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163 Badass Women Who Changed The World We Live In Today
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March 8 is International Women's Day (US has its equivalent on the 26th of August) which celebrates the struggle for women's rights. Throughout history, many strong women had to rise against the odds and fight for their dreams and passions, equality and solidarity among men. Their bravery contributed to shaping today's world, and has to be remembered.
Bored Panda has made a list of badass women who did their part to make the world a better place. Scroll down to vote for your favorite heroes, and upload new ones if we missed them!
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Irena Sendlerowa - Woman Who Smuggled Approximately 2,500 Jewish Children Out Of The Warsaw Ghett
Malala Yousafzai, 19, Pakistani Activist For Female Education Who Survived Being Shot In The Head By The Taliban, The Youngest Ever Nobel Prize Laureate
What makes her bad ass, is that she stood up to the Taliban for women's educational rights. She was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban, SURVIVED, and continued to fight for women's right to education. She is unstoppable fierce and determined!
A Woman Hitting A Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag In Växjö, Sweden (13 April, 1985)
Marie Curie Was A Polish Scientist Famous For Her Work On Radioactivity, The First Woman To Win A Nobel Prize And The Only Woman To Win Twice
What makes her badass is, she was the first EVER woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the ONLY woman (to date) to win TWO nobel prizes
Nujood Ali, Given To Abusive Husband At Age 10, Divorced Him And Broke Tribal Tradition
Might I add that she now fights in Yemen's movement against forced child marriage
A 106-Year-Old Woman Who Protected Her Home With A Rifle, In Armenia (1990)
This is what a strong Armenian woman looks like, not Kim Kartashian. JS
These Women Were Firefighters At Pearl Harbor (1941)
This photo reminds me of the statue in DC "raising of the flag on Iwo Jima"
Margaret Heafield Was A Director Of Software Engineering For NASA's Apollo Space Program (1969)
Muslim Woman Covers The Yellow Star Of Her Jewish Neighbor With Her Veil (1941)
Voting Activist Annie Lumpkins At The Little Rock City Jail (10 July, 1961)
She was one of the Freedom Riders (a group of civil rights activisits who rode through the US fighting against segregation stating it as unconstitutional), this photo was taken after she was arrested for sitting on a "whites only" bus.
One Of The Onna-Bugeisha, Female Samurai Warrior Of The Upper Bushi (Samurai), Class In Feudal Japan (Late 1800's)
Jane Goodall, Leading Primatologist And Conservationalist
Maud Stevens Wagner Was The First Known Female Tattoo Artist In The United States (1907)
Anne Frank Was A Jewish Diarist And Writer
She was bad ass because she represents every girl who fought to survive under Nazi. And every girl who fought for life was bad ass.
Amelia Earhart Was The First Female Aviator To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean (1928)
And her disappearance is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of all time.
Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks - Civil Rights Activist
Russia-Born Valentina Tereshkova Became The First Woman In Space Aboard The Vostok 6 (1963)
I remember a long time ago, I had to be her for a history project! What an inspiring woman
Mary Winsor Holding Suffrage Prisoners Banner In Washington D.C. (1917)
Eliza Leonida Zamfirescu, The First Woman Engineer In The World
Annette Kellerman Promoted Women’s Right To Wear A Fitted One-Piece Bathing Suit (1907). She Was Arrested For Indecency
And now, in France, when women want to cover up, that's not allowed either. Women are always told what they can and can't wear, look at that.
Florence Nightingale - 1st Nurse To Teach Basic Sanitation Between Patients
Ftima El Fihria The Founder Of The First University In The World - Fes, Morocco
University of Bologna is traditionally recognized as an oldest university. University of Al Quaraouiyine is older, but is not the first recognized university in the sense of the word that we know.
Nadia Comaneci - The First Women To Score A Perfect 10 In Gymnastics At The Olympic Games
Women Of The 1975 Icelandic Women's Strike, Kvennafrídagurinn, When 90% Of The Female Population Of Iceland Went On Strike To “demonstrate The Indispensable Work Of Women For Iceland’s Economy And Society”
Komako Kimura, A Prominent Japanese Suffragist Marched On Fifth Avenue In New York City Demanding The Right To Vote (27 October, 1917)
Very brave, not just as a woman but also not being an "average American woman"
Marina Ginestà Was A French Veteran Of The Spanish Civil War. This Is Her Most Famous Picture At The Top Of Hotel Colón In Barcelona (21 July, 1936)
Catalan born in France, not French: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Ginest%C3%A0
Harriet Tubman, Who Helped Slaves Escape Via The Underground Railroad.
