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AN Women of the 20th Century that shaped our modern world.

Sept. 14, 1879 – Sept. 6, 1966

Feb. 4, 1913 – Oct. 24, 2005

Born May 26, 1951

Born July 1, 1945

Margaret Sanger

Her Background

Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York

The sixth of eleven children

She attended Claverack College and Hudson River Institute in 1896

Then entered the nursing program at White Plains Hospital in 1900.

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Sanger began challenging the 1873 federal Comstock law, the law that banned the distribution of contraceptive information.

In March 1914, Sanger published the first issue of The Woman Rebel, a radical feminist monthly that advocated the right to practice birth control.

Fighting the Status Quo

She was arrested several times.

Sanger was involved with› The American Birth

Control League› The Birth Control

Clinical Research Bureau

› And what is now known as Planned Parenthood

Achievements

Credited for coining the term “Birth Control”

Defiantly founded the first birth control clinics in the United States

In 1927 helped organize the first World Population Conference in Geneva. In 1942, after several organizational mergers and name changes, Planned Parenthood Federation came into being.

Rosa Parks

Her Background

Rosa McCauley was born February 4, 1913

She was bicultural – Cherokee and African American

At age 7, she witnessed her first KKK demonstration

Worked quietly for years with the NAACP

The bus boycott she started introduced the world to Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa and the NAACP

She was one of only two women to join the Montgomery chapter at the time.

She worked as secretary in NAACP

The NAACP fought for the rights of Blacks regardless of gender

Breaking Boundaries

December 1,1955 Parks allowed herself to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.

The first African American female case to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court

Breaking Boundaries cont.

Boycotted the local bus companies for over a year

Used her race and gender to bring attention to racial segregation

Served on the Christians Leadership Council under US Representative John Conyers

Being a True Woman

She was a leader working from within the NAACP

Embraced the life of being a devout Christian and wife while challenging authority

Inspired women black or white to stand for equality

Accomplishments

In June of 1999, she received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Clinton

In December of 2000, the Rosa Parks Library and Museum were opened

Won Supreme Court case and hanged federal law

Deborah “Debbie” Harry

Her Background

Born July 1, 1945 Attended college

during the women’s liberation movement.

Strong influence and editor on a underground magazine called Punk.

One of the most influential female artists

Defying the Status Quo

Was one of the first females to front in a punk band

A pioneer in fashion, embracing her beauty and using it to her advantage

Helped women penetrate the male- dominated punk scene

Finding her Passion

Harry had a variety of jobs before becoming a music icon

Worked as a secretary at a Playboy club in New York

Was a waitress for several years

Fronted a folk style band before founding her band Blondie

Leading the way With the help of her friends, Joan Jett

and Patty Smith, Debbie pushed the door open for women vocalists

Her bold and unique style catapulted her to iconic status, as well as allowed future artists to express their own uniqueness

Some inspired artists

Leading cont.

Pushed her punk and new wave sound into the mainstream

Help to make places like C.B.G.B. and Maxx’s Kansas City landmark places

Accomplishments

Worked closely with and funded AIDS/HIV research

Pushed saving the arts, such as music in schools

Harry entered the Guinness Book of World Record for “Oldest female singer to reach No. 1 on the UK charts”

Make-up line through MAC

Being a True Woman

Used gender to show strength, beauty, sex appeal, and talent

Bent normal gender roles by leading a punk band

A leader and pioneer in not hiding sex, but redefining what it meant

Sally Ride

Her Background

Born May 21 1951, in Encino, California

After graduating high school, she attended Stanford and earn a Masters and Ph. D.

First American woman in Space

Breaking Boundaries

Joined NASA in 1978, which was a male-dominated field

With her Ph. D. she became a Physics professor in San Diego

Every thing she did pushed normal boundaries for women

Inspiration

Ride showed women that they did not have to settle for less in life, that they could accomplish things that mattered to them

Showed men that women can be as capable as men in their areas of work

Crossing gender boundaries

Possessed the same necessary qualities as her male counter parts

Trained to be a NASA officer, one of few women to ever do so at the time

Taught as a physics professor, a male-dominated field

Honors and Achievements

First and youngest female American in space

Inducted into the California Hall of Fame

An elementary school was named after her

Honored with the Jefferson award for Public Service

Earned many Honors from NASA

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