Which ladies would you include on your own Top 10 list of amazing women of history? Let me know below and check out my PATREON site for extra perks at www.patreon.com/historycalling
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before she was on the Supreme Court, she successfully argued a number of cases before the same (at that time, 100% male) court which ended in the voiding of numerous sexist laws in the US. The fact that we have equal family rights on the basis of sex in the US is down largely to her. Also, Marsha P. Johnson, who quite literally started the Stonewall Riots.
Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth I, Joan Of Arc, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Barret Browning, and the grandest tv chef of them all, alive or dead, Julia Child.
She would definitely be on my list, but I wouldn’t bother to mention the father who abandoned her when she was a baby. He should be given no credit for the woman she became.
@@edithengel2284 Well I would imagine she would be interested in the father who abandoned her at four-weeks-old, most children who are abandoned try to understand why. He still deserves no credit for the person she became.
I am enjoying your channel so, so much. I only found it yesterday and am trying to watch all the videos now as I recover from surgery. I don’t know why exactly but this video made me get teary eyed and choked up. Women really are amazing! Thank you for your channel 💖
Hi, I'm so glad the videos are helping you at what must be a very difficult time, especially as you're in hospital during the pandemic. I hope you get well soon.
Ettie Rout, In July 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign, Ettie Rout (1877-1936) set up the New Zealand Volunteer Sisterhood and invited women between the ages of 30 and 50 to go to Egypt to care for New Zealand soldiers. In spite of government opposition, she sent the first batch of 12 volunteers to Cairo that October. The suffroget Ladies were amazingly brave, Emmerline❤️
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Hedy Lamarr - Harriet Tubman - Helen Keller - Eleanor Roosevelt - Irena Sandler - Ida Tarbell - Josephine Baker - Grace Hopper - Elizabeth Blackwell.
@@nomadpurple6154 - Not merely western centric, America-centric. That is why I disagree (sorry!) with History Calling's choice of no.1. Though an undeniably historic figure, Rose Parks' influence and action impact is mostly limited to the US. In Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1946, Viola Desmond refused to leave the whites-only area of a cinema and helped start the civil rights movement there. I feel many of the women listed before Parks (Curie, Malala, Anne Frank, Thatcher, Nightingale, etc.), are more deserving of the first rank as their accomplishments and influence were not limited to one country but radiated worldwide. Also, I'm sorry Jane Austen was not included in the list. She paved the way for female writers and her works are enduring and still widely read today.
@@realise6 Harriet Tubman should be on the any list. Not only did she escape slavery and free hundreds of people; she was also a spy and lead many of those she freed into battle in the American Civil War.
I''m in the process of catching up with all your videos and don't usually comment on the older ones, but feel that Ruth Bader Ginsberg deserves to be on this list. She pioneered equal rights for women with her legal work and was a voice of liberal reason on the Supreme Court of the US until her death.
Nellie Bly, amazing journalist for so many reasons, she started investigating journalist, actually staying in two insane asylums to report on the conditions, which were deplorable. This caused a public outcry, and the reform of the conditions practiced. She wrote about so many important issues that I don't have the space to continue. Fascinating woman. Please look her up!
I have a soft spot for woman who rise to power in a "man's world". Cleopatra, Diana Princess of Wales, Anne Boleyn, Anne Frank, Florence Nightingale, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Sacagawea, Elizabeth the 1st.
A very good list indeed! Grace Hopper is definitely one of my heroes (having a math degree and being a computer analyst for 35 years). I will have to think a while to come up with a few more for your list though - there are many great candidates.
Great Job! I have one addition .. for my personal list: My Mom. I can only see the world through my eyes. And in my, eyes, Mom was ... and still is ... a Big Deal. R.I.P. ❤
Absolutely. Everyone should be lucky enough to have a Mum that they can put on their personal lists and I'm glad that you did (I do too!). I'm sorry to read that she's passed away now, but I'm sure you have many wonderful memories.
Personal top ten - Rosa Parks, Mary Wollstonecroft, Emeline Pankhurst, Grace Hopper, Florence Nightingale, Katherine Johnson, Ada Lovelace, Irena Sendler, Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman.
I agree with you about Katherine Johnson. Sally Ride, Mae Jemmison, and Crista McCaulliffe are worth mentions in my opinion if we are talking about breaking ceilings.
I think thean Queen Nazinga definatly shoud have a spot on this list. She was able to protect her Kindom from the Portogues, with War and Pece. She Is considered the mother of Angola and thanks to her woman in Angola are very Free and Also a very big part of the govern with a 36% over other Nations with a 10%/20%
I'm not familiar with her, but she sounds fantastic from what you say. Definitely deserving of a place on lists like these. Thanks for watching and sharing.
@@HistoryCalling Lindsay Holyday made video about her. Give her a loock, She Is realy good. She has a series about the greatest Queens in history and Many other interesting topics.
Good One! This is the problem with lists like this. You an only go with people you know, so there is a tendency to go through the same suspects, deserving or not, whilst people like Queen Nazinga get totally overlooked.
@@HistoryCalling you’re quite welcome 🫶🏼 Also, might you be able to tell me why medieval royals were depicted as standing on top of animals?? I have googled it but can’t find an answer. Thanks again! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I can’t restrict it to ten, nor can I put them in order, but here’s my top 20 in no particular order other than alphabetically… Ada Lovelace Boudicca Cleopatra Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor Rathbone Emmeline Pankhurst Hypatia Josephine Butler Laura Bassi Marie Curie Mary Seacole Mary Wollstonecraft Maryam Mirzakhani Maya Angelou Queen Elizabeth I Sarah Breedlove Sarojini Naidu Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sojourner Truth Wangari Maathai
New sub here. I agree with Princess Diana and Rosa Park, Anne Frank…may I add Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Dolly Parton, Betty Ford, Queen Elizabeth 1, Shirley Temple Black and Marilyn Monroe. Thank you. 😁
It’s definitely important to keep learning! Lovely list-I was especially happy to see Rosa Parks and Grace Hopper Trying to think of who else in history I’d add and even though she’s not world famous the main people that come to mind are my mom and her mom; they led fascinating lives and are what’s known in the family as “pioneer women” ☺️ They were the ones that taught me anything was possible 😁
Wow. That would have been an incredibly hard list to put together. Everyone will, of course, have their own opinions but the work you must have put into it blows me away. Kudos. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was tricky deciding who to put in and who not to and what criteria to use. I seriously debated Catherine the Great for instance and then decided I'd quite like to do a full video on her that I didn't want to undercut by having her here. Condensing people's lives down to about 90 seconds is tough too. Thanks for watching and commenting.
there are so many more women who could be added to this list, Sacagawea, Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelly, to name but a few, you could go on for hours, I agree mostly with your list, but my order would be different.
