OTHER NