The Most Admired Women Leaders In Business 2019
Victoria remains one of the UK’s most iconic monarchs, more than a century after her death, portrayed in countless films and TV series. Crowned in 1837, she oversaw the nation and its empire throughout a remarkable period of social, technological and economic change. Despite becoming ill from the radioactive materials she constantly handled, Curie never lost her determination to excel in the scientific career that she loved. Her memory is preserved by the cancer society that bears her name and continues to help terminally ill patients all over the world. One of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses and Academy Award winner as well as the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards.
According to her biography from the White House, she also championed marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act and the environment. During the 1950s, U.S. society was largely segregated between Black and white citizens, including on public transport. On Dec. 1, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for which she was arrested.
Hollywood's leading lady, who starred in "Morning Glory," "The African Queen," and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," challenged the stereotype of femininity in the 1930s. Her striking, independent attitude garnered the performer four Best Actress Oscars. She earned her title as the World's #1 tennis player after winning an impressive 39 Grand Slam titles. At age 29, she won the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against her 55-year-old, male competitor, Bobby Riggs.
Charter for Compassion provides an umbrella for people to engage in collaborative partnerships worldwide. Our mission is to bring to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors. Named one of the most "influential women in the U.S." alongside Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1939 edition of Time magazine, Thompson worked as a journalist for a number of publications - covering topics of war, politics, home, and family.
Watson has done far more than fend off evil wizards in Harry Potter. The British actress, model, and activist is a UN Women Goodwill ambassador and has an influential footprint within the sustainable fashion industry.
She is also the fourth female ever to receive a Nobel Prize in literature. When the actress-turned-activist spoke out against her sexual abuser, studio head Harvey Weinstein, several women were empowered to share their similar stories — ushering in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp. The thriving business owner and queen of cosmetics is the founder of Estée Lauder. Today, the brands under the Estée Lauder umbrella are worth a jaw-dropping $17 billion. From the White House and the silver screen, to Olympic podiums and equality marches, these 75 women changed the world — blazing the trail while battling adversity.
Wollstonecraft’s first book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Men” (J. Johnson, 1790), was her response to the French Revolution. In it, she refuted the concept of monarchy and called instead for a republican nation. She was also frustrated at depictions of women as passive vessels in a male-dominated world, and her second book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (J. Johnson, 1792), became her best-known work.
Atkins was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1948 and appointed a Commandant of the Legion of Honor in 1987. Blending the horrific with the sympathetic, the Gothic with the Romantic, the novel has gone on to become a literary classic. In 1981, Diana Spencer became the first wife of the heir apparent to the British throne, Charles, Rihanna Prince of Wales. Their wedding reached a global television audience of more than 700m people and she continued to attract much media attention, even after her divorce in 1996.
Sudha came to United States from India in 1999 for her master’s in computer science with her two suitcases and lots of dreams. She did not have a support system in the U.S, but all she knew was that the U.S. is a land of opportunities……. The longest-reigning monarch in the world was found to be the most popular non-American woman on the list, where she finished in 3rd place. The survey was based on 42,000 survey respondents across 32 countries and was created to determine who the most popular women in the world are. Rosalind Franklin knew she wanted to be a scientist at the age of 15. Enrolling in college, despite her father’s protests, she eventually received her doctorate in chemistry.