I totally agree. Lists like this are really only ever a starting point for a conversation. There's definitely no way of creating a definitive list, but I kind of like that there are too many great women to choose from :-) Thanks for watching and commenting.
I would add Ruth Bader-Ginsberg for the amazing work she did on the Supreme Court of the US. She was an advocate for the rights of women, minorities…. and was active in the court until a few days before her death. Lucille Ball for her work as a producer in Hollywood and the first woman to head a major television studio. Still alive and kicking a**, Betty White who also produced radio and television at a time when women didn’t do such things. She has done a tremendous amount of work in animal rights and welfare. She is an admirable old broad (who supposedly has the mouth of a sailor) and will be 100 in 2022. She has continued to work and provided a voice for Toy Story 4 in 2019.
Seeing this 3 years after you made it I’m wondering if you have changed your opinion on your list of women still alive? I like your list of dead and would add many more to it! But completely understand you are limited by time restraints!! Overall I just want to thank you for all your hard work in making all the videos you have done over the years! 😊
As history buffs, scientists and museum junkies we DID go to the National Museum on our visit to London and can highly recommend it. We have no idea what the restaurant is like as we never sought it out being too engrossed in the exhibits.
I'd include Ada Lovelace who was the first programmer and who guided Charles Babbage as to the possibilities a computer offered. I think Boudica should also be on the list. I'd omit several people who accomplished nothing but only complained including Parks, Parkhurst, and especially Thunberg.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your choices! I would share mine but won't bother when I see some of the replies to your video 😂 the current times curse of "how dare you have choices that differ from mine, I'm offended, whaaaaaah".
I actually debated her too! :-) I think if it had been a top 20 or even a top 15 list, she'd have been on it. I had to get quite ruthless about editing it down to 10.
In recent times, more information about Mother Teresa has emerged. She often withheld pain medication from the really sick Indian patients, believing their suffering would bring them closer to God. Often, she refused to feed or give medication to her Indian patients unless they openly converted to Christianity. She received millions of dollars for funding, but the hospitals she ran in Kolkata were filled with absolute filth and squalor, conditions that would have made physicians and nurses from the early twentieth century cringe as well. Yes, she may have been a dedicated Christian, but she harmed the lives of many Bengali Indians.
@@marshavilkas3512 It should also be noted that whilst she believed that suffering of others in these hospitals was "good", she herself used the charity money to go to the top hospitals in other countries such as USA, avoiding similar suffering.
I’m amazed that you left out Joan D’Arc and Billie Jean King ! and quite frankly I think Elizabeth would have a better claim on the top 10 then her mother Anne
1. Boudicea Victoria warrior queen of the Iceni who lived in what is now East Anglia, England. She raised an army of 70,000 and fought large battles against the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a heroine for justice and independence. It should be noted that the Roman's flogged her and raped her daughters. Boudicea led her army into battle in revolt against the Romans, they destroyed Camulodunum (modern Colchester), earlier the capital of the Trinovantes, but at the time a colony of Rome. This action had almost dire effect as it caused Nero to consider withdrawing all of Rome from Britain. Unfortunately, the Emperor's General Suetonius regrouped his forces and although outnumbered, managed to defeat Boudicea's army. Boudicea died shortly after, either committing suicide or from illness. 2. Ann Frank, opened my eyes to the evil of the Nazi's when I was a young girl and read her diary, as she did for others. 3. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace 2002. British primatologist and anthropologist, she has spent 55 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, she is considered to be the world’s leading expert on them. 4. Miep Gies - Anne Frank didn’t hide herself. Hermine “Miep” Santruschitz Gies is the woman who helped protect her and her family from the Nazis for over two years during World War II. She is also the woman responsible for saving Anne’s diary after the Franks were arrested. She remained absolutely loyal to those she helped protect, in the Annex and was there to greet Mr Frank after the war, and to give him the diary. 5. Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer, philosopher and women’s rights activist, Wollstonecraft is best known for her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In it, she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men and should be treated as rational beings - an opinion that reached far ahead of her time. 6. Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa was one of the 20th century’s greatest humanitarians. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women that helped the poor, and was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016. 7. Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc), Patron Saint of France honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Stating that she was acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. Burned at the Stake at age 19, 30 May 1431. There are so many actually that could be listed, names like 'Hypatia' of Alexandria, Greek Scientist whose inventions we still use; Vannozza dei Cattanei, she bore 4 children to the Pope Alexander VI Borgia, who officially recognized them; Cleopatra of Egypt; Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch of Britain; Ann Boleyn, whose marriage to King Henry VIII changed the spiritual state of England amongst other things; Diana, Princess of Wales; Jane Austen, whose writings defined an entire literary genre; Catherine the Great, Russia; Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize winner; Edith Cowan (Australia), women's rights activist and the list goes on modern and historical. Great women of history who changed their worlds are everywhere, there are more than you might think.
*_MARIE ANTOINETTE_* should have made the list. Far to much public falsities surround her name. She helped educate the poor, set up a kitchen to help feed the needy and more. It seems most historians, male and female, do not do enough research on her for all the good she did for the common people.
I was so excited to see your channel, I subscribed immediately. I started with the first video, and as I worked my way through it occurred to me politics was showing up a little bit occasionally but just enough to tell the histories as you researched them. I have changed my mind after watching this particular episode. How in the world can someone that ran for president and dropped out before the very first primary vote be considered earthshakingly fantastic? I fully expect the political machine will back her in running again, so rather than running a first time it will be a second time. What wonderfully marvelous actions has she taken to be considered for your list? My question isn’t about who she is but what has she done to earn glory, praise and your honest good opinion of her? A serious question.
Emmeline Pankhurst didn't make my votes possible. Being a Finn, we had women voting several years before United Kingdom, and women were allowed to run for office at the same time as the right to vote came along. Also, as someone who loves literature, I'd throw in Brontë sisters who managed to publish masterpieces even though they at first had to use male pseudonyms.
