24 Women Who Changed the World

In “24 Women Who Changed the World,” episode #227, Meredith Curtis celebrates woman’s history month with you this week. Let’s meet 24 women from the 20^th century who impacted the world in a lasting way. These women are unique pioneers, heroes, or leaders. Though this list of women is far from exhaustive, it gives a glimpse of how one life can change many. I hope it sparks an interest to discover even more of the amazing ladies from the last century that have truly made a difference.

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Show Notes

Let’s celebrate Women’s History Month! We’ll meet a scientist, nurses, missionaries, writers, national leaders, teachers, businesswomen, an astronaut, a nun, and a watchmaker.

Marie Curie – The couple that works together – radium, polonium.

Edith Cavell – A British nurse who save British soldiers.

Jeanette Rankin – first woman US representative.

Agatha Christie – introduced the world to mysteries.

Mary McLeod Bethune – Christian teacher/ president of Bethune-Cookman College.

Gladys Aylward – A parlormaid who became a superhero!

Corrie ten Boom – first woman watchmaker in Netherlands & rescuer of Jews.

Irena Sendler – rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.

Golda Meir – first woman Prime Minister of Israel.

Queen Elizabeth II – the longest-reigning British monarch

Rosa Parks – refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.

Elisabeth Eliot – chose to forgive and love the fierce Auca tribe in Ecuador.

Lillian Hochberg – first female-founded company to be publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange.

Lucille Ball – pioneer in comedy.

Mother Teresa – lived a life of chastity, poverty, obedience, and wholehearted service to the poorest of the poor.

Ruth Bell Graham – released her husband to travel.

Edith Schaeffer – hospitable homemaker & theologian.

Margaret Thatcher – conservative MP & PM in UK.

Sandra Day O’Connor – first woman associate justice on the Supreme Court.

Sally Ride – first American women in space.

Condoleezza Rice – first African American women to serve as National Security Advisor (2000) and Secretary of State (2004).

Ruth Beechick – homeschool mentor in the early years.

Darlene Zschech – worship leader and songwriter.

Laura Ingraham – author, radio host, editor, and political commentator.

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