Yah, these women are pretty bad-ass. Although they might not be heroes for what they did, they sure stood up for what they believed in!
All in honour of International Women’s Month!
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#5 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
This is the first elected female head of state in Africa. Johnson-Sirleaf remains the president of Liberia since 2006. She has been through a lot, exiled, being a political prisoner – twice!
She to received a Nobel Peace prize in 2011, just before her re-election.
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#4 Ruby Bridges
This little sweetheart endured segregation and horrible treatment for being African-American. Teachers, students, everyone, put her through hell and back. She even had to have FOUR Federal Marshals that escorted her to school daily. But, she fought through the assassination threats and mistreatment and got her education. Rock on little Ruby!
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#3 Valentina Tereshkova
With an interest in skydiving, this textile worker became the first woman in outer space! In order to do that, she had to become an honorary inductee of the Societ Air Force. So she got a double whammy and became the first civilian to go into space too! Get it girl!
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#2 Shirin Ebadi
This lady climbed her way school and became the first female Iranian Judge in 1975. Although, after the Iranian Revolution, she was demoted to a secretarial position in 1979.
That didn’t stop her, though. In 2003 she received a Nobel Peace prize for her literature and advocacy of democracy and human rights in Iran. Women #FTW
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#1. Josephine Baker
This American-born performer became a French citizen after racist rejection from her American peers. But, she’s more than just a pretty face. She smuggled messages for the French Resistance under the Nazi occupation of Paris – which got her some very high France military honours, the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre (Cross of War). One bad-ass chick that’s not scared of Racism!
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