Elisabeth I of Castile. While all male kings in Europe didn’t trust in Columbus, the queen trusted on him and gave the money to make it possible the arrival of Europeans to America. This event deeply changed the World for ever. Globalization started with the Spanish Empire which came some years later after her death but thanks to her. She was able to rule in Castile (the most powerful country of Europe in xv century), on her own besides all the powerful men’s conspiracies she had to fight against. She controlled the nobility under the crown for the very first time in Europe and settled the bases of European modern absolute monarchies which were copied all around Europe. For the very first time a king (a queen in fact) obtained from the Pope the right to designate the church’s most important positions in a Christian country, so she also controlled the Church under her crown for her own interests. Therefore her power was immense. She fired the jews from Castile which increased her wealth but her decision had very sad consequences for Spain in the coming centuries and it also influenced the rest of Europe, North Africa an Turkey’s histories for ever. She conquered Granada, the last spot of Islam in Europe, and gained the admiration of Christianity all around Europe.
Yes, I think she was. I think it's worth noting though that charitable work was expected of royal consorts, although that isn't to say that she wasn't personally invested in it as well. I'm always interested to hear other people's takes on lists like these - who they would include and in what order - so thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I hope you enjoyed the video :-)
@@HistoryCalling Part of Anne's downfall was due to her having a disagreement with Thomas Cromwell, over some of the spoils from the monestries, Anne wanted do something charitable with them, something to help the poor, and Cromwell did not agree, from that time they became enemies. This three part documentary tells the story, enjoy ruclips.net/video/N0aI6QWV97s/видео.html
What about Mother Theresa? She dedicated her entire life to helping the people in India who no one would touch or even acknowledge. She brought world attention to the plight of the poor in India AND brought help and attention to the leoparcy epidemic there. She should make the list.
I agree, she was incredible and she very nearly did make the list. It was so hard to choose from all these amazing women. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
In recent times, more information about Mother Teresa has emerged. She often withheld pain medication from the really sick Indian patients, believing their suffering would bring them closer to God. Often, she refused to feed or give medication to her Indian patients unless they openly converted to Christianity. She received millions of dollars for funding, but the hospitals she ran in Kolkata were filled with absolute filth and squalor, conditions that would have made physicians and nurses from the early twentieth century cringe as well. Yes, she may have been a dedicated Christian, but she harmed the lives of many Bengali Indians.
A religious zealot who witheld contraception from women. Relished her own fame. Who advocated suffering of others in her hospitals whilst flying to the US for her own treatment. Clearly not a good person
@@marshavilkas3512 I've learned this information recently. It really makes me feel sick. I don't doubt her intentions to care for the poor, but I guess she believed that suffering was sacred. That bothers me so much!! I'm a chronicpain patient and have been for 17 years. Although the US is eliminating pain medication usage by chronic pain patients. They're doing cancer surgeries with Tylenol as the post surgery pain meds. They're denying them to dying patients and the ramifications are causing a massive increase in suicides for disabled and veterans. Sorry for the tangent. It really makes me angry that Mother Theresa denied the sick any real relief. She was always one of my heroes, but now I'm really questioning her motives 😤
We are all entitled to our opinions, But there are at least 4 people on your list who would be on my list of most over rated/harmful women in history. My list would probably be Boudica, Mary Macarthur, Hildegarde of Bingen, Grainne O Malley, Mary Seacole, Artemisia Gentischile, Sophie Scholl, Diane Fossey, Berthe Fraser, Jane Goodall, (not dead yet!) But no, it isn't easy! I wanted to include Marie Stopes for her work on birth control, but the truth is she was pretty odious. Like some of your lot! Lol I have deliberately tried to pick people not on the Most Hyped list, as you have included some of them on yours already. Women who went where no women had gone before and took men on on their terms. . Lol That is the common link between my lot.
@@Mizri1 Luck or was it that she had the wisdom to choose good advisors? 🧐 Every historian agrees that Elizabeth’s intelligence was FIERCE and that is what I believe is the main reason she had such a successful reign. She ruled with her head rather than her heart (in most cases).
I'm not religious, I do not believe in the existence of any God. However I do believe history has done a great injustice to the woman who gave birth to and raised the one man who influenced our world far more than any other. Mary is worshipped and idolized as the mythical mother in a heaven. However she has never been given the recognition due her as a mortal real life parent. What an amazing woman she must have been. A mother who raised and nurtured the most dynamic human being the world has ever know. Where is that credit so well deserved for raising the child Jesus.
I understand why you included Margaret Thatcher but I lived through the turmoil and destruction she wrought and for that reason I think she made the world a poorer more selfish place
personally feel a couple of your choices were 2 of the worst things to ever happen to the UK but each to their own I guess I'd like to see a place here for Marie Stopes, Hildegarde von Bingen, Mary Anning, Jane Goodall, Jane Austen, Mary Seacole, Queen Elizabeth II, Rosalind Franklin, Wilma Rudolph and Valentina Tereshkova
Elizabeth I and I. Elsinore of Aquitaine Kamala Harris isn’t great because she’s half black and indian, nor is she wildly admired for her accomplishments. Diana was sadly cut down in her prime, not getting the chance to grow into her womanhood. I loved her but also felt sorry for her man trials and personal failings. I’d put Kate above her in strength and grace.
The list is kind of biased towards the English-speaking world. I mean, among ten “most amazing women in history” more than a half just happened to be from GB and US?
I disagree with your mention of Kamala Harris, not because I dislike her (I don't) but because I don't feel she got to the position she is by relentless, hard work against all odds. If anything, I suspect (and don't quote me on this as I am not an expert on US politics by any means) that the odds were actually much in her favour as having a female running mate who was also a POC was a great asset to the very white, old, male Biden in order to attract the vote of young POC. Whilst I'm sure she has done a good enough job thus far, her accomplishments are nowhere near the level of the other two "to be listed in the future" ladies you named, who definitely do fit the "hard work against all odds" criteria as far as I'm concerned.
Very interesting list. Obviously everyone has their own opinion, but - Greta Thunberg!! Seriously? The obnoxious teen manipulated by her parents to sound off about a subject on which she knows nothing?? Kamala Harris?? 😱 (OMG, I’m gasping for air, here). And I don’t think Anne Boleyn deserves to be on the list, either. What did she ever do except look after her own interests?
