International Women's Day
Mar. 8th, 2009 03:39 pmToday apparently is International Women's Day (isn't it nice they give us one day out of the year? *sarcasm*) so in honor of the day I'm posting About.com's Top 100 Women of History.
( Top 100 Women of Histroy )
The title is somewhat misleading as the list merely reflects a woman's web popularity, how often she was searched for. There are several names I'd remove and replace with women who truly made an impact in society that still reverberates today. I'd substitute some of the following for those I starred (and, of course, this is a Western history dominated list - I'm sure there are many more women from other parts of the globe who should've been included):
Artemisia Gentileschi
Hildegard von Bingen
Babe Didrikson Zacharias
Victoria Woodhull
Ada Lovelace
Jane Jacobs
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Mary Pickford
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
Sandra Day O'Connor
Wu Zhetian
Simone de Beavoir
Nawal el-Saadawi
Dian Fossey
Emma Goldman
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Barbara McClintock
Jane Adams
Jane Jacobs
Christine de Pizan
Gertrude Bell
Mary Wollstonecraft
Grace Hopper
Who would you have liked to see on the list? Who would you like to see off the list?
( Top 100 Women of Histroy )
The title is somewhat misleading as the list merely reflects a woman's web popularity, how often she was searched for. There are several names I'd remove and replace with women who truly made an impact in society that still reverberates today. I'd substitute some of the following for those I starred (and, of course, this is a Western history dominated list - I'm sure there are many more women from other parts of the globe who should've been included):
Artemisia Gentileschi
Hildegard von Bingen
Babe Didrikson Zacharias
Victoria Woodhull
Ada Lovelace
Jane Jacobs
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Mary Pickford
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
Sandra Day O'Connor
Wu Zhetian
Simone de Beavoir
Nawal el-Saadawi
Dian Fossey
Emma Goldman
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Barbara McClintock
Jane Adams
Jane Jacobs
Christine de Pizan
Gertrude Bell
Mary Wollstonecraft
Grace Hopper
Who would you have liked to see on the list? Who would you like to see off the list?