{"id":20,"date":"2022-01-19T10:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2022-07-12T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:45:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 32%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eWomanthon_Logo_3_Transparent.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eWomanthon_Logo_3_Transparent.png 500w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/eWomanthon_Logo_3_Transparent-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000\"><em><strong><em><em>Welcome to the unique Greek website for information and news about women that reach their limits, create, discover, develop or achieve their goals in science, arts, sports, politics, culture, economics, and many more areas!<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/amelia-earhart.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"751\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/amelia-earhart.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/amelia-earhart\/\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/amelia-earhart.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/amelia-earhart-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/exploration\/amelia-earhart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Amelia Earhart (1897&nbsp;\u2013 1939)<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"967\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/edith-cowan-seo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"752\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/edith-cowan-seo.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/edith-cowan-seo\/\" class=\"wp-image-752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/edith-cowan-seo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/edith-cowan-seo-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adb.anu.edu.au\/biography\/cowan-edith-dircksey-5791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Edith Cowan (1861 \u2013 1932)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ada-lovelace-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"753\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ada-lovelace.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/ada-lovelace\/\" class=\"wp-image-753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ada-lovelace-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ada-lovelace-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ada-lovelace.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J7ITqnEmf-g&amp;ab_channel=IET\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ada Lovelace (1815 \u2013 1852)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"1014\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/marie-curie.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"754\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/marie-curie.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/marie-curie\/\" class=\"wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/marie-curie.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/marie-curie-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/madame-curies-passion-74183598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Marie Curie (1867 \u2013 1934)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"523\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/malala-yousafzai.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"755\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/malala-yousafzai.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/malala-yousafzai\/\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/malala-yousafzai.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/malala-yousafzai-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malala.org\/malalas-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malala Yousafzai (1997 &#8211; Present)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"997\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rosa-parks.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"756\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rosa-parks.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/rosa-parks\/\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rosa-parks.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rosa-parks-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rosa_Parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rosa Parks (1913 \u2013 2005)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sojourner-Truth-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"757\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sojourner-Truth.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/sojourner-truth\/\" class=\"wp-image-757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sojourner-Truth-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sojourner-Truth-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sojourner-Truth.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/sojourner-truth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sojourner Truth (1797 \u2013 1883)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"951\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/catheirne-the-great.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"758\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/catheirne-the-great.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/catheirne-the-great\/\" class=\"wp-image-758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/catheirne-the-great.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/catheirne-the-great-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/historic_figures\/catherine_the_great.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Catherine the Great (1729 \u2013 1796)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"912\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/queen-elizabeth-i.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"759\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/queen-elizabeth-i.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/queen-elizabeth-i\/\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/queen-elizabeth-i.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/queen-elizabeth-i-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/elizabeth-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Queen Elizabeth I (1533 \u2013 1603)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"894\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maya-angelou.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"760\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maya-angelou.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/maya-angelou\/\" class=\"wp-image-760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maya-angelou.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/maya-angelou-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/maya-angelou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Maya Angelou (1928 \u2013 2014)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anne-frank.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"761\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anne-frank.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/anne-frank\/\" class=\"wp-image-761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anne-frank.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anne-frank-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annefrank.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anne Frank (1929 \u2013 1945)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"989\" src=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jane-austen.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"762\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jane-austen.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/index.php\/home\/jane-austen\/\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jane-austen.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ewomanthon.iit.demokritos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jane-austen-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janeausten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jane Austen (1775 \u2013 1817)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>12 Of The Most Famous Women In History!