Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World: 1

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As the current commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) – and having previously served as its first female chief – she is known for her transparency and the calm she brings to her daily briefings on the pandemic. At 82, Bilkis was part of a group of women who peacefully protested against a controversial citizenship law. She formed several teams (among them a football team for blind women), trained prisoners and helped vulnerable women and girls through sport and education. One of the first female football managers in Argentina, she has published an autobiography which details her fight for equality. This activity focuses on the section linked to Agent Fifi or otherwise known by her real name Marie Christine Chilver.

The invention was a predecessor to modern video monitoring-based surveillance and its fame led to the roll-out of the CCTV we use in most public areas today. 18. Junko Tabei (1939-2016) Join our inquisitive heroine Jade as she breaks away from her class to take a peek behind the scenes at the not yet open Gallery of Greatness in the local museum. Along her journey she is surprised to meet the original and incredible wonder women: Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Emmeline Pankhurst to name just a few. Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

10. Alice Milliat (1884-1957)

Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important.” — Junko Tabei 49. Diana, Princess of Wales

One of the wealthiest women of the Middle Ages – and one of its most eligible brides – Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII of France and then, following their divorce, the future Henry II of England. As such, she occupies a singularly important position in the medieval histories of both countries. We can be resilient enough to get through this year. It’s a time to concentrate on what really matters: health, education and good relationships with others. You may wish to allow your KS1 / LKS2 class to add in the adjectives to complete the sentences from the Jane Austen section of the book. She was released on bail after being charged with incitement to commit violence and breach of health regulations introduced to curb the spread of coronavirus. Fellow authors have called for the charges, which Tsitsi denies, to be dropped. Queen of the Iceni tribe during the Roman occupation of Britain. In either 60 or 61 AD Boudicca united different tribes in a Celtic revolt against Roman rule. Leading an army of around 100,000 she succeeded in driving the Romans out of modern-day Colchester (then capital of Roman Britain), London and Verulamium (St Albans). Her success led Roman emperor Nero to consider withdrawing from Britain entirely, until the Roman governor, Paullinus finally defeated her in a battle in the West Midlands. Shortly afterwards Boudicca died, probably either by suicide or through illness.

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As the world recovers, it's our collective responsibility to rebuild an inclusive and sustainable future for all. From 1986 to 2011, Winfrey hosted her popular talk show, which turned her into an Emmy-winning media sensation. Aside from her successful magazine, TV network, and producing career, she is also an esteemed philanthropist and political activist. I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” — Clara Barton 43. Harriet Tubman

Tarana Burke is best known for organizing the #MeToo movement in 2006 as a means for victims of sexual violence to share their experiences with others, forming an alliance among survivors. Named Person of the Year by TIME magazine in 2017, Burke has spent her life empowering women to share their stories and fight against sexual assault with the slogan "empowerment through empathy." Laverne Cox (1972-present) Theodora (pictured above) rose from humble beginnings as an actress to become Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire through marriage to Emperor Justinian I. This is a list of 100 people who have changed the world (for better or worse). Also see: People who made a difference and changed the world for the better. People who changed the world Dorothy Levitt was the first female British racing driver and a trailblazer for women everywhere. She even taught Queen Alexandra and the Royal Princesses how to drive.Woolf was the British author of modernist classics like Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. Raised by free-thinkers, she also wrote trailblazing feminist works such as A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas. During a year in which flooding and fires have affected millions of people internationally, Freetown mayor Aki-Sawyerr has inspired residents to join her campaign to plant one million trees over two years.

Scottish-born birth control advocate and sex educator Marie rose to prominence after publishing her successful books Married Love and Wise Parenthood, and then set up the first birth control clinic in Britain. She took a particular interest in bringing knowledge of contraception and planned parenthood to the working classes. The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early twentieth century adopted her as a symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques in her memory. 5. Mary Anning (1799-1847) Hoover’s 1971 patent for a telephony switching computer program was among one of the first software patents ever issued. Even more impressive: She worked on her idea while still in the hospital, following the birth of her second daughter. Marie Curie was a woman of action as well as enormous intellect. During the First World War, she helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, and often drove them to the front line herself. She then went on to become a poet-diplomat and the first Latin American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature for her emotive lyric poetry, which explored themes of morality, motherhood, love and Latin American identity. 13. Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)In this activity, your class will be reading the extracts from the Jane Austen section of the book and identifying adjectives. A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace is considered to be the first computer programmer, an industry that has since transformed business, our lives and the world. In an industry still dominated by men, it’s particularly striking that the first programmer was a woman. Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” — Rosalind Franklin 38. L. M. Montgomery Babe Didrikson Zaharias at the All-American tournament at Chicago’s Tam-O’Shanter Country Club, Chicago, 1951.