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Women’s History Month

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By Sophia Wagner

This month we celebrate Women’s History Month, a time to recognize the important women who shaped the history of the world, including women such as Betsy Ross, Abigail Adams, and Clara Barton. You may have heard of these inspiring ladies, but do you know their achievements? Substational women such as: Princess Diana, Joan of Arc, and Marie Curie impacted our world into what it is today and the outlook created for so many others.

Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity and discovered two elements. She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize, and the only person to win two in different scientific fields. She developed mobile x-ray units to help hospitals, founding two major medical research centers, in Paris and Warsaw. Her research of radium allowed others to reach fulfilments such as developing an attack against cancer. She even refrained from patenting the radium-isolation process, allowing scientific research on it to remain unhindered. Albert Einstein later remarked that she was “probably the only person who could not be corrupted by fame.” Unfortunately her death resulted from radioactivity due to her extensive research.

Joan of Arc was a French military leader and canonized saint who assisted in leading the French to victory in the Hundred Years’ War in Orléans by raising morale to fight, leading the French to take a fortress, encouraging the troops to fight and go on the offensive, greatly helping them to win. During the Loire Campaign, she saves her commander’s life by warning him of a cannon that was about to fire. She led the unit to victory by taking another castle, and then at the battle of Patay her encouragement to pursue the English made the French victory possible. During the march on Reims, she even directed the placement of artillery and led the soldiers, leading to the English surrender. She was later captured and killed, but she gave the French army a revival which led them to achieve victory in the Hundred Years’ War.

Princess Diana is world renowned for her charity efforts and helping people such as children, the homeless, the elderly, and helping AIDS/HIV patients during the AIDS crisis in the 80s and 90s. Because of this, she would gain the nickname, “The People’s Princess.” She started her life in the Royal Family through her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981. During her time in the Royal Family, she would be elected President or Patron of over 100 different charities because of her efforts. She was different from many celebrities, as she truly believed in getting her hands dirty and hands-on helping others, rather than just giving money for the sake of a good reputation. Princess Diana was someone who just wanted to help people, and she would change thousands of lives by doing so. As mentioned previously, her volunteer work helped the world recover from the AIDS crisis, which had devastated many communities. Sadly, her charitable efforts would end with her tragic death by a brutal car crash in 1997. Though, her legacy still lives on today through her many charities, efforts, and lives changed by “The People’s Princess”.

To conclude, women have done a lot for the world throughout history, in many different fields, including that of; military, science, and charity. You may have heard these names thrown around a lot during this month, but now you know the real story behind these amazing women.

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