The month of March celebrates the contributions women have made throughout history in science, politics, the environment, sports, the arts, and many other fields. While certain figured are often associated with Women's History Month, there are countless women, who have earned their place at the table!
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education advocate, who at the age of seventeen, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. Yousafzai became an advocate for girls' education at a very young age, which resulted in this attack on her livelihood. Surviving the incident, however, only made Yousafzai more adamant about speaking out on the importance of education. In 2013, she gave a speech to the United Nations and published her first book, I Am Malala.
In 1960, Jane Goodall set out to Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. She immersed herself in their lives, bypassing more rigid procedures to make discoveries about primate behavior that have continued to shape scientific discourse. A highly respected member of the world scientific community, she advocates for ecological preservation through the Jane Goodall Institute. Before the pandemic, Goodall continued to devote all of her time to animal advocacy, traveling over 300 days a year to speak on such subjects.
Known for her books, like Women, Race & Class, Angela Davis is a professor and activist, who advocates gender equity, prison reform, and alliances across color lines. She first learned of racial prejudice from her experiences with discrimination growing up in Alabama and went on to earn degrees at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and the University of California. Today, she continues to lecture at many prestigious universities, discussing issues regarding race, the criminal justice system, and women's rights.
Although many might not consider a Gen-Zer, like Greta Thurnberg, to be a “grown-up,” her actions have proven her to be strong, mature, and a force to be reckoned with, even as an eighteen-year-old. Thunberg is a Swedish activist, who sparked an international movement to fight climate change. Her actions have influenced millions all over the world to protest climate injustice. Thunberg was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and became the youngest individual ever to be honored as Time's Person of the Year.
Laverne Cox made history when she became the first openly transgender person in history to receive an Emmy nomination. Cox stepped into the limelight in a major way with her role on the Netflix series, Orange Is the New Black. Since coming to prominence in the public eye, Cox has continued to be an advocate for trans and LGBT rights, while appearing in additional screen projects, such as The Mindy Project, Doubt, and Grandma, as well as the reality show, TRANSform Me.
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