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Women Who Changed History

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It takes courage and strength to break traditions that men have set in stone and to overcome stereotypical labels.

Women Who Broke Traditions

Listed below are some examples of women that broke traditional barriers that were normally reserved for men. They helped shape the future for women that served in great capacities.

 Sappho

 Hildegard of Bingen

 Eleanor of Aquitaine

 Mirabai

 Catherine the Great

 Michelle Howard

Women that Shaped Freedom

 Joan of Arc

 Harriet Beecher Stowe

 Elizabeth Cady Stanton

 Florence Nightingale

 Helen Keller

 Eleanor Roosevelt

 Mother Teresa

 Margaret Thatcher

 Odette Sanson

Behind Every Great Woman is a Great Family