Tove Jansson is the Moomin’s creator.
The young Afghan Sonita Alizadeh escapes forced marriage thanks to rap music and stands against Taliban’s dictatorship. With her fierce lyrics, she fights to change women’s lives in her country.
Nzinga became Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (actual Angola) in the 17th century to fight against Portuguese colonization and protect her people against the rise of slave trade.
Nellie Bly, first female investigative journalist, leaves her mark on press history with her committed and enraged articles.
Mae Jemison decided that being a Black woman isn’t going to be an obstacle to fulfill her dreams. She is the first Black woman sent to space. And the first female astronaut to play in ‘Star Trek’.
Mirabal, Patria, Minerva and Maria-Teresa are sisters, heroines and martyrs of the fight against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, who ruled over Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1960. “Las Mariposas” is their code name amongst their opposition group to the regime
Giorgina Reid likes to understand how things work. This is how, once retired and armed with determination, common sense, and a terrace platform technique of her own, she saves a lighthouse condemned by erosion.
An American housewife gifted for Victorian miniatures, Frances Glessner Lee revolutionises forensic medicine and scientific police, particularly with her crime scenes miniatures of a formidable precision.
Annette Kellerman, swimming champion and feminist, asserts women’s rights to have control over their bodies by inventing the one-piece swimsuit, while being an advocate of sport and its benefits.
As a young Greek woman, Agnodice defies the authorities, and even death, to become a gynecologist and allow women in Antiquity to give birth without risking their lives.
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