The list is for influence on the world. Both Greta and Kamala have done and are continuing to do so. It doesn't require anyone to agree with their type of influence. Both of the ladies you mentioned are not on the List as they are still living which allows their influence to continue.
I really think that you should do more research on Kamala Harris. Those of us that live in the United States have a very different option of what she has done for our government
With respect, too many of your picks have no relevance and little impact outside of their immediate time and place. Pretty Brit- centric. Diana? She made some people feel good and made a stir, but she achieved very little and had no significant impact on the lives and activities and thinking even of people in our time. Especially outsidd of the U.K. Anne Frank? I get that she's a face of the Holocaust, but so were many others. She changed little to nothing. Lots of writers make a splash and gain some attention in a certain place or time, but that doesn't mean they have any particular impact on world history. Margaret Thatcher is more in the right vein, as a Prime Minister, but I'm not even sure how much future generations will be impacted by her outside of her specific Cold War time and context. Grace Hopper? Lots of women have made scientific contributions, but I'm not seeing how comparatively hers will have impact on the level of Marie Curie? And Pankhurst? She's not known outside of the U.K. and I don't see how she
deserves a nod any more than her fellows like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Who knows who Mary Woolstencraft is except English majors, much less has read any of her work? And Malalia and Greta and Harris? Their names probably won't be recognized in thirty years. No, if I had to pick women of influence, I'd say women like Mary, mother of Jesus, Elanor of Aquitaine, Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Anne Boleyn, Margaret Sanger (however much I detest a lot of her ideas and methods), Queen Victoria, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Queen Isabella of Castille, maybe Catherine the Great. Some runners-up might include Helen Keller, Mother Theresa, Elizabeth Blackwell, Clara Barton, Queen Elizabeth 1, Margaret de Beaufort, and others. Too many others are transitory and don't ultimately transcend their time and context.
Just because Grace Hopper is not famous doesn't mean she didn't have a huge influence on the world. You obviously use the internet and digital devices. Without her work and leadership on creating the first universally used, and as mentioned, still in use computer programming language over 60 years later, there wouldn't be any of those things. As for Princess Diana, her legacy had a big influence and it will continue to do so. Just ask her sons how much and watch their futures. How much of her work for charities and standing up for a better world outside of the UK even though it was not popular is and continues in William and Harry?
@@cindyfrye3026 Again, you are a prisoner of your time and context. And, to be frank, it looks to me like when it comes to science? Once people get to a certain point? If one person hadn't gotten there, someone else would have soon enough. Heck, I'm not sure even Marie Curie should be in the top 10. She did some amazing innovation and pioneered, but changing the course of human history? Affecting the way we all live? It's a pretty high bar to clear to get into that crowd.
@@stephaniechristensen5551 Are you Calvin's? "someone else would have" written a computer programming language used on such a scale and reliability that it is still in use after so many decades and has not yet begun to be obsolete. There is no concept of reality to the reply you sent. I can see we won't agree and I am done attempting to make the point. According to language log "If someone prefaces a sentence by saying "with all due respect", it's a sign that they are likely to unleash something negative or critical, and sometimes quite vulgar and highly disrespectful." I believe this is true here
@@cindyfrye3026 Now you're just being rude. Sure, all of these women discussed have had an impact. But we're talking Top 10 impact. Throughout recorded human history. The picks I questioned were not on that tier. If they were on that tier, they would be household names because of their impact. Everyone would know who they were. Now, sometimes it takes time for the extent of the impact a person has had to become clear. But that's also exactly why it's problematic to name a bunch of people from the last fifty years. But I agree that further discussion would serve no purpose.
I would add Ruth Bader-Ginsberg for the amazing work she did on the Supreme Court of the US. She was an advocate for the rights of women, minorities…. and was active in the court until a few days before her death. Lucille Ball for her work as a producer in Hollywood and the first woman to head a major television studio. Still alive and kicking a**, Betty White who also produced radio and television at a time when women didn’t do such things. She has done a tremendous amount of work in animal rights and welfare. She is an admirable old broad (who supposedly has the mouth of a sailor) and will be 100 in 2022. She has continued to work and provided a voice for Toy Story 4 in 2019.
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Dr. Kathrine Johnson....
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before she was on the Supreme Court, she successfully argued a number of cases before the same (at that time, 100% male) court which ended in the voiding of numerous sexist laws in the US. The fact that we have equal family rights on the basis of sex in the US is down largely to her.
Also, Marsha P. Johnson, who quite literally started the Stonewall Riots.
For women who are still alive, Sonia Sotomayor, Gloria Steinem, and Angela Merkel.
Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Queen Elizabeth I, Joan Of Arc, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Barret Browning, and the grandest tv chef of them all, alive or dead, Julia Child.
I would include Ada Lovelace, daughter of the poet Byron. She was a mathematician and the first computer programmer, but painfully overlooked.
She would definitely be on my list, but I wouldn’t bother to mention the father who abandoned her when she was a baby. He should be given no credit for the woman she became.
Byron was her sister, was he not?
@@ewonnestrand7298 Father.
@@ffotograffydd Genetics give him some credit, and she was quite interested in him.
@@edithengel2284 Well I would imagine she would be interested in the father who abandoned her at four-weeks-old, most children who are abandoned try to understand why. He still deserves no credit for the person she became.
I am enjoying your channel so, so much. I only found it yesterday and am trying to watch all the videos now as I recover from surgery. I don’t know why exactly but this video made me get teary eyed and choked up. Women really are amazing! Thank you for your channel 💖
Hi, I'm so glad the videos are helping you at what must be a very difficult time, especially as you're in hospital during the pandemic. I hope you get well soon.
Ettie Rout, In July 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign, Ettie Rout (1877-1936) set up the New Zealand Volunteer Sisterhood and invited women between the ages of 30 and 50 to go to Egypt to care for New Zealand soldiers. In spite of government opposition, she sent the first batch of 12 volunteers to Cairo that October.
The suffroget Ladies were amazingly brave, Emmerline❤️
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Hedy Lamarr - Harriet Tubman - Helen Keller - Eleanor Roosevelt - Irena Sandler - Ida Tarbell - Josephine Baker - Grace Hopper - Elizabeth Blackwell.
That is such a good list! :-)
That's extremely western centric
@@nomadpurple6154 Vou are right. But these are the references that I have.
