March 8: Learn about 7 women who have contributed to changing the world

International Women's Day 8/3 is coming, let us review the information and images of the 7 women with great contribution to change the history of the world.

1. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe - Writer and pro-activist

Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 - July 1896) is a European American writer. Throughout her life, she actively supported abolitionism. In 1852, writer Beecher Stowe created the work Uncle Tom's Cabin to attack the brutality of slavery.

"Uncle Tom's cabin" is the best-selling novel in the 19th century and is also the second best-selling book after the Bible in the 20th century.

In the presence of the writer Beecher Stowe, US President Abraham Lincoln had to say "So she is the little woman who wrote the book that caused this great war".

2. Emmeline Pankhurst (July 15, 1858 - June 14, 1928) - Leader of the movement to help women win voting rights.

Mrs. Pankhurst (middle) and daughter Christabel Harriette (third from left) were welcomed by supporters after being freed in 1908

Emmeline Pankhurst is an English political activist. She is the founder of the Women's Union of Politics and Women - an organization known for extreme forms of demonstrations such as limbs or hunger strikes.

"We are here, not to break the law, but we are here to try to become lawmakers," Ms Pankhurst said in a 1908 trial.

But sadly, Mrs. Pankhurst has never witnessed her dream come true because she died three weeks before the law allowed women to vote as men passed.

In 1999, Time newspaper honored Mrs. Pankhurst as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century.

3. Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 - March 3, 1945) - Author of the most widely read diary in the world

Portrait of author Anne Frank diary.

Anne Frank is a German Jewish girl, author of the famous diary Anne Frank . The diary was written when Anne and her family and four others were hiding in the attic at house No. 263 on Prinsengracht Street, Amsterdam when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands during World War II.

The diary is a line of sharing with pure emotions, hope, and expressing the optimistic spirit of little girl Anna, even though at the time, she was faced with the fear of those bombs and death cover.

Anne Frank's Diary is one of the most widely read books in the world. So far, the diary has been translated into 67 languages ​​and made into movies and plays.

In 1945, Anna was killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, just weeks before the area was liberated.

4. Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986) - French writer and philosopher

Mrs. Simone de Beauvoir.

Simone de Beauvoir is famous for "The Second Sex" (composed in 1949) - an analysis of oppression of women and gender equality. In 1975, she was awarded the Jerusalem Prize and the Austrian National Prize for European Literature in 1978.

5. Rosalind Franklin (July 25, 1920 - April 16, 1958) - Scientist makes an important contribution to understanding the molecular structure of DNA.

Ms. Rosalind Elsie Franklin.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin is a biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer making important contributions to understanding the molecular structure of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Her DNA research has achieved great results because DNA plays an important role in the cell's metabolism and in genetics, the discovery of its structure has helped her and her colleagues understand. clearly how genetic information is passed down from parents to children.

After completing DNA research, Franklin pioneered research on mosaic plant virus and polio virus. She died in 1958 at the age of 37 due to ovarian cancer.

6. Billie Jean King (born November 22, 1943) - World tennis legend

Mrs. Billie Jean King.

Billie Jean King is one of the most famous female athletes in the history of world sports. She is honored as a legend in the world women's tennis village and her stories seem to have become history.

In her athletic career, she was mentioned more by winning the male athlete Bobby Riggs in the famous match in the history of world tennis as The battle of the Sexes in 1973 before Keep track of 50 million viewers on television.

In the 1970s, she founded and chaired the Women's Tennis Association, an organization for women who want to play tennis and help them become professional athletes and earners. imported from this sport. In addition, she also contributed greatly to gaining equal rights for female athletes asking organizations to pay a balanced bonus between men and women athletes.

7. Wangari Maathai (April 1, 1940 - September 25, 2011) - The founder of the Green Belt Movement

Ms. Wangari Maathai.

"When we plant trees, we are cultivating hope and peace" , which is the famous saying of Ms. Wangari Maathai when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

Ms. Wangari Maathai is an environmentalist and Kenyan political activist. In 1977, she founded the Green Belt Movement for the purpose of environmental protection. Maathai's organization has planted 40 million trees across the continent.

On September 25, 2011, Ms. Maathai died at a hospital in the Nairobi capital of Kenya after a long struggle with cancer. The departure of Ms. Maathai touched many people because she devoted her life to the cause of environmental protection.