final score:
88points
#52
Maria Teresa De Filippis, First Female Formula 1 Driver (1958)
Final score:
83points
#53
The First European Woman Ever To Obtain A License And A Phd In Law From The University Of Paris
Final score:
81points
#54
Jackie Ormes, America's First Black Female Cartoonist, And Creator Of Torchy Brown
Final score:
80points
#55
Jane Austen: An Influential Woman, She’s Not Just A Writer, She’s A Cult, A Brand And A Cultural Touchstone.
Final score:
76points
#56
Milunka Savić
Final score:
66points
Milica Ljubić Županović (Submission author) 7 years ago
She was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, Russian Cross of St. George, British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I.
#57
Among The Prisoners Taken On Walcheren Was This Dutch Woman With Her Husband, A German Solder, Whom She Refused To Leave (1944)
#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.
Final score:
64points
#59
Raina Kasabova Is A Bulgarian Military Pilot And The First Woman In The World Who Piloted A Battle Air Plane In A Combat.
Final score:
62points
#60
A Female Lockheed Employee Works On One In Burbank, California (1944)
#61
A Women's Liberation March In Washington, D.C. (1970)
#63
Soviet Soldier Is Given Water By A Ukrainian Woman After Being Captured During The Battle For Kiev (1941)
Mick Fowler 7 years ago
And the Ukrainians had no cause to love the USSR as Stalin starved millions of them to death.
#64
Leola N. King, America's First Female Traffic Cop, Washington D.C. (1918)
#65
Fanny Blankers Koen, Winner Of 4 Gold Medals At The 1948 London Olympics, Aged 30 And Mother Of 2 Children.
Final score:
53points
Timo Verkamman 7 years ago
She later told in an interview she had a boil between her thighs while racing. When she got back home the government gave her a bicycle.
#66
This Woman Worker Pushes Back Her Helmet During A Moment's Pause From Her Welding Job At The Richmond Shipyard In California (1943)
#67
Elizabeth Blackwell Was A British-born Physician, Notable As The First Woman To Receive A Medical Degree.
Final score:
51points
Shari Orser 6 years ago
Was only admitted to medical school because the male students thought it was a joke. One of my heroes
#68
Erika Kornélia Szeles, The 15 Years Old Revolutionary Against The Soviets In Budapest, Hungary 1956
Final score:
51points
Lukacs Varga (Submission author) 7 years ago
She was shot a few days after this picture was taken, while trying to help a wounded fighter.
#69
Ada Lovelace. World's First Computer Programmer.
Final score:
50points
rakuninaru 7 years ago
Why isn't she on top?? She deserves A LOT more recognizing !! Please vote for her
#70
Women Workers Employed As Wipers In The Roundhouse Having Lunch In Their Rest Room (1943)
#71
Ceylan Ozalp, 19, Was Reportedly Surrounded By Isis Fighters Near The Syrian Kurdish City Of Kobane Also Known As Ain Al-arab. After She Run Out Of Ammunition Ozalp Said “goodbye” Over The Radio And Spent Her Last Bullet On Killing Herself.
Final score:
48points
#72
Smith College Class Of 1902 Basketball Team - Senda Berenson Introduced And Adapted The Rules For Women's Basketball
#73
Isidora Sekulić, The First Woman Academic In Serbian History
Final score:
47points
#74
Clara Campoamor (madrid, 12 February, 1888–lausanne, 30 April, 1972) Was A Spanish Politician And Feminist Best Known For Her Advocacy For Women's Rights And Suffrage During The Writing Of The Spanish Constitution Of 1931.