@@nomadpurple6154 - Not merely western centric, America-centric. That is why I disagree (sorry!) with History Calling's choice of no.1. Though an undeniably historic figure, Rose Parks' influence and action impact is mostly limited to the US. In Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1946, Viola Desmond refused to leave the whites-only area of a cinema and helped start the civil rights movement there. I feel many of the women listed before Parks (Curie, Malala, Anne Frank, Thatcher, Nightingale, etc.), are more deserving of the first rank as their accomplishments and influence were not limited to one country but radiated worldwide. Also, I'm sorry Jane Austen was not included in the list. She paved the way for female writers and her works are enduring and still widely read today.
@@realise6 Harriet Tubman should be on the any list. Not only did she escape slavery and free hundreds of people; she was also a spy and lead many of those she freed into battle in the American Civil War.
I''m in the process of catching up with all your videos and don't usually comment on the older ones, but feel that Ruth Bader Ginsberg deserves to be on this list. She pioneered equal rights for women with her legal work and was a voice of liberal reason on the Supreme Court of the US until her death.
Nellie Bly, amazing journalist for so many reasons, she started investigating journalist, actually staying in two insane asylums to report on the conditions, which were deplorable. This caused a public outcry, and the reform of the conditions practiced. She wrote about so many important issues that I don't have the space to continue. Fascinating woman. Please look her up!
I have a soft spot for woman who rise to power in a "man's world". Cleopatra, Diana Princess of Wales, Anne Boleyn, Anne Frank, Florence Nightingale, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Sacagawea, Elizabeth the 1st.
This video needs more love! Its awsome!!!
Thanks Andrea. It was my one little foray into the 'Top 10' format and sadly it didn't do well, so I've never tried that format again.
Amazing video! What a thoughtfully chosen group of women. Thanks so much for your hard work.
I've been obsessed with Joan of Arc since I was 9 years old and I picked her as my saint when I was making my confirmation
I really love your work. Friday's are becoming very special. Thank you
That's so kind of you. Thank you. I'm glad you like the videos :-)
Thank you so much, loved it!
You're so welcome!
A very good list indeed! Grace Hopper is definitely one of my heroes (having a math degree and being a computer analyst for 35 years). I will have to think a while to come up with a few more for your list though - there are many great candidates.
*_MARIE ANTOINETTE_* her for all the good she did for the common people.
Great Job! I have one addition
.. for my personal list: My Mom. I can only see the world through my eyes. And in my, eyes, Mom was ... and still is ... a Big Deal.
R.I.P. ❤
Absolutely. Everyone should be lucky enough to have a Mum that they can put on their personal lists and I'm glad that you did (I do too!). I'm sorry to read that she's passed away now, but I'm sure you have many wonderful memories.
@@HistoryCalling I appreciate your thoughts. And your hard work!
Absolutely agree!
Personal top ten - Rosa Parks, Mary Wollstonecroft, Emeline Pankhurst, Grace Hopper, Florence Nightingale, Katherine Johnson, Ada Lovelace, Irena Sendler, Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman.
I agree with you about Katherine Johnson. Sally Ride, Mae Jemmison, and Crista McCaulliffe are worth mentions in my opinion if we are talking about breaking ceilings.
I think thean Queen Nazinga definatly shoud have a spot on this list. She was able to protect her Kindom from the Portogues, with War and Pece. She Is considered the mother of Angola and thanks to her woman in Angola are very Free and Also a very big part of the govern with a 36% over other Nations with a 10%/20%
I'm not familiar with her, but she sounds fantastic from what you say. Definitely deserving of a place on lists like these. Thanks for watching and sharing.
@@HistoryCalling Lindsay Holyday made video about her. Give her a loock, She Is realy good. She has a series about the greatest Queens in history and Many other interesting topics.
@@marcocognome1835 Thanks. Will do :-)
Good One! This is the problem with lists like this. You an only go with people you know, so there is a tendency to go through the same suspects, deserving or not, whilst people like Queen Nazinga get totally overlooked.
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 Agreed, lest we forget
*_MARIE ANTOINETTE_* as well.
I would add Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the list.
I love the idea for this video. I think it would make a fantastic series, since it is so hard to keep it to just 10.
Very interesting.
Thank you
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Thank you so much for watching and commenting :-)
@@HistoryCalling you’re quite welcome 🫶🏼 Also, might you be able to tell me why medieval royals were depicted as standing on top of animals?? I have googled it but can’t find an answer. Thanks again! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
You and I line up in our number one pick.
This video was so amazing. Such amazing women.
Thank you very much. My three faves are Anne Boleyn, Anne Frank and Madam Curie. This world would be better if we were in charge.
Well you never know, maybe some day! :-)
Thank you for mentioning Anne
I can’t restrict it to ten, nor can I put them in order, but here’s my top 20 in no particular order other than alphabetically…
Ada Lovelace
Boudicca
Cleopatra
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor Rathbone
Emmeline Pankhurst
Hypatia
Josephine Butler
Laura Bassi
Marie Curie
Mary Seacole
Mary Wollstonecraft
Maryam Mirzakhani
Maya Angelou
Queen Elizabeth I
Sarah Breedlove
Sarojini Naidu
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sojourner Truth
Wangari Maathai
New sub here. I agree with Princess Diana and Rosa Park, Anne Frank…may I add Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Dolly Parton, Betty Ford, Queen Elizabeth 1, Shirley Temple Black and Marilyn Monroe. Thank you. 😁
Great additions. Thank you and welcome aboard.
Most excellent video. Thank you!
It’s definitely important to keep learning!
Lovely list-I was especially happy to see Rosa Parks and Grace Hopper
Trying to think of who else in history I’d add and even though she’s not world famous the main people that come to mind are my mom and her mom; they led fascinating lives and are what’s known in the family as “pioneer women” ☺️ They were the ones that taught me anything was possible 😁
Wow. That would have been an incredibly hard list to put together. Everyone will, of course, have their own opinions but the work you must have put into it blows me away. Kudos. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was tricky deciding who to put in and who not to and what criteria to use. I seriously debated Catherine the Great for instance and then decided I'd quite like to do a full video on her that I didn't want to undercut by having her here. Condensing people's lives down to about 90 seconds is tough too. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Exultant choices. I appreciate the diversity of your list. I think Hellen Keller, Ada Lovelace, and Elizabeth Blackwell are worth a mention.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (from Northern Ireland), one of the world's greatest astrophysicists, who should be a Nobel Laureate.
there are so many more women who could be added to this list, Sacagawea, Ada Lovelace, Mary Shelly, to name but a few, you could go on for hours, I agree mostly with your list, but my order would be different.
