Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Top 10 Most Influential Women of All Time

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Yes, the history and the legends are covered by some of the most influential women. The remarkable history of those women proclaims them to be the most powerful and the most significant personalities in the history. There can be a list of hundreds or even thousands of women who've changed the world and the contemporary status quo, but we are listing top 10 most famous and influential women in the recorded history. It is almost impossible to determine the most qualified candidate for the most famous woman in the world, but we've prepared the random list of 10 really influential, revolutionary, courageous and popular women personalities of all time. This is not for sure an official list of Top 10 Most Influential Women of All Time.



10. Rosa Parks

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Rosa Louise McCauley was an African-American civil rights activist. Acknowledging her movements and contributions, The US Congress called her The First Lady of Civil Rights and The Mother of the Freedom Movement. She is best known for her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. She received many honors including Presidential Medal of Freedom. She is considered one of most influential woman in the world.  

9. Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc also nicknamed as The Maid of Orleans. She is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She grew up a farm girl during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. When she led French forces in a number of successful attacks against the British, she was only 16. She had to wear the clothes of men and cut her hair short to not be seen as a sexual object. She was so able to inspire an army of men twice her age to follow her. As she helped to restore the King of France, Joan was burned at the stake.

8. Emily Dickinson

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet. Emily wrote hundreds of poems. Most popular among her poems are 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death', 'I Am Nobody! Who Are You?', 'Heart, We Will Forget Him!' and 'Wild Nights! Wild Nights!' Interestingly, Emily wasn't recognized that much till her sister discovered her cache of poems after she is dead.

7. Princess Diana

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Diana, Princess of Wales captured the hearts around the world with her fairytale romance, charity works, her marital struggles, and then her untimely death. She was best known for her charisma, beauty, high profile charity work, and amazing fashion sense. She became a worldwide celebrity after her marriage to Prince Charles. She was often called the most photographed person in the world during her lifetime.


6. Mother Teresa

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I think, you have probably never heard the name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, but I don’t think anyone is unfamiliar with the name Mother Teresa. Interestingly, both names refer to the same person. The entire world recognizes Mother Teresa as a synonym to charity and goodness. Actually she was born in Macedonia but was sent to India as a missionary. In 1950, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta to help the sick and poor populations of India. She devoted herself to caring for sick and poor people of different countries for over 45 years. She won Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

5. Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey is a talk show host and is also one of America's most successful business people. She is best known for multi-award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show which was the highest rated program of its kind in the history. Her show was syndicated nationally from 1986 to 2011. Oprah is the only black billionaire from North America currently and she is also considered as one of the most influential woman in the world. She is also one of the renowned philanthropists in America. 


4. Anne Frank

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Anne Marie Frank was the most discussed Jewish victim of the Holocaust. She was a young Jewish girl in Netherlands. She is known for her diary she kept during the time she and her family were hiding from the Nazis. Sadly though, Anne did not survive her time in a concentration camp but her diary has already become one the most widely read books of the world. Her diary has been the basis for several plays and movies.

3. Cleopatra  

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Cleopatra is known to be the last Pharaoh of Egypt. During the battle with Rome, she chose to sacrifice herself rather than captivity. Historians are still wondering about the extent of her beauty. She was a woman of surpassing beauty and also possessed the most charming voice and the knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone. It's said that Mark Antony forgot that he had a wife at home and married Cleopatra.

2. Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe who was baptized Norma Jean Baker was an actress. She became a model, singer, American actress, has been cited as cultural icon and an eminent sex symbol. She starred a number of commercially successful movies during 1950s and early 1960s. She was ranked as the sixth Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film Institute in 1999.

1. Madonna

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Madonna Louise Ciccone is much acclaimed and controversial personality. She is an American singer and songwriter, author, director, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Madonna has lived deliberately outrageous public life. Madonna has also spoken out on how she relates family and private life to her public image. She is considered one of the most successful actresses, singers, and self-made women.

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