Emmeline Pankhurst: Leading the battle for Women's right to vote
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928): It was a little over 100 years ago that women were first allowed to vote in the United Kingdom …
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Women's history
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Florence Nightingale: The Lady With A Lamp
Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) Today, it is common knowledge that female nurses play an important role in treating patients. …
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Maria Curie: The only scientist to win a Nobel prize twice
Maria Skłodowska Curie (1867 - 1934): Marie Curie (born Maria Skłodowska Curie) was the first woman to win a Nobel prize and the …
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was one of the world’s most celebrated aviators. She broke records and charted new skies in the course of her …
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Ada Lovelace, The Mother of Computing
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852): When you use your device, remember that Ada Lovelace was the first person to write a computer program. …
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J.K. Rowling: Casts a reading spell on children in the era of digital media
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965 - ): J.K. Rowling is the author of the most widely sold book series in all of history. Her fantasy …
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Marie Stopes: A Guiding Light For The Women of England
Marie Stopes (1880 – 1958): Nearly 100 years ago, one woman took it upon herself to help women take control of their own bodies. …
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Rosa Parks: The First Lady of Civil Rights
Rosa Parks (1913-2005): It might seem alien to you today, but in 1950’s America, discrimination was protected and enforced by the …
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi, née Indira Priyadarshini Nehru (1917-1984), was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, the only child of …
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was a powerful voice on behalf of a wide range of social causes including youth employment and civil rights …
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Thatcher was born Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham. She married Denis Thatcher in 1951. Thatcher was elected to the House of …
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Margaret Sanger
Born into an Irish working class family on Sept 14, 1879 in Corning, New York, Margaret Sanger is known for her crusade to …
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