Final score:
47points
#75
Resisting Turkish Grandma
Final score:
46points
Koray (Submission author) 7 years ago
A protestors uses a slingshot against Turkish riot police on Taksim square on June 11, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from an Istanbul square on June 11 as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would show “no more tolerance” for the unrelenting mass demonstrations against his Islamic-rooted government. Hundreds of police stormed the city’s Taksim Square, the epicenter of nearly two weeks of unrest, in the early morning and brought bulldozers to clear the makeshift barriers erected by demonstrators after police pulled out of the area on June 1.(Src: huffpost.com)
#76
Vesna Vulović Was A Serbian Flight Attendant. She Holds The Guinness World Record For Surviving The Highest Fall Without A Parachute: 10,160 Metres, After The Explosion Of Jat Flight 367 Near Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia, On 26 January 1972.
Final score:
45points
#77
Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko - "lady Death" - Soviet Sniper Ww2
Final score:
45points
#78
Siouxsie Sioux Proved Women Can Rock! She Started In 70s Punk Movement And Her Influence Is Still Evident Today.
Final score:
43points
#79
Julia Morgan (1872-1957) -- Architect Famous For The Hearst Castle. The First Woman Admitted To Paris' L'École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts For Architecture And The First Female Licensed Architect In California.
Final score:
40points
Jenna Nishida (Submission author) 7 years ago
(I remember reading that she would be up on a scaffold from dawn to dusk, supervising the workmen and surviving on nothing but black coffee and dark chocolate, but I can't remember the source.)
#80
Maryam Mirzakhani, An Iranian Professor Of Mathematics At Stanford And The Only Woman To Win Fields Medal, Regarded As The "nobel Prize Of Mathematics"
Final score:
40points
#81
Norwegian Suffragist And Photographer Marie Høeg Played With Gender Roles In The Studio
Final score:
38points
Marie La Souris 7 years ago
You could have added Claude Cahun to that category ! very sensitive artist.
#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
Final score:
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.
Final score:
37points
#84
Cecilia Payne-gaposchkin (1900-1979) Astrophysicist Who Explained The Composition Of Stars. .
Final score:
37points
#85
Emily Dickinson - A Prolific Private Poet, Fewer Than A Dozen Of Her Nearly 1,800 Poems Were Published During Her Lifetime
Final score:
36points
#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.
Final score:
34points
Ieva Bendoraitienė 6 years ago
She's a great President and did so much for our country in an international political and economical area.
#87
Dr. Ewa Klonowski - A Forensic Anthropologist Responsible For The Excavation And Identification Of Over 2,000 Victims In Bosnia
Final score:
34points
#88
Maria Montessori An Italian Physician And Educators Known For Philosophy The Montessori Method Which Is Used By Parents And Schools Worldwide.
Final score:
33points
#89
Djamila Bouhired Is An Algerian Militant. Bouhired Is A Nationalist Who Opposed The French Colonial Rule Of Algeria.
Final score:
31points
#90
Camille Claudel - A French Sculptor And Graphic Artist.
Final score:
30points
#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.
Final score:
30points
#92
Mother Teresa
Final score:
29points
michael sky 7 years ago
Teresa's clinics received millions of dollars in donations but lacked medical care, systematic diagnosis, necessary nutrition and sufficient analgesics for those in pain:[113] "Mother Teresa believed the sick must suffer like Christ on the cross".[114] It was said that the additional money might have transformed the health of the city's poor by creating advanced palliative care facilities.[115][116] Abortion-rights groups criticised Teresa's stance on abortion,[117][118][119] and opponents of abortion praised her support of fetal rights.[120][121][122] One of Teresa's most outspoken critics was English journalist, literary critic and antitheist Christopher Hitchens, author of the essay The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice (1995), who wrote in a 2003 article: "This returns us to the medieval corruption of the church, which sold indulgences to the rich while preaching hellfire and continence to the poor. [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a fr
#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.
Final score:
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
Final score:
28points
#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.
Final score:
28points
#96
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, First Woman To Receive An Academic Degree From A University (1678)
Final score:
27points
#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://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Frida-Kahlo-Painting-1-1024x576-58c0d32c4ecdb__700.jpg "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]")
Final score:
26points
#99
Eileen Gray - An Irish Architect And Furniture Designer And A Pioneer Of The Modern Movement In Architecture.
