5 Women Who Changed the World

Woman, who signifies love, beauty, sacrifice, tolerance etc in their lifetime, is not just meant for these significances as she is also adored for various other aspects that have brought a change in the world in some kind. Though there are several women who brought a change in the world, this list includes only few of them whose change left a good impact on the world, as mentioned on various websites. So, check out the list below.

1. Rosa Parks: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, who was an African-American woman, was called by U.S. Congress as the first lady of civil rights as she was a civil rights activist and also the mother of the freedom movement. She brought a change in the world where it was believed Black People are lower in status when compared with White people. It was on December 1st, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, where she made slight change in that belief when she refused to obey the order of the bus driver in which she was traveling after she was asked to leave her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after all the seats were filled up in the white section. After that incident, Rosa never turned back; she turned out to be an international icon of battle against racial isolation. She effectively campaigned to restrain the ethnic discrimination.

2. Mother Teresa: Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa, though she doesnt have her own children she is considered to be the proud mother in India for her service to the Indian society. She was an independent nun and she has opened a congregation called Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. When she was alive she shared her life with the orphans, poor and sick people. As she said, by birth she was an Albanian, by citizenship she was an Indian and by faith she was a Catholic nun. For her vital service to the society, she was awarded by the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1979.

3. Helen Keller: Most of you would have heard this name in your college days or at least in your college days especially if you are a graduate in Bachelor of Arts Degree. Helen Keller is considered to be the first Deafblind person to earn a degree in the Arts field. As she was deafblind, she started developing new symbols to communicate her thought process with others. Later, with the help of her speech classed, Helen started developing the speaking skills and after she developed that skill, she started giving lectures that were heard widely. She was a great supporter of the people with disabilities till she lived.

4. Florence Nightingale: Though she was born and brought up in a rich family as the daughter of a wealthy property owner, she set aside all the comforts of living a luxurious life by opting to serve as a nurse against her familys wish. Her active service as a nurse led to major enhancement in the healthcare sector as she introduced compassionate and systematic ways to treat people who got hurt during war times. She was considered as the founder of modern nursing after she came to prominence while she was serving as a nurse during the Crimean War.

5. Marie Curie: Marie Curie was a French-Polish physicist and chemist, who became famous for her radical research on radioactivity. She is also famous for being the first woman to win prestigious Nobel Prize and also for winning it for two different fields. She not only researched on radioactivity, as she also researched on polonium and radium. Under the guidance of Marie Curie, treatment of cancer using radioactive isotopes was initiated.