Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World: 1

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Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867) English scientist who enabled electricity to become a viable source of power. To this day, Babe holds the record for the longest winning streak in golf history (male or female), a feat she accomplished between 1946 and 1947.

This is my personal preference as it can engage, create discussion and tell you something about the person. If you’re interested at taking a closer look at one of the greatest fashion designers of our times, Coco Chanel, then download this resource to explore some key facts and information with your KS1/LKS2 class. Then, keep scrolling to discover how the authors, Jo Piazza and Christine Pride, navigated their own relationship while building a believable world for Riley and Jen—best friends, one Black, one white, dealing with the killing of an unarmed Black boy by a white police officer.

An advocate for human rights she fought to prevent the expansion of nuclear weapons and broker peace in the Middle East. Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln greeted Stowe at the White House by saying: “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” in reference to the civil war.

In her late forties, Mary travelled from her home in Jamaica to Britain to offer her services as a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-56). Johnson issaid to have resisted arrest and thrown the first bottle (or brick or stone) at police duringthe 1969 Stonewall Riots, which sparked the national LGBTQ movement. Brownie: You can make friends really quickly and girls don’t argue so you can stay friends for a really long time. In her teenage years during the early 1810s, she started writing her most famous novels, like Pride and Prejudiceand Sense and Sensibility. Friedan is best known for writing the book The Feminine Mystique, which encourages women to seek more opportunities for themselves outside traditional home-based roles.This activity focuses on the section linked to Agent Fifi or otherwise known by her real name Marie Christine Chilver. To mark International Women’s Day and with Women’s History Month in full swing, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some oft-overlooked but incredible women who really did make history.

If men and women can work for the State side by side and represent all the different sections of the community… I cannot doubt that we should do very much better work in the community than was ever done before.In 1955, she created the Imagination Library, a program that gifts free books to kids under 5 to foster a love of reading at a young age. Aside from her successful magazine, TV network, and producing career, she is also an esteemed philanthropist and political activist. The actress—formerly known for her scandalous love affairs—started the Elizabeth Taylor HIV/AIDS Foundationin 1991 after her close friend, Rock Hudson, died from the disease. Babe Didrikson Zaharias at the All-American tournament at Chicago’s Tam-O’Shanter Country Club, Chicago, 1951.