Final score:
25points
#100
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya 1850-1891 - A Russian Mathematician Responsible For Some Important Original Contributions To Analysis, Partial Differential Equations And Mechanics
Final score:
24points
#101
Wendy Carlos. This Talented Transgender Composer Was One Of The Pioneers Of Early Synthesized Music. She Was Responsible For Iconic Themes From "a Clockwork Orange" And "tron".
Final score:
24points
Emily Pittman (Submission author) 7 years ago
Please excuse my grammatical errors, this iPad hates me. To expand on her accomplishments, she won 3 Grammys in 1969 for her electro-classical album, "Switched on Bach" and many electronic music enthusiasts consider her the grandmother of techno. It's pretty amazing stuff that I only recently had the pleasure of sitting down and listening to.
#102
Jane Bridge: First British Gold Medal For World Championship Judo (male And Female), 3 X European Gold Medals In Judo
Final score:
23points
#103
Rachel Louise Carson (may 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) Was An American Marine Biologist And Conservationist Whose Book Silent Spring And Other Writings Are Credited With Advancing The Global Environmental Movement.
Final score:
23points
#104
Neerja Bhanot, Awarded Ashok Chakra (india), Tamgha-e-insaaniyat (pakistan), Flight Safety Foundation Heroism Award (united States) And Justice For Crimes Award, United States Attorney’s Office For The District Of Columbia (united States) For Saving 359 Out Of 379 Passengers Aboard Pan Am Flight 73 Where She Was Working As A Head Purser And Was Shot To Death When The Flight Was Hijacked At Karachi. She Was Only 22
Final score:
23points
#105
Mary Seacole
Final score:
22points
Nancy McBride 7 years ago
Jamaican woman of mixed race known for her assistance to sick and injured military personnel during the Crimean War.
#106
Juana Inés De La Cruz. Was A 17th Century Nun, Self-taught Scholar And Acclaimed Writer Of The Latin American Colonial Period And The Hispanic Baroque. She Was Also A Staunch Advocate For Women's Rights.
Final score:
22points
#107
Vivian Maier - An American Street Photographer, Took More Than 150, 000 Pictures
Final score:
21points
Natalia Sanchez 6 years ago
I went to see some of her work recently in an itinerant show in Buenos Aires. I was stunned by her sensitivity and sense of humor.
#108
Black Monday- Thousands Of Polish Women Strike Against Abortion - Ban (2016!)
Final score:
19points
#109
Helen Fabela Chávez Was An American Labor Activist For The United Farm Workers Of America
Final score:
18points
Sam McKinney 7 years ago
Do people know that Helen along with her husband Cesar use to report other farm workers who refused to unionize to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
#110
Nellie Mcclung- Women's Rights Activist 1873-1951
Final score:
18points
Tannis Paton (Submission author) 7 years ago
Her efforts won women the right to vote in the province of Manitoba, Canada in 1916. Manitoba became the first province in Canada.
#111
Corrie Ten Boom, Helped Many Jews Escape The Holocaust. Arrested And Imprisoned. Writer And Inspirational Speaker.
Final score:
18points
#112
Bessie Stringfield- The First Jamaican-american Woman To Ride A Motorcycle Solo Across The U.s. (1930) And One Of The Few Civilian Couriers For The Military In Wwii.
Final score:
17points
#113
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. She Was Both Iceland's And Europe's First Female President, And The World's First Democratically Directly Elected Female President.
Final score:
17points
#114
In 1956 20,000 Women Marched To The Union Buildings In South Africa To Protest The Pass Laws Under The Apartheid Government . "wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo: You Strike A Woman You Strike A Rock".
Final score:
16points
#116
Aleksandra Samusenko Soviet Tank Commader During Ww Ii
Final score:
15points
#117
Laxmibai: The Queen Of Jhansi, India Fought Bravely Against The British East India Company. She Lost Her Life During Conflict. She Stands As A Symbol Of Strength And Bravery Among 1 Billion Indians.
