Inspirational Women celebrated in Google Doodle
Google is honouring women around the world with its famous Google Doodle depicting 13 influential women and their incredible stories.
The day has been observed since the 1900's after at least 15 000 women marched through New York City demanding rights to vote, equal and fair pay and improved working conditions.
#BeBoldForChange is the theme for this year's International Women's Day - with calls to the public to sign a petition via the International Women's ay site on how the public will contribute towards a more gender inclusive world.
The Doodle is presented in a slideshow format and shows the story of 13 inspirational women worldwide, from various fields and eras.
It's #IWD2017 around the 🌍! Celebrate women pioneers who have shaped history in today's #GoogleDoodle → https://t.co/fWWhkbKLY3 pic.twitter.com/PeCRDGprWc
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) March 8, 2017
From American journalist and activist Ida B. Wellsm; physicist and astronaut, Sally Kristen Ride to South Africa's own songstress and civil rights acitivist, Miriam Makeba.
While the UN says today "is an occasion for looking back on past struggles and accomplishments, and more importantly, for looking ahead to the untapped potential and opportunities that await future generations of women.”
Here are the 13 women:
Ida Wells - American journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist
Lotfia El Nadi - Egypt’s first female pilot
Frida Kahlo - Mexican painter and activist
Lina Bo Bardi - Italian-born Brazilian architect
Olga Skorokhodova - Soviet scientist and researcher in the field of deaf and blind communication
Miriam Makeba - South African singer and civil rights activist
Sally Ride - American astronaut and the first American woman in space
Halet Çambel - Turkish archaeologist and the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympics
Ada Lovelace - English mathematician, writer, and the world’s first computer programmer
Rukmini Devi - Indian dancer and choreographer credited with reviving Indian classical dance
Cecilia Grierson - Argentine physician, reformer, and the first woman in Argentina to receive a medical degree
Lee Tai-young - Korean lawyer and activist who was Korea’s first female lawyer and judge
Suzanne Lenglen - French tennis champion who popularized the sport