I totally agree. Lists like this are really only ever a starting point for a conversation. There's definitely no way of creating a definitive list, but I kind of like that there are too many great women to choose from :-) Thanks for watching and commenting.
just here to add wu zetian, harriet tubman, martha p. johnson to the list
My number one pick would be Rosalind Franklin❤
I would add Ruth Bader-Ginsberg for the amazing work she did on the Supreme Court of the US. She was an advocate for the rights of women, minorities…. and was active in the court until a few days before her death. Lucille Ball for her work as a producer in Hollywood and the first woman to head a major television studio. Still alive and kicking a**, Betty White who also produced radio and television at a time when women didn’t do such things. She has done a tremendous amount of work in animal rights and welfare. She is an admirable old broad (who supposedly has the mouth of a sailor) and will be 100 in 2022. She has continued to work and provided a voice for Toy Story 4 in 2019.
Seeing this 3 years after you made it I’m wondering if you have changed your opinion on your list of women still alive?
I like your list of dead and would add many more to it! But completely understand you are limited by time restraints!!
Overall I just want to thank you for all your hard work in making all the videos you have done over the years!
😊
As a dane I would include danish seismologist Inge Lehmann (1888 - 1993), who discovered that the Earth has a solid core.
As history buffs, scientists and museum junkies we DID go to the National Museum on our visit to London and can highly recommend it.
We have no idea what the restaurant is like as we never sought it out being too engrossed in the exhibits.
I'd include Ada Lovelace who was the first programmer and who guided Charles Babbage as to the possibilities a computer offered. I think Boudica should also be on the list. I'd omit several people who accomplished nothing but only complained including Parks, Parkhurst, and especially Thunberg.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your choices! I would share mine but won't bother when I see some of the replies to your video 😂 the current times curse of "how dare you have choices that differ from mine, I'm offended, whaaaaaah".
Thank you! I completely agree :-)
Mine would be Mother Theresa of Calcutta.🌹
I actually debated her too! :-) I think if it had been a top 20 or even a top 15 list, she'd have been on it. I had to get quite ruthless about editing it down to 10.
In recent times, more information about Mother Teresa has emerged. She often withheld pain medication from the really sick Indian patients, believing their suffering would bring them closer to God. Often, she refused to feed or give medication to her Indian patients unless they openly converted to Christianity. She received millions of dollars for funding, but the hospitals she ran in Kolkata were filled with absolute filth and squalor, conditions that would have made physicians and nurses from the early twentieth century cringe as well. Yes, she may have been a dedicated Christian, but she harmed the lives of many Bengali Indians.
@@marshavilkas3512 It should also be noted that whilst she believed that suffering of others in these hospitals was "good", she herself used the charity money to go to the top hospitals in other countries such as USA, avoiding similar suffering.
Pocahontas and Joan of Arc would be among my choices.
So many good ladies
mary slessor shoulda been in the list, anyways great content
I’m amazed that you left out Joan D’Arc and Billie Jean King ! and quite frankly I think Elizabeth would have a better claim on the top 10 then her mother Anne
I totally agree!
@@jehannedarc1429 also Eleanor of Aquitaine, Matilda, Maggie of Anjou, Boudicca etc etc
1. Boudicea Victoria warrior queen of the Iceni who lived in what is now East Anglia, England. She raised an army of 70,000 and fought large battles against the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a heroine for justice and independence. It should be noted that the Roman's flogged her and raped her daughters. Boudicea led her army into battle in revolt against the Romans, they destroyed Camulodunum (modern Colchester), earlier the capital of the Trinovantes, but at the time a colony of Rome. This action had almost dire effect as it caused Nero to consider withdrawing all of Rome from Britain. Unfortunately, the Emperor's General Suetonius regrouped his forces and although outnumbered, managed to defeat Boudicea's army. Boudicea died shortly after, either committing suicide or from illness.
2. Ann Frank, opened my eyes to the evil of the Nazi's when I was a young girl and read her diary, as she did for others.
3. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace 2002. British primatologist and anthropologist, she has spent 55 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, she is considered to be the world’s leading expert on them.
4. Miep Gies - Anne Frank didn’t hide herself. Hermine “Miep” Santruschitz Gies is the woman who helped protect her and her family from the Nazis for over two years during World War II. She is also the woman responsible for saving Anne’s diary after the Franks were arrested. She remained absolutely loyal to those she helped protect, in the Annex and was there to greet Mr Frank after the war, and to give him the diary.
5. Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer, philosopher and women’s rights activist, Wollstonecraft is best known for her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In it, she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men and should be treated as rational beings - an opinion that reached far ahead of her time.
6. Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa was one of the 20th century’s greatest humanitarians. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women that helped the poor, and was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 2016.
7. Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc), Patron Saint of France honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Stating that she was acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. Burned at the Stake at age 19, 30 May 1431.
There are so many actually that could be listed, names like 'Hypatia' of Alexandria, Greek Scientist whose inventions we still use; Vannozza dei Cattanei, she bore 4 children to the Pope Alexander VI Borgia, who officially recognized them; Cleopatra of Egypt; Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch of Britain; Ann Boleyn, whose marriage to King Henry VIII changed the spiritual state of England amongst other things; Diana, Princess of Wales; Jane Austen, whose writings defined an entire literary genre; Catherine the Great, Russia; Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize winner; Edith Cowan (Australia), women's rights activist and the list goes on modern and historical. Great women of history who changed their worlds are everywhere, there are more than you might think.
Only 1 name here from me, (for now :) Mary Sommerville.
Queen Elizabeth II!
*_MARIE ANTOINETTE_* should have made the list. Far to much public falsities surround her name. She helped educate the poor, set up a kitchen to help feed the needy and more. It seems most historians, male and female, do not do enough research on her for all the good she did for the common people.
I was so excited to see your channel, I subscribed immediately. I started with the first video, and as I worked my way through it occurred to me politics was showing up a little bit occasionally but just enough to tell the histories as you researched them. I have changed my mind after watching this particular episode. How in the world can someone that ran for president and dropped out before the very first primary vote be considered earthshakingly fantastic? I fully expect the political machine will back her in running again, so rather than running a first time it will be a second time. What wonderfully marvelous actions has she taken to be considered for your list? My question isn’t about who she is but what has she done to earn glory, praise and your honest good opinion of her? A serious question.