Final score:
15points
#118
Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) Is A Liberian Peace Activist Responsible For Leading A Women's Peace Movement, Women Of Liberia Mass Action For Peace That Helped Bring An End To The Second Liberian Civil War In 2003. She Received The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
Final score:
14points
#119
Kate Bush (1958). First English Female Artist To Achieve A Uk Number-one With A Self-written Song, With "wuthering Heights." 40ish Years And 12 Records Later, She Is Still One Of The Most Influential Woman In British Pop Music.
Final score:
14points
#120
Two Women’s League Roller Derby Skaters Leap Over Two Who Have Fallen (1950)
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
I didn't know roller derby had been around that long! that's awesome!
#121
Julia Butterfly Hill, Environmental Activist Who Lived In A 180 Foot Redwood Tree For 738 Days To Protest Deforestation
Final score:
13points
#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.
Final score:
12points
#123
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979). French Composer And Conductor.
Final score:
10points
#124
Ševala Zildžić - Iblizović - First Muslim Female Doctor In Bosnia And Herzegovina
Final score:
10points
#125
Maria Odette Ferreira, Portuguese Scientist, Pharmacy Scholar At The Pharmaceutical College Of Lisbon And First Woman To Isolate The Hiv Type 2
Final score:
10points
#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.
Final score:
10points
#127
Roshni: Youngest C E O Of H C L Corp, At The Age Of 31.
Final score:
9points
#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.
Final score:
9points
#129
Sabiha Gökçen Was The World's First Female Combat Pilot
Final score:
8points
#130
Shikha Sharma: Ceo & Md Of Axis Bank, Worth $78 Billion Dollar. Ignores Corporate Glass Ceiling.
Final score:
7points
#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.
Final score:
7points
#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.
Final score:
6points
#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]
![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]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sophie-Scholl-Privatarchiv-von-Elisabeth-Hartnagel-Aufnahme-von-ca-1941_148732659160039_v0_h-58c28dfd3e97e__700.jpg "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]")
Final score:
6points
#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).
Final score:
5points
#136
Chitra Ramkrishna: Ceo And Md Of National Stock Exchange Of India. She Was The First To Touch The Glass Ceiling As A Woman.
Final score:
4points
#137
Fadumo Dayib, 1st Woman To Run For Somalian President: Refugee In Finland, Learned To Read At 14, Got Degrees In Finland And Harvard.
Final score:
4points
#138
Elvira Fortunato, Portuguese Scientist And Professor, Leader Of The Team Of Investigators Who Invented The Paper Transistor.
Final score:
4points
#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.
Final score:
4points
#140
Chanda Kochhar: M D And C E O Of Icici Bank, Worth $110 Billion.
Final score:
3points
#141
Rachel Fuller Brown And Elizabeth Lee Hazen, Who Discovered And Developed The First Anti-fungal Drug In 1950
Final score:
3points
#142
Krystyna Skarbek,(1 May 1908 – 15 June 1952), Also Known As Christine Granville, Was A Polish Agent Of The British Special Operations Executive (soe) During The Second World War. She Became Celebrated Especially For Her Daring Exploits In Intelligence And Irregular-warfare Missions In Nazi- Occupied Poland And France. She Became A British Agent Months Before The Soe Was Founded In July 1940 And Was One Of The Longest-serving Of All Britain's Wartime Women Agents. Her Resourcefulness And Success Have Been Credited With Influencing The Organisation's Policy Of Recruiting Increasing Numbers Of Women. In 1941 She Began Using The Nom De Guerre Christine Granville, A Name Which She Legally Adopted Upon Naturalisation As A British Subject In December 1946.
