Today is International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day. Surround yourself with people who see you as the wonderful woman you are.

Women Who Changed the World

Here is a list of famous influential women…… including women’s rights activists, female poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists.

sapphoSappho (c 570 BC) One of the first published female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets.

 

 

cleopatraCleopatra (69 – 30 BC) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome’s most powerful leaders Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar.

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