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#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived

March 8, 2021
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Celebrating women whose endeavours have made their name continue to live despite their demise.

This proves Benjamin Franklin’s sayings that some people will die yet never be forgotten because their footprints immortalise them.

In as much as a day is not enough to celebrate the wonderful exploits of this wonderful legends, that does not negate the fact that they are worth to be celebrated today, March 8th.

March 8th is a specific date identified as the International Women’s Day. You may click this link for a detailed historical background of the International Women’s Day.

READ ALSO; Why International Women’s Day is Celebrated on the 8th of March

Some Legendary Women in History

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Nangili

NANGILI OF INDIA: The great woman who cuts off her breast in revolt against breast tax in the 19th Century. She presented the breast in a leaf to the officer who came to survey her breast and collect the tax.

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Marie Curie

MARIE CURIE: The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for founding the new science of ‘radioactivity’ – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer.

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Margaret Thatcher

MARGARET THATCHER: The first female Prime Minister of the Great Britain. She attained the position at a moment the country is unsettled, faced with economic recession and wars.

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Queen Moremi

MOREMI: Yoruba Legend who emancipated the Yoruba people of Ife from the Ugbo kingdom. She is fabled to have risked her life by living with the enemy to know the secret of their power.

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Queen Amina

QUEEN AMINA OF ZARIA: The heroine of the North who led men to war and conquered the enemy.

#InternationalWomensday: Celebrating Great Women that ever lived
Catherine the Great

CATHERINE THE GREAT: She is popular for modernising Russia and establishing the first state-funded school for girls, she revived the power of the church within the state and encouraged the development of the economy, trade and the arts.

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