Famous Women

- Mexican artist

- known for her self-portraints, which deal with themes of identity, suffering and human body

• Frida Kahlo

• Margaret Thacher

• Anna Wintour

• Mari Cuirie

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- writer

-her novels are funny and question women's roles within society and the themes and lessons from her novels still hold up today

• Malala Yousafzai

• Frida Khalo

• Jane Austin

• Billie Jean King

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- first female Prime minister of Great Britain

- she governed for over 10 years, putting emphasis on individual responsibility and a belief in free markets

• Marie Curie

• Margater Thatcher

• Billie Jean King

• Anna Wintour

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- physicist and scientist

-create the term radioactivity, discovered two new elements (radium and polonium)

- developed a portable x-ray machine

• Anna Wintour

• Malala Yousafzai

• Frida Khalo

• Marie Curie

-one of the most influential women in American history

-a poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist

-award-winning memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman.

• Maya Angelou

• Malala Yousafzai

• Marie Curie

• Ada Lovelace

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-one of the most successful monarchs in British history

- under her, England became a major European power in politics, commerce and the arts

• Catherine the Great

• Maya Angelou

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Anne Frank

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-one of the world’s great historical figures

-the Prussian-born Queen is one of the more ruthless women

-established the first state-funded school for girls, reeled back the power of the church within the state and encouraged the development of the economy, trade and the arts

• Sojourner Truth

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Catherine the Great

• Rosa Parks

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-she was a rule breaker

-an American aviator who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

-the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the US, Amelia was a pioneering aviator and a true female trailblazer

• Amelia Earhart

• Edith Cowan

• Ada Lovelace

• Marie Curie

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-she is an American professional tennis player

-She has been ranked singles world No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association for 319 weeks

-She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time

• Martha Nussbaum

• Serena Williams

• Jennifer Doudna

• Marie Curie

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