Emmeline Pankhurst didn't make my votes possible. Being a Finn, we had women voting several years before United Kingdom, and women were allowed to run for office at the same time as the right to vote came along. Also, as someone who loves literature, I'd throw in Brontë sisters who managed to publish masterpieces even though they at first had to use male pseudonyms.
Jane Austen too.
Elisabeth I of Castile. While all male kings in Europe didn’t trust in Columbus, the queen trusted on him and gave the money to make it possible the arrival of Europeans to America. This event deeply changed the World for ever. Globalization started with the Spanish Empire which came some years later after her death but thanks to her. She was able to rule in Castile (the most powerful country of Europe in xv century), on her own besides all the powerful men’s conspiracies she had to fight against. She controlled the nobility under the crown for the very first time in Europe and settled the bases of European modern absolute monarchies which were copied all around Europe. For the very first time a king (a queen in fact) obtained from the Pope the right to designate the church’s most important positions in a Christian country, so she also controlled the Church under her crown for her own interests. Therefore her power was immense. She fired the jews from Castile which increased her wealth but her decision had very sad consequences for Spain in the coming centuries and it also influenced the rest of Europe, North Africa an Turkey’s histories for ever. She conquered Granada, the last spot of Islam in Europe, and gained the admiration of Christianity all around Europe.
Wasn't she behind the Spanish Inquisition? Not cool.
Kamala Harris, what insight!
Anne Boleyn was quiet a philanthropist as well,
She probably would be number 1 on my list, not just because she was instrumental of
Yes, I think she was. I think it's worth noting though that charitable work was expected of royal consorts, although that isn't to say that she wasn't personally invested in it as well. I'm always interested to hear other people's takes on lists like these - who they would include and in what order - so thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I hope you enjoyed the video :-)
@@HistoryCalling Part of Anne's downfall was due to her having a disagreement with Thomas Cromwell, over some of the spoils from the monestries, Anne wanted do something charitable with them, something to help the poor, and Cromwell did not agree, from that time they became enemies.
This three part documentary tells the story, enjoy
ruclips.net/video/N0aI6QWV97s/видео.html
What about Mother Theresa? She dedicated her entire life to helping the people in India who no one would touch or even acknowledge. She brought world attention to the plight of the poor in India AND brought help and attention to the leoparcy epidemic there. She should make the list.
I agree, she was incredible and she very nearly did make the list. It was so hard to choose from all these amazing women. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
In recent times, more information about Mother Teresa has emerged. She often withheld pain medication from the really sick Indian patients, believing their suffering would bring them closer to God. Often, she refused to feed or give medication to her Indian patients unless they openly converted to Christianity. She received millions of dollars for funding, but the hospitals she ran in Kolkata were filled with absolute filth and squalor, conditions that would have made physicians and nurses from the early twentieth century cringe as well. Yes, she may have been a dedicated Christian, but she harmed the lives of many Bengali Indians.
A religious zealot who witheld contraception from women.
Relished her own fame.
Who advocated suffering of others in her hospitals whilst flying to the US for her own treatment.
Clearly not a good person
@@marshavilkas3512 I've learned this information recently. It really makes me feel sick. I don't doubt her intentions to care for the poor, but I guess she believed that suffering was sacred. That bothers me so much!! I'm a chronicpain patient and have been for 17 years. Although the US is eliminating pain medication usage by chronic pain patients. They're doing cancer surgeries with Tylenol as the post surgery pain meds. They're denying them to dying patients and the ramifications are causing a massive increase in suicides for disabled and veterans.
Sorry for the tangent. It really makes me angry that Mother Theresa denied the sick any real relief. She was always one of my heroes, but now I'm really questioning her motives 😤
We are all entitled to our opinions, But there are at least 4 people on your list who would be on my list of most over rated/harmful women in history.
My list would probably be Boudica, Mary Macarthur, Hildegarde of Bingen, Grainne O Malley, Mary Seacole, Artemisia Gentischile, Sophie Scholl, Diane Fossey, Berthe Fraser, Jane Goodall, (not dead yet!) But no, it isn't easy! I wanted to include Marie Stopes for her work on birth control, but the truth is she was pretty odious. Like some of your lot! Lol I have deliberately tried to pick people not on the Most Hyped list, as you have included some of them on yours already. Women who went where no women had gone before and took men on on their terms. . Lol That is the common link between my lot.
No Elizabeth I?!?
Elizabeth I was certainly not a bad monarch but she also got lucky a lot and had good advisors...
@@Mizri1 Luck or was it that she had the wisdom to choose good advisors? 🧐 Every historian agrees that Elizabeth’s intelligence was FIERCE and that is what I believe is the main reason she had such a successful reign. She ruled with her head rather than her heart (in most cases).
@@jamesbutler3960 I couldn’t agree more!
Margaret Sanger, Christine de Pisan, Queen Isabella of Spain, Mother Teresa, Joan of Arc, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, Michelle Obama
Good call on Michelle though she still has time to do more.
she died in 1910 not 1810
Florence Nightengale that is
Florence Nightingale died in 1910, not 1810.
Mary Wollstonecraft, wasn't she Mary Shelly, mother
She sure was. It was quite a family.
Yes she was.
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg.
I'm not religious, I do not believe in the existence of any God. However I do believe history has done a great injustice to the woman who gave birth to and raised the one man who influenced our world far more than any other. Mary is worshipped and idolized as the mythical mother in a heaven. However she has never been given the recognition due her as a mortal real life parent. What an amazing woman she must have been. A mother who raised and nurtured the most dynamic human being the world has ever know. Where is that credit so well deserved for raising the child Jesus.
I understand why you included Margaret Thatcher but I lived through the turmoil and destruction she wrought and for that reason I think she made the world a poorer more selfish place
Greta - a young woman to be admiredby all
personally feel a couple of your choices were 2 of the worst things to ever happen to the UK but each to their own I guess
I'd like to see a place here for Marie Stopes, Hildegarde von Bingen, Mary Anning, Jane Goodall, Jane Austen, Mary Seacole, Queen Elizabeth II, Rosalind Franklin, Wilma Rudolph and Valentina Tereshkova
No on rosa parks. She was actually the 2nd person to do what she did.
