9 talented women who changed world history
(Baonghean.vn) - It is not only strong men who can change the world. On the other hand, beautiful and talented women also leave an indelible mark on human history.
1. Jeanne Baret (1740-1807)
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| Jeanne Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. She dressed as a man, boarded a boat, and volunteered to be a servant to a French botanist to accomplish her goal. Years later, Jeanne returned to Paris and presented the Museum of Natural History with 3,000 new plant species. The royal family was so grateful and recognized her work that Jeanne Baret was given a lifelong pension. |
2. Harriet Tubman (1820 or 1821 - 1913)
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| Harriet Tubman has been called the “Moses” of the African American freedom struggle. At the age of 13, she was severely beaten when she “could not bear” to hit a runaway slave on the orders of her overseer. During the Civil War, she worked as a nurse and a hunter. During this time, she “took up writing” extensively, participated in social reforms in the United States, and inspired thousands of people to fight for their freedom regardless of their race. She was also the first African American woman to have her portrait on the front of a U.S. dollar bill. |
3. Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934)
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| Marie Sklodowska-Curie is known as the greatest woman in science, the first researcher to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, Marie Curie paved the way for thousands of women in science. Together with her husband, she discovered polonium and radium, studied radioactivity and became the first female teacher in the history of the Sorbonne. |
4. Vera Obolenskaya (1911-1944)
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| Vera Obolenskaya was a Russian princess and a hero of the resistance against the French, she first worked as a model and then as a secretary. Vera was also an intelligence officer, organizing the escape of British prisoners of war across the border. She was chased away by the Nazis, but even then she surprised them with her courage and loyalty. |
5. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884- 1962)
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| The First Lady of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt - made a big splash in the history of the United States as a passionate social activist. Eleanor published articles on social issues, actively assisted her husband in political affairs, founded and established the United Nations, created the Declaration of Human Rights and fought for women's equality. |
6. Grace Hopper (1906-1992)
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| Grace Hopper was the first woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics. At the age of 37, she volunteered for the Navy, wrote applications for the Harvard Mark I computer, and explained the term “nanosecond” in simple terms. A Navy destroyer, a supercomputer are named after her, and the Grace Murray Hopper Award is an annual award given to young programmers. |
7. Billie Jean King (1943)
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| Billie Jean King won a tennis match against a man to prove that women deserved equal rights in sports, it was called the battle of the sexes. Billie holds the record for most wins at Wimbledon, and she has won all the Grand Slams. As the founder of the Women's Tennis Association, she has made an incredible contribution to the development of women's sports. |
8. Natalia Bekhtereva (1924-2008)
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| Natalia Bekhtereva, the daughter of a “public enemy,” lived through World War II to dedicate her life to medical and brain research. As the founder of the Russian Institute of Hematology, she developed hundreds of neurological treatments. Natalia believes in supernatural abilities of the human brain that science has yet to explain. |
9. Malala Yousafzai (1997)
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| At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai wrote a blog about the Taliban regime and shared her thoughts on education for girls. As a result, Malala was shot in the head, but she survived and continued the fight for education for children in the Middle East. She founded a school in Lebanon for refugee girls from Syria. At 19, Malala became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize and a symbol of hope for millions of girls. |
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