Final score:
2points
#143
Eliška Junková (16 November 1900 – 5 January 1994), Born Alžběta Pospíšilová And Also Known As Elizabeth Junek, Was A Czechoslovakian Automobile Racer. She Is Regarded As One Of The Greatest Female Drivers In Grand Prix Motor Racing History.
Final score:
2points
#144
NASA Astronaut Anna Lee Fisher Became The First Mother In Space (1984)
#145
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
Robyn Hansen 6 years ago
I read that he was actually trying to rip her number off. If that was an attempted tackle, it was pretty poor.
#147
Anna Honzáková (16 November 1875 – 13 October 1940) Was The First Female Doctor To Graduate From The Charles-ferdinand University In Prague, Which She Did On March 17, 1902
Final score:
1point
Gabriela Babulikova (Submission author) 7 years ago
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#148
Paula Rego, Portuguese Painter And Dame Of The British Empire, Is The First Portuguese Artist With A Work On The Permanent Exhibition At The National Gallery Of London. She Prefers Pastels Over Oil And Her Paitings Display Themes Of Feminism And Traditions Of Portugal. She Has A Museum In Honor Of Her Work: Casa Das Histórias Paula Rego.
Final score:
1point
#149
Guilhermina Augusta Suggia (1851-1932), Portuguese Cellist, One Of The First Female Professional Players Of The Cello (when Such Art Was Considered "innapropriate" For A Lady). Studied In Germany And Was A Pupil Of Famous Cellist Pablo Casals. Played With The Royal Philharmonic Society, The State Simphony Orchestra, The Bbc Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra.
Final score:
1point
#150
Eliška Junková (16 November 1900 – 5 January 1994), Born Alžběta Pospíšilová And Also Known As Elizabeth Junek, Was A Czechoslovakian Automobile Racer. She Is Regarded As One Of The Greatest Female Drivers In Grand Prix Motor Racing History.
Final score:
0points
#151
Stormé Delarverie, Early Leader In The Gay Rights Movement. Stormé Delarverie Was A Butch Lesbian Whose Purported Scuffle With Police Was One Of The Defining Moments Of The Stonewall Riots, Spurring The Crowd To Action.
Final score:
0points
#152
Sylvia Rae Rivera (july 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002) Was An American Gay Liberation And Transgender Activist And Drag Queen. She Was A Founding Member Of Both The Gay Liberation Front And The Gay Activists Alliance. With Her Close Friend Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera Co-founded The Street Transvestite/transgender Action Revolutionaries (star), A Group Dedicated To Helping Homeless Young Drag Queens And Trans Women Of Color.
Final score:
0points
#153
Marsha P. Johnson (august 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) Was An American Drag Queen, Sex Worker, And Gay Liberation Activist. A Veteran Of The Stonewall Riots, Johnson Was Born In Elizabeth, New Jersey, And Was A Popular Figure In New York City's Gay And Art Scene From The 1960s To The 1990s. Later In Life Johnson Became An Aids Activist With Act Up.
Final score:
0points
#154
Whang-od Oggay Born 17 February 1917 (age 100) Is A Filipina Tattoo Artist From Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines. She Is Considered As The Last Mambabatok (traditional Kalinga Tattooist) From The Butbut People In Buscalan Kalinga And The Oldest Tattoo Artist In The Philippines. This Ancient Technique Of Tattoing Is Called Batok That Dates Back A Thousand Years Before Her Time Is Relatively Painful Compared To Other Conventional Techniques. Due To Her Status As The Last Mambabatok, Many Netizens Are Lobbying Her To Be One Of The National Artists Of The Philippines. Instead Of National Artist, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago Urged Her Colleagues In The Philippine Senate Through A Resolution That Whang-od Should Be Nominated As One Of The National Living Treasures Or Gawad Sa Manlilikha Ng Bayan, Which Is Equal Rank To National Artist.
