Caption: Writing “Break The Bias” with a photo of LG Erna in the middle and writing International Women’s Day 2022 around it - photo designed by Canva
Today marks the last day of the month of March and I would like to end this special month for women with my post stressing about women who changed the world and some of their life stories were put into novels and movies. This is also part of the study guide for the Women’s Empowerment #StateChallenge virtual meetup that will be held on April 9 at 11:30 am EST run by @Denise_Barlock and @jayasimha78 .
From March 1st till the 31st is celebrated as Women’s Month every year and globally March 8 is declared as International Women’s Day (IWD). The month is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and success of women in the cultural, political, and socioeconomic fields.
Color for Women’s Month:
The Color Purple was chosen for women after about 15,000 women marched in New York City demanding better work conditions and to have voting rights and also calling for gender equality that happened more than a century ago. In 1908 in the UK, the combination colors purple, green, and white symbolized women’s equality. Purple means justice and dignity, Green means hope and White represents purity.
2022 International Women’s Day Theme:
The theme for International Women’s Day for the year 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Focusing on a Gender Equal World.
Quoted from www.internationalwomensday.com:
“A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination
A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive
A world where difference is valued and celebrated
Together we can forge women’s equality.”
If you are interested in submitting your message to all women in the world, here is the link to the [VIDEO]. Just found this recently and I surely will participate next year.
Here are some women who changed the world and some of their life stories were put into novels and movies:
Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603):
Known as “The Virgin Queen” (as she called herself) was one of the most successful and greatest female leaders in British history. She chose to marry her country instead of a man. Under her reign, England became European power in politics, commerce, and arts. She was knowns for her intelligence, cunning, and hot temper.
The movie “Elizabeth” starring Cate Blanchett was released in 1998. Another movie “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” was released in 2007 covering the last part of her reign.
Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796):
Catherine the Great named herself 1976 as Empress of The Russian Empire after overthrowing her unpopular husband, Peter III. She is one of the more ruthless women but also the world’s great historical figure. She is the first woman to establish the first state-funded school for girls.
The television movie “Catherine the Great” was released in 1995 starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817):
Jane Austen was a writer in England from a family of eight children. In her teens, her observation about her social life was very sharp-witted. Some of her now-classic novels are Pride & Prejudice.
In 2005, her novel was made into a movie “Price & Prejudice” starring Keira Knightley
Sojourner Truth (1797 – 1883):
Born Isabella Baumfree was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Her speech now famous was delivered at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron in 1851 and was widely known during Civil War known as “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Truth also became the first black woman who wins a case against a white man in court in recovering her son
She is the first African American woman to have status in the Capitol building and in 2014 she was included in Smithsonian magazine’s list of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time”.
Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852):
Ada was famous for being the first person to publish an algorithm for a computer. Her work was appreciated a decade later “Babbage’s Analytical Engine” as the description for computers and software. She was an English mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer.
In 2019 “Ada” starring Julie Bruns short film was released in Canada to commemorate the late-life of Ada Lovelace.
Edith Cowan (1861 – 1932):
Cowan was Australia’s first-ever female member of parliament and a fierce women’s rights activist, she has a university named after her in Western Australia, her face is on an Australian $50 note since 1995, and one of the founders of the Karrakatta Club, the first women’s social club in Australia in 1894.
During her parliament time, she pushed legislation to allow women to involve in the legal profession, promote migrant welfare, sex education in school, place mothers in an equal position with fathers when their children died without having a will.
Marie Curie (1867 – 1934):
A Polish-born physicist and scientist who discovered the x-ray machine invented the term radioactivity, and also won two separate Noble Prizes one for Physics and one for chemistry. Despite the discrimination at that time, her research has influenced the world of science till now.
The 1943 movie “Madame Curie” starring Greer Garson was released based on the Biography of Eve Curie, the younger daughter of Marie Curie.
The 2019 movie “Radioactive” starring Rosamund Pike is based on the 2010 graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Laurent Redniss.
Amelia Earhart (1897 – 1939):
Amelia was the first American woman aviator who fly solo across the Atlantic also from Hawaii to the US. Born in Kansas in 1897 and disappeared in July 1937 she was declared dead in absentia in 1939. The wreckage of her plane has never been found.
To commemorate her life and journey a movie “Amelia” was released in 2009 starring Hillary Swank.
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005):
Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement or best known for “the Montgomery bus boycott” for helping inspire the black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year. She was honored as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement” by the U.S. Congress.
The famous story about Rosa Parks started in 1955 when she was riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1st, the bus driver requested her to give her seat to a white man. Rosa Park at that time was a black seamstress who refuse to do so and her actions caused sparked an entire civil rights movement in America. Parks died on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, she became the first woman in the nation’s history to bury at the US Capitol Rotunda.
A television movie about the Rosa Park story was broadcasted in 2002 starring Angela Bassett.
Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014):
Angelou is one of the most influential women in American history. She was a poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Her winning memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was the first nonfiction best-seller in history by an African-American woman.
Anne Frank (1929 – 1945):
Anne was a teenage Jewish German girl living during World War II. After Hitler found her and her family in a hidden place, Hitler sent them to concentration camps. The father survived and decided to publish Anne’s diary. Anne’s diary portrayed the most inhumane moments in history, her diary has been translated into almost 70 languages.
The novel “The Diary of Anne Frank” was made into a movie with the same title in 1959 starring Millie Perkins.
Malala Yousafzai (1997 - Present):
In 2012 when the Taliban took over her town and enforced a ban on all girls going to school, Malala spoke publicly as a result a gunman boarded her school bus and shot Malala in the head, she survived. She and her family moved to the UK, she became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17 years old.
“He Named Me Malala” was an American documentary film released in 2015 starring Malala herself.
All the above info was collected from various websites. I hope you enjoy it and the most important is to see you virtually on Saturday the 9th of April at 11:30 am EST on State Challenge weekly meetup.
Thank you 