<\/strong> (random order)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Amelia Earhart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Amelia Earhart was the definition of a rule breaker. An American <strong>aviator<\/strong> who became the <strong>first woman to fly<\/strong> solo across the <strong>Atlantic<\/strong> and the first person ever to fly solo from <strong>Hawaii to the US<\/strong>, Amelia was a pioneering aviator and a true female trailblazer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Earhart&nbsp;refused to be boxed in by her gender&nbsp;from a young age, born in Kansas in 1897 Amelia played basketball growing up, took auto repair courses and briefly attended college. In 1920, Earhart began flying lessons and quickly became determined to receive her pilot&#8217;s license, passing her flight test in December 1921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Earhart set multiple aviation records, but it was her attempt at being the first person to circumnavigate the globe which led to her&nbsp;disappearance and presumed death. In July 1937, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific, and was declared dead in absentia in 1939. Her plane wreckage has never been found and to this day, her disappearance remains one of the&nbsp;greatest unsolved mysteries&nbsp;of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Edith Cowan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Her <strong>face is on the Australian<\/strong> $50 <strong>dollar<\/strong> note and she has <strong>a University named after her<\/strong> in Western Australia, but what you may not know is that Edith Cowan was Australia\u2019s first ever female member of parliament and a fierce&nbsp;women\u2019s rights activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith\u2019s <strong>childhood was traumatic<\/strong>, to say the least. Her mother died while giving birth when Cowan was just seven years old, and her father was&nbsp;accused and then convicted&nbsp;of murdering his second wife when she was 15 and was subsequently executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a young age Edith was a&nbsp;pioneer for women\u2019s rights, and <strong>her election to parliament at 59 in 1921<\/strong>, was both unexpected and controversial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her time in parliament Cowan pushed through legislation which allowed women to be&nbsp;involved in the legal profession, promoted migrant welfare and sex education in schools and placed mothers on equal position with fathers when their children died without having made a will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith died at age 70, but her legacy remains to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Ada Lovelace&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ada Lovelace was an&nbsp;English <strong>mathematician<\/strong>&nbsp;and the world\u2019s first <strong>computer programmer<\/strong>. Lovelace was born into privilege as the <strong>daughter of a&nbsp;famously<\/strong> unstable romantic poet, Lord Byron (who left her family when Ada was just 2 months old) and Lady Wentworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ada was a charming&nbsp;woman of society who&nbsp;was friends with people such as&nbsp;Charles Dickens, but she is most famous for being <strong>the first person ever to publish an algorithm intended for a computer<\/strong>, her genius being years ahead of her time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lovelace died of cancer at 36, and it took nearly a century after her death for people to appreciate her notes on Babbage\u2019s Analytical Engine, which became recognized as the first description for computer and software, ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Marie Curie<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polish<\/strong>-born Marie Curie&nbsp;was a pioneering <strong>physicist<\/strong> and <strong>scientist<\/strong>, who coined the term <strong>radioactivity<\/strong>, discovered two new elements (<strong>radium and polonium<\/strong>) and developed a portable <strong>x-ray machine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currie was the first person (not woman) who has won <strong>two separate Noble Prizes<\/strong>, one for <strong>physics<\/strong> and another for <strong>chemistry<\/strong>, and to this day Curie is <strong>the only person<\/strong>, regardless of gender, to receive Noble prizes for <strong>two different sciences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currie faced near <strong>constant adversity and discrimination<\/strong>&nbsp;throughout her career, as science and physics was such a male-dominated field, but despite this, her research remains relevant and has influenced the world of science to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Malala Yousafzai<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Malala Yousafzai was born in <strong>Pakistan<\/strong> on July 12, 1997. Yousafzai\u2019s father was a teacher and ran an&nbsp;all-girls school in her village, however when the <strong>Taliban took over <\/strong>her town they <strong>enforced a ban<\/strong> on all girls going to school. In 2012, at the age of 15, Malala publicly spoke out on&nbsp;women\u2019s rights to education&nbsp;and as a result, <strong>a gunman boarded her school bus and shot the young activist in the head.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malala <strong>survived<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yousafzai <strong>moved to the UK<\/strong> where she has become a <strong>fierce presence<\/strong> on the world stage and became <strong>the youngest ever recipient of the&nbsp;Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2014, at 17 years old. Malala is <strong>currently studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Rosa Parks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosa Parks <strong>was on a bus in Montgomery<\/strong>, Alabama in 1955, when the <strong>bus driver asked her to stand up <\/strong>and <strong>give her seat to a white man<\/strong>. Parks, a black seamstress, <strong>refused<\/strong> and in doing so sparked <strong>an entire civil rights&nbsp;movement<\/strong> in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1913, Parks moved to Alabama at age 11, and <strong>attended a laboratory school<\/strong> at the Alabama State Teachers\u2019 College for Negroes, until she had to leave in 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;grade to care for her ill grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before 1955, Parks was a <strong>member of Montgomery\u2019s African-American community<\/strong> and in 1943 joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, where she <strong>became chapter secretary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1955, Alabama was still&nbsp;governed by <strong>segregation laws<\/strong>&nbsp;and had a policy for municipal buses where&nbsp;<strong>white citizens only<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;were allowed to sit in the front, and black men and women had to sit in the back<\/strong>. On December 1<sup>st<\/sup>, there were no more seats left in the white section, so the bus conductor told the four black riders to stand and give the white man a whole row. Three obeyed, Parks did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parks was subsequently <strong>arrested<\/strong>, and her&nbsp;actions sparked a wave of protests&nbsp;<strong>across America<\/strong>. When she died at the age of 92 on <strong>October 24, 2005, she became the first woman in the nation\u2019s history to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Sojourner Truth<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sojourner Truth is one of the&nbsp;<strong>most inspirational black women<\/strong>&nbsp;in America\u2019s history and her words belong to one of the&nbsp;<strong>most famous speeches<\/strong> by any woman.&nbsp; An <strong>African-American<\/strong> abolitionist and women\u2019s rights <strong>activist<\/strong>, Truth delivered a&nbsp;now famous <strong>speech<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;at the Ohio Women\u2019s Right\u2019s<\/strong> Convention in Akron, 1851, that has come to be known as \u201c<strong>Ain\u2019t I a Woman<\/strong>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth was <strong>separated<\/strong> from her family at the age of nine and was subsequently <strong>sold for auction<\/strong>&nbsp;as a <strong>slave<\/strong> along&nbsp;with a flock of sheep <strong>for $100<\/strong>. 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