They led the way
- POSTED ON: 3 Mar, 2022
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- POSTED BY: Young World | Article by Madhumitha Srinivasan
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The theme for Women’s Day 2021 is #Break the Bias. Here are a few women from history who did exactly that.
Rosa Parks: By refusing to give up her seat in the bus to White passengers, she is remembered as an icon of the American Civil Rights movement.
Frida Kahlo: An artist known for her unique works that celebrate Mexican culture and tackle gender and body-positivity themes.
Mary Wollstonecraft: A passionate advocate of social equality for women. Her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is still considered a classic for outlining the principles of feminism.
Coco Chanel: One of fashion’s biggest icons, she broke tradition by dressing like a man and by creating casual, chic and practical clothes for women at a time when corsets and heavy dresses were fashionable.
Savitribai Phule: A pioneer of the feminist movement in India, she set up one of the first modern school of girls in India.
Jane Goodall: A legendary scientist and conservationist, whose study of chimpanzees in the 1960s challenged established scientific theories, and also opened doors for women in science and conservation.
Amelia Earhart: In 1937, she became the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also one of the first to promote commercial air travel.
Ada Lovelace: A 19th-century Mathematician credited as being the first computer programmer, she wrote a programme for Charles Babbage’s prototype of a digital computer.
(Illustration: Sonal Goyal)