Main Facts Geena Davis was born on January 21st, 1956, in Massachusetts. She has been awarded an Oscar for her performance in The Accidental Tourist. In 1991, she caused a sensation with her role in Thelma and Louise. She has also received a Golden Globe…
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Main Facts Mira was born in New York on November 8th, 1967. She won an academy award for best supporting actress in Woody Allen’s film Mighty Aphrodite. She is a human rights advocate and has worked for Amnesty International. She is involved…
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Main Facts Victoria Woodhull was born on September 23rd, 1838, in Ohio. In 1870, she produced the journal Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly, which issued the first English translation of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx. She became the first woman to campaign…
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Main Facts Caryl is an English playwright and women’s rights activists. She was born on September 3rd, 1938, in London. In the 1960’s and 70’s, she wrote plays for the BBC radio and television. In 2009, she produced the contentious play Seven…
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Main Facts Coretta Scott King played an important role in the African American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. She was the spouse of Martin Luther King Junior, the famous civil rights activist. After her husband’s death, she became the leader of the movement and…
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Main Facts She was one of the most famous women writers of the Middle Ages. Her feminist writings are groundbreaking. Her first poems, which were ballads, were a success. Her prose work consisted of biographies and practical advice for women; she often…
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Main Facts Born on October 26th, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, Hillary Clinton married Bill Clinton and became first lady from 1993 to 2001. She announced her plans to run for U.S. presidency at the beginning of 2007, but stepped down after it was…
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Main Facts Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12th 1815. She became a prominent figure of the women’s right movement in the 19th century. She was a close partner of Susan B. Anthony. Her Declaration of Sentiments is her most famous work….
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Main Facts Malala was born in 1997 in Pakistan. She received a death threat for fighting for girls’ rights to education. In 2012, she got shot in the head while she was returning from school. In 2014, she became was the youngest…
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Main Facts Emmelin Pankhurst’s political activism played a key role in helping women win the right to vote in Britain. She was the leading figure of the British suffragette movement. She was born on 15th July 1858 and died a few weeks…
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