Emmeline
In 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, which used militant tactics to fight for women's right to vote. Emmeline was imprisoned many times, but supported the war effort after World War I broke out. Parliament granted British women limited voting rights in 1918. Emmeline died in 1928, shortly before women were given full voting rights.
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Wangari
Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental activist who founded the Green Belt Movement which campaigned for the planting of trees, environmental conversation and women’s rights. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, Maathai was elected to parliament and appointed assistant minister for Environment and Natural Resources from 2003– 2005. Her work was internationally recognised when, in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, peace and democracy.
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James / Margaret
James Barry was a successful British Army surgeon who rose to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals. He actually started out life as a woman. In a time where women had very few career choices and were not allowed to study medicine, Margaret Ann Bulkley, disguised herself as a man in order to attend medical school in Edinburgh, qualifying in 1812. She was a highly accomplished surgeon and a pioneer of hygienic practice. Bulkley’s identity was only revealed once her sex was discovered after death, it is only recently her achievements in being the first qualified female British doctor and becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of Edinburgh have been recognised. Her story illustrates the determination of some women and the lengths they are willing to go to in order to achieve their dreams.
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Rosa
Rosa Parks assisted influencing and inspiring the Civil Rights Movement, which won equal rights in the 1960s, after she refused to give up her seat to a white man who demanded to sit down on a Montgomery bus in 1955 (for which she was arrested for 'Civil Disobedience'). Parks inspired a bus boycott in Montgomery from the black community for over a year following the protest.
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Marie
Maria Sklodowska, later known as Marie Curie, was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw (Poland). Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honours twice. Her efforts with her husband Pierre led to the discovery of polonium and radium, and she championed the development of X-rays.
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Mary
Mary Wollstonecraft, best known for her book 'Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792), her influence went beyond the substantial contribution to feminism for which she is mostly remembered. A principal architect in the fight for sexual equality. Her work is still published around the world.
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Malala
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. This incredible woman overcame an assassination attempt by the Taliban in Pakistan at 15, she campaigns for women’s and children’s rights to education. To advocate in an area where the Taliban pose a serious threat makes her a heroine. “I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is the story of many girls."
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Tarana
Tarana Burke is fuelled by a commitment to the interruption of sexual violence and other systemic issues disproportionately impacting marginalized people — particularly Black women and girls. #metoo founder and founder of Just Be Inc.
'You have to use your privilege to serve other people'.
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Grace
Grace was the first Woman to gain a Ph.D in Mathematics from Yale University. In 1952 Grace and her team created the first compiler for computer languages - she became the first ever woman recipient of the National Medal of Technology in 1991. She was the oldest serving officer in the U.S Navy, retiring at 79 years of age in 1986.
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Beyonce
Beyoncé is one of the few stars to openly state she is a feminist, what we love most is that she promotes understanding for the real meaning of the term 'feminist'. She addresses many important issues within her music, which has resonated and helped empower women. Some have questioned her way of feminism, for us a feminist is a feminist, it is commendable to speak up for gender equality and follow through in your words and actions.
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Inspirational Women 10/10
Next Collection - Hundred for Her
100 NFT's, 15% revenue to charity.
each artwork is delicately created from a natural print of the artist's menstrual blood onto watercolour paper.
