299 Women Who Shaped World History

Martha Stewart

Born: August 3, 1941, Jersey City, New Jersey Stewart is an American entrepreneur and domestic lifestyle innovator who built a catering business into an international media and home furnishing corporation, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.Raised in Nutley, New Jersey, Stewart grew up in a Polish American household where the traditional arts of cooking, sewing, canning […]

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Song Qingling

Born: January 27, 1893, Shanghai, ChinaDied: May 29, 1981, Beijing Song Qingling was the second wife of the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan). She became an influential political figure in China after her husband’s death.A member of the prominent Soong family, Song Qingling was educated in the United States. She married Sun Yat-sen,

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Mary Robinson

Born: May 21, 1944, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland Mary Robinson is an Irish lawyer and politician, president of Ireland (1990-1997). The first woman to serve as Irish president, Robinson worked to transform the largely ceremonial office into a platform from which to campaign for peace, social reforms, and environmental causes.She was born Mary Bourke in

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Janet Reno

Born: July 21, 1938, Miami, Florida, U.S. Janet Reno was the United States attorney general (1993-2001), the first woman to hold the position. She was born in Miami, Florida, and educated at Cornell University and Harvard Law School. After graduating from Harvard in 1963, she practised law in Miami with several firms. She became staff

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Pocahontas

Born: c. 1596, near present-day Jamestown, Virginia, U.S.Died: March 1617, Gravesend, Kent, EnglandPocahontas was the daughter of the Native American chief Powhatan. She was born in Virginia. Her real name was Matoaka; the name Pocahontas means “playful one”. According to a legend, in 1608 Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith by holding his

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Frances Perkins

Born: April 10, 1882, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Died: May 14, 1965, New York Frances Perkins was an American social reformer, who became the first female member of the Cabinet when United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt named her secretary of labour in 1933.Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at Mount Holyoke College, the University

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