What about Bodica??
Elizabeth I and I.
Elsinore of Aquitaine Kamala Harris isn’t great because she’s half black and indian, nor is she wildly admired for her accomplishments. Diana was sadly cut down in her prime, not getting the chance to grow into her womanhood. I loved her but also felt sorry for her man trials and personal failings. I’d put Kate above her in strength and grace.
Kamala isn't great because she's a woman of color? Seriously? Wow. The racism is appalling.
Check out the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
The list is kind of biased towards the English-speaking world. I mean, among ten “most amazing women in history” more than a half just happened to be from GB and US?
Love your work, lost me at Greta, and blew it at Kamala. Sleeping your way up is not a sign of a powerful woman.
What a silly comment.
Where are you getting your information?
So far I am a fan of you and find great what you say. But Kamala Harris belongs definitely not on this list!
You should do more research on Kamala Harris before you decide she is worthy of this list.
She is the 1st woman and the 1st POC as the Vice President of American. She is worthy of being on this list.
I disagree with your mention of Kamala Harris, not because I dislike her (I don't) but because I don't feel she got to the position she is by relentless, hard work against all odds. If anything, I suspect (and don't quote me on this as I am not an expert on US politics by any means) that the odds were actually much in her favour as having a female running mate who was also a POC was a great asset to the very white, old, male Biden in order to attract the vote of young POC. Whilst I'm sure she has done a good enough job thus far, her accomplishments are nowhere near the level of the other two "to be listed in the future" ladies you named, who definitely do fit the "hard work against all odds" criteria as far as I'm concerned.
Kamala and Greta are not so hot in my mind
You are not living here with the disaster. America is no more.
Very interesting list. Obviously everyone has their own opinion, but - Greta Thunberg!! Seriously? The obnoxious teen manipulated by her parents to sound off about a subject on which she knows nothing?? Kamala Harris?? 😱 (OMG, I’m gasping for air, here).
And I don’t think Anne Boleyn deserves to be on the list, either. What did she ever do except look after her own interests?
The list is for influence on the world. Both Greta and Kamala have done and are continuing to do so. It doesn't require anyone to agree with their type of influence. Both of the ladies you mentioned are not on the List as they are still living which allows their influence to continue.
Thumbs down for Greta and Harris both are highly irritating
I really think that you should do more research on Kamala Harris. Those of us that live in the United States have a very different option of what she has done for our government
Speak for yourself.
Greta will be influe till but from what I've studied she like AOC was basically molded in to what a powerful group needed her face for
Citation needed.
With respect, too many of your picks have no relevance and little impact outside of their immediate time and place. Pretty Brit- centric. Diana? She made some people feel good and made a stir, but she achieved very little and had no significant impact on the lives and activities and thinking even of people in our time. Especially outsidd of the U.K. Anne Frank? I get that she's a face of the Holocaust, but so were many others. She changed little to nothing. Lots of writers make a splash and gain some attention in a certain place or time, but that doesn't mean they have any particular impact on world history. Margaret Thatcher is more in the right vein, as a Prime Minister, but I'm not even sure how much future generations will be impacted by her outside of her specific Cold War time and context. Grace Hopper? Lots of women have made scientific contributions, but I'm not seeing how comparatively hers will have impact on the level of Marie Curie? And Pankhurst? She's not known outside of the U.K. and I don't see how she
deserves a nod any more than her fellows like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Who knows who Mary Woolstencraft is except English majors, much less has read any of her work? And Malalia and Greta and Harris? Their names probably won't be recognized in thirty years. No, if I had to pick women of influence, I'd say women like Mary, mother of Jesus, Elanor of Aquitaine, Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Anne Boleyn, Margaret Sanger (however much I detest a lot of her ideas and methods), Queen Victoria, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Queen Isabella of Castille, maybe Catherine the Great. Some runners-up might include Helen Keller, Mother Theresa, Elizabeth Blackwell, Clara Barton, Queen Elizabeth 1, Margaret de Beaufort, and others. Too many others are transitory and don't ultimately transcend their time and context.
Just because Grace Hopper is not famous doesn't mean she didn't have a huge influence on the world. You obviously use the internet and digital devices. Without her work and leadership on creating the first universally used, and as mentioned, still in use computer programming language over 60 years later, there wouldn't be any of those things. As for Princess Diana, her legacy had a big influence and it will continue to do so. Just ask her sons how much and watch their futures. How much of her work for charities and standing up for a better world outside of the UK even though it was not popular is and continues in William and Harry?
@@cindyfrye3026 Again, you are a prisoner of your time and context. And, to be frank, it looks to me like when it comes to science? Once people get to a certain point? If one person hadn't gotten there, someone else would have soon enough. Heck, I'm not sure even Marie Curie should be in the top 10. She did some amazing innovation and pioneered, but changing the course of human history? Affecting the way we all live? It's a pretty high bar to clear to get into that crowd.
@@stephaniechristensen5551 Are you Calvin's? "someone else would have" written a computer programming language used on such a scale and reliability that it is still in use after so many decades and has not yet begun to be obsolete. There is no concept of reality to the reply you sent. I can see we won't agree and I am done attempting to make the point. According to language log "If someone prefaces a sentence by saying "with all due respect", it's a sign that they are likely to unleash something negative or critical, and sometimes quite vulgar and highly disrespectful." I believe this is true here
@@cindyfrye3026 Now you're just being rude. Sure, all of these women discussed have had an impact. But we're talking Top 10 impact. Throughout recorded human history. The picks I questioned were not on that tier. If they were on that tier, they would be household names because of their impact. Everyone would know who they were. Now, sometimes it takes time for the extent of the impact a person has had to become clear. But that's also exactly why it's problematic to name a bunch of people from the last fifty years. But I agree that further discussion would serve no purpose.
I would add Ruth Bader-Ginsberg for the amazing work she did on the Supreme Court of the US. She was an advocate for the rights of women, minorities…. and was active in the court until a few days before her death. Lucille Ball for her work as a producer in Hollywood and the first woman to head a major television studio. Still alive and kicking a**, Betty White who also produced radio and television at a time when women didn’t do such things. She has done a tremendous amount of work in animal rights and welfare. She is an admirable old broad (who supposedly has the mouth of a sailor) and will be 100 in 2022. She has continued to work and provided a voice for Toy Story 4 in 2019.