Final score:
0points
#155
Maria Corazon "cory" Aquino (january 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009), Popularly Known As Cory Aquino, Was A Filipina Politician Who Was The 11th President Of The Philippines, The First Woman To Hold That Office And The First Female President In Asia. Aquino Was The Most Prominent Figure Of The 1986 People Power Revolution, Which Toppled The 21-year Authoritarian Rule Of President Ferdinand E. Marcos And Restored Democracy To The Philippines. She Was Named Time Magazine's "woman Of The Year" In 1986.
Final score:
0points
#156
Winnie Mandela - South African Activist And Politician
Final score:
-1point
Darth Vader 7 years ago
This is shameful. I'm from South Africa and seeing her here makes me angry. She is far from a hero. She changed history alright, but not in a good way. I would never refer to her as an activist.
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NurulAqilah Viktor 7 years ago
Just wanna say that despite of the fact that some Muslim countries are now infamous with how they treat women, back then during the times of prophet Muhammad both women and men did receive educational teaching..for an example, the wife of prophet Muhammad,Aisha is one of the most influential muslims when it comes to teaching the people about Islam..and during the abassid caliphate, both women and men were taught in the same school regardless of the gender...it was until now suddenly some Muslim countries decided that muslim women should be treated differently compared to men.. im not sure about the reason honestly but anybody who actually learns about Islamic history would understand how islam is a religion which knowledge and wisdom are important for both men and women ..not only the islamic teaching itself but this includes medical, literature and other teachings..sorry for my bad English.
Sabina England 7 years ago
Prophet Muhammad also married Khadijah (RA), an older divorced woman. At that time, it was taboo for divorced women to re-marry (or get a divorce). She was about 20 years older than the Prophet, too.
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Maciek Ravs 7 years ago
Women from Sweden have different enemies and problems in 2017... How about tell it like it is.
Maciek Ravs 7 years ago
another side of the same problem.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luekb-NmkXI
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Gökhan Aydın 7 years ago
What makes a tattoo artist (Maud Stevens Wagner) worthy enough to be on this list whether a man or a woman? I mean, what does it mean? C**p!
jacluckycat 7 years ago
It was a pretty significant taboo to eschew, at a time when everything about a woman's body and appearance was dictated by patriarchal society even more so than today. Tattooed women at the turn of the century and before were considered pariahs or confined to circus freak shows. It's not the tattooing itself. It's the implications of defiance by this woman and others.
Load More Replies... NurulAqilah Viktor 7 years ago
Just wanna say that despite of the fact that some Muslim countries are now infamous with how they treat women, back then during the times of prophet Muhammad both women and men did receive educational teaching..for an example, the wife of prophet Muhammad,Aisha is one of the most influential muslims when it comes to teaching the people about Islam..and during the abassid caliphate, both women and men were taught in the same school regardless of the gender...it was until now suddenly some Muslim countries decided that muslim women should be treated differently compared to men.. im not sure about the reason honestly but anybody who actually learns about Islamic history would understand how islam is a religion which knowledge and wisdom are important for both men and women ..not only the islamic teaching itself but this includes medical, literature and other teachings..sorry for my bad English.
Sabina England 7 years ago
Prophet Muhammad also married Khadijah (RA), an older divorced woman. At that time, it was taboo for divorced women to re-marry (or get a divorce). She was about 20 years older than the Prophet, too.
Load More Replies... Maciek Ravs 7 years ago
Women from Sweden have different enemies and problems in 2017... How about tell it like it is.
Maciek Ravs 7 years ago
another side of the same problem.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luekb-NmkXI
Load More Replies... Gökhan Aydın 7 years ago
What makes a tattoo artist (Maud Stevens Wagner) worthy enough to be on this list whether a man or a woman? I mean, what does it mean? C**p!
jacluckycat 7 years ago
It was a pretty significant taboo to eschew, at a time when everything about a woman's body and appearance was dictated by patriarchal society even more so than today. Tattooed women at the turn of the century and before were considered pariahs or confined to circus freak shows. It's not the tattooing itself. It's the implications of defiance by this woman and others.
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