Yusra Mardini Syrian Teenage Refugee Who Swam For Hours In The Sea Pushing A Sinking Boat With Other Refugees To Safety
Ana Aslan (Romania) - She Is Considered To Be A Pioneer Of Gerontology And Geriatrics
Taramon Bibi Is One Of The Two Female Freedom Fighters In Bangladesh
Mileva Maric, Serbian Physicist, Einsteins Wife. Worthy "His" Nobel Prize
Ellen O'neal, One Of The Greatests Female Freestyle Skateboarders In The World (1970)
Coretta Scott King. American Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader, And The Wife Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Smaranda Brăescu, Romanian parachuting Pioneer, Former Multiple World Record Holder (1932)
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm. American Politician, Educator, And Author. In 1968, She Became The First African American Woman Elected To The United States Congress. She Served 7 Terms And Ran For The Democratic Party Nomination For Potus In 1972.
Women's Liberation Coalition Marching For Equal Pay (1970)
Angela Davis (1944), American Political Activist, Scholar, Author & Feminist
Rita Levi-Montalcini - Italian Nobel Laureate Honoured For Her Work In Neurobiology
Bertha Von Suttner - First Woman Peace Activist And First Woman To Be Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
again not the first. just the first pease activist to be recognized as an activist.
Jeanne Manford With Her Son Morty, Foreground, Marching In The New York City Gay Pride Parade (1972)
Sarla Thakral Was First Indian Woman To Fly. She Earned An Aviation Pilot License In 1936 At The Age Of 21 And Flew A Gypsy Moth Solo
Billie Jean King. US Tennis Legend & Became The First Prominent Female Athlete To Come Out
Yeah! Long live LGBT. We were supposed to have received our right since nineties century. Quite similar with Alan Turring.
Girls Deliver Ice. Heavy Work That Formerly Belonged To Men Only Is Being Done By Girls (16 September, 1918)
The things these brave women had to do just to prove we are all equal are astonishing... I can't think this is the best job there was but they look happy enough to earn their own money! WOW
Gertrude Caroline Ederle Became The First Woman To Swim Across The English Channel (1926)
A Woman Drinking Tea, In The Aftermath Of A German Bombing Raid During The London Blitz (1940)
Suu Kyi Was Under House Arrest For 15 Years For Her Pre-Democracy Campaigning
She was a brave woman who stood up to the junta but she still needs to do more for the persecuted Muslims in her country.
Simone De Beauvoir, French Feminist, Who Wrote "The Manifesto Of The 343", 1971
These Four Female Pilots Leaving Their Plane At The Four-Engine School At Lockbourne AAF (Early 1940s)
From left to write: Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner, and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane called "Pistol Packing Mama"
Imone Segouin, The 18 Year Old French Résistance Fighter (1944)
Lili Elbe, Danish Transgender Woman And One Of The First Recipients Of Sex Reassignment Surgery (1882 – 1931). Elbe Is The Subject Of The 2015 Film "the Danish Girl".
Joan Of Arc, Nicknamed "the Maid Of Orléans," Was Born In 1412 In Domrémy, Bar, France. A National Heroine Of France, At Age 18 She Led The French Army To Victory Over The English At Orléans. Captured A Year Later, Joan Was Burned At The Stake As A Heretic By The English And Their French Collaborators
Maria Teresa De Filippis, First Female Formula 1 Driver (1958)
The First European Woman Ever To Obtain A License And A Phd In Law From The University Of Paris
Jackie Ormes, America's First Black Female Cartoonist, And Creator Of Torchy Brown
Jane Austen: An Influential Woman, She’s Not Just A Writer, She’s A Cult, A Brand And A Cultural Touchstone.
Milunka Savić
She was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, Russian Cross of St. George, British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I.
Among The Prisoners Taken On Walcheren Was This Dutch Woman With Her Husband, A German Solder, Whom She Refused To Leave (1944)
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya - A Russian Journalist, Writer, And Human Rights Activist Known For Her Opposition To The Second Chechen War And To The Policies Of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Raina Kasabova Is A Bulgarian Military Pilot And The First Woman In The World Who Piloted A Battle Air Plane In A Combat.
