Throughout history, many women have made invaluable contributions to the world despite facing gender discrimination. They helped humanity with inventions without which we cannot imagine life today and which you may not even know are the "product" of the female mind.
History has recorded quite a number of "dangerously" intelligent and bright, but above all brave, influential and inspiring individuals. Some stood up for women's rights, for racial equality, others co-shaped the world of science, mathematics, aviation, literature...
Throughout human history, women have fought for their place under the sun. Intellectuals who achieved incredible success often hid under pseudonyms, from which it was impossible to recognize that the woman destined to stand behind the stove was doing 'forbidden works'. Today, at a time when these strict rules are being relaxed, we can only be happy that these 8 brilliant women who are changing our world for the better can show without hiding that their power is enormous.
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How incredible we women can be is proven by some representatives who changed the course of history with their actions. Here are some of the key women who are making the world go round.
On International Women's Day, a bronze statue of a girl was erected on Wall Street opposite the famous bronze bull statue. It is a symbolic high-profile warning about the power of women, which was put out by the financial company State Street Global Advisors. It was made by artist Kristen Visbal.
Yes, you read that right. Bono Vox, the driving force behind the Irish band U2, is the American women's magazine Glamor for 2016. Whatever your opinion of this vocalist and human rights activist, we can probably all agree that Bono is not a woman. But that didn't stop Glamor from announcing her as Woman of the Year, thus continuing the controversial selection for the title of "Woman of the Year", which last year went to Caitlyn Jenner, a transsexual who was a year before this man – Bruce Jenner, father of Kylie and Kendall Jenner.
Forbes magazine has published a fresh list of the hundred most influential women in the world. Also in 2015, for the fifth year in a row, and for the ninth time in total, German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out on top, and this time American politician Hillary Clinton came closest to her. The list of women with the most power includes as many as 15 billionaires, mostly representatives of show business such as Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé, while the youngest on the list is the 25-year-old American pop star Taylor Swift.
We know how to provide women with both titillating controversy and seductive attention, as well as courage and perseverance beyond limits through incredible achievements. Let's remember 20 of those whose actions in this year's 12 months sparked the most rumors.