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Inspirational Women list

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PipGoesPop · 15/11/2018 15:22

Let's have a list of all the women out there who are an inspiration to others. Here's 3 to start us off.

Ada Lovelace
Marie Curie
Malala Yousafzai

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NoraEphronsneck · 15/11/2018 16:13

On a Welsh theme:

Betty Campbell

Elaine Morgan
Val Feld
Megan Lloyd-George
Laura Ashley

Still going strong:
Lady Tanni Grey-Thompson
Baroness Ilora Finlay
Dilys Price
Eluned Morgan
Dr Julie Williams

notthiscrapagain · 15/11/2018 16:05

J K Rowling
Jo Cox
Hillary Clinton

Yambabe · 15/11/2018 16:03

Amelia Earhart
Billie Jean King
Diane Warren

Didactylos · 15/11/2018 16:03

Marie Stopes
Sophia Jex Blake
Sheila Sherlock

Knicknackpaddyflak · 15/11/2018 16:02

Radclyffe Hall
Alice Walker
Virginia Woolfe

RiverTam · 15/11/2018 16:00

Ok, possibly quite a bit lighter than others but 2 women I find inspiring are Michelle Obama and Carole Middleton. Both hardworking women, and as someone who tends to be lazy or struggle to get motivated, hard work is something I very much admire in others.

Didactylos · 15/11/2018 15:58

Virginia Apgar
Elizabeth Blackwell
Mary Seacole
Rosalyn Yalow

Definitelyrandom · 15/11/2018 15:58

Mary Ward
Edith Stein
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklyn
Sophie Scholl
Valentina Vezzali

Penny1976 · 15/11/2018 15:56

Florence Nightingale
Marie Stopes
Millicent Fawcett

PissedOffWoman · 15/11/2018 15:53

Sophia Magdalena Scholl.

AnonymousIsAWoman · 15/11/2018 15:51

Rosie Hackett
Delia Larkin
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
Dr Kathleen Lynn

VickyEadie · 15/11/2018 15:43

Mo Mowlam

Kelly Holmes

EarlyWalker · 15/11/2018 15:34

Rosa Parcs
Emmeline Pankhurst

Laceythesheep · 15/11/2018 15:31

Hedy lamarr
Mother Teresa

MenstruatorExtraordinaire · 15/11/2018 15:27

Mother Theresa
Anne Frank
Oprah Winfrey

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