A Female Lockheed Employee Works On One In Burbank, California (1944)
A Women's Liberation March In Washington, D.C. (1970)
Soviet Soldier Is Given Water By A Ukrainian Woman After Being Captured During The Battle For Kiev (1941)
And the Ukrainians had no cause to love the USSR as Stalin starved millions of them to death.
Leola N. King, America's First Female Traffic Cop, Washington D.C. (1918)
Fanny Blankers Koen, Winner Of 4 Gold Medals At The 1948 London Olympics, Aged 30 And Mother Of 2 Children.
She later told in an interview she had a boil between her thighs while racing. When she got back home the government gave her a bicycle.
This Woman Worker Pushes Back Her Helmet During A Moment's Pause From Her Welding Job At The Richmond Shipyard In California (1943)
Elizabeth Blackwell Was A British-born Physician, Notable As The First Woman To Receive A Medical Degree.
Was only admitted to medical school because the male students thought it was a joke. One of my heroes
Erika Kornélia Szeles, The 15 Years Old Revolutionary Against The Soviets In Budapest, Hungary 1956
She was shot a few days after this picture was taken, while trying to help a wounded fighter.
Ada Lovelace. World's First Computer Programmer.
Why isn't she on top?? She deserves A LOT more recognizing !! Please vote for her
Women Workers Employed As Wipers In The Roundhouse Having Lunch In Their Rest Room (1943)
Ceylan Ozalp, 19, Was Reportedly Surrounded By Isis Fighters Near The Syrian Kurdish City Of Kobane Also Known As Ain Al-arab. After She Run Out Of Ammunition Ozalp Said “goodbye” Over The Radio And Spent Her Last Bullet On Killing Herself.
Smith College Class Of 1902 Basketball Team - Senda Berenson Introduced And Adapted The Rules For Women's Basketball
Isidora Sekulić, The First Woman Academic In Serbian History
Clara Campoamor (madrid, 12 February, 1888–lausanne, 30 April, 1972) Was A Spanish Politician And Feminist Best Known For Her Advocacy For Women's Rights And Suffrage During The Writing Of The Spanish Constitution Of 1931.
Resisting Turkish Grandma
A protestors uses a slingshot against Turkish riot police on Taksim square on June 11, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from an Istanbul square on June 11 as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would show “no more tolerance” for the unrelenting mass demonstrations against his Islamic-rooted government. Hundreds of police stormed the city’s Taksim Square, the epicenter of nearly two weeks of unrest, in the early morning and brought bulldozers to clear the makeshift barriers erected by demonstrators after police pulled out of the area on June 1.(Src: huffpost.com)
Vesna Vulović Was A Serbian Flight Attendant. She Holds The Guinness World Record For Surviving The Highest Fall Without A Parachute: 10,160 Metres, After The Explosion Of Jat Flight 367 Near Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia, On 26 January 1972.
Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko - "lady Death" - Soviet Sniper Ww2
Siouxsie Sioux Proved Women Can Rock! She Started In 70s Punk Movement And Her Influence Is Still Evident Today.
Julia Morgan (1872-1957) -- Architect Famous For The Hearst Castle. The First Woman Admitted To Paris' L'École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts For Architecture And The First Female Licensed Architect In California.
(I remember reading that she would be up on a scaffold from dawn to dusk, supervising the workmen and surviving on nothing but black coffee and dark chocolate, but I can't remember the source.)
Maryam Mirzakhani, An Iranian Professor Of Mathematics At Stanford And The Only Woman To Win Fields Medal, Regarded As The "nobel Prize Of Mathematics"
Norwegian Suffragist And Photographer Marie Høeg Played With Gender Roles In The Studio
You could have added Claude Cahun to that category ! very sensitive artist.
The Badass Georgian Golden Age Queen Who Was Kingtamar Of Georgia, Who Ruled From 1184 To 1213—the Peak Of Georgia’s Golden Age
The Radium Girls Were Female Factory Workers Who Contracted Radiation Poisoning From Painting Watch Dials With Self-luminous Paint At The United States Radium Factory In Orange, New Jersey, Around 1917. The Women Had Been Told The Paint Was Harmless. Five Of The Women Challenged Their Employer In A Case That Established The Right Of Individual Workers Who Contract Occupational Diseases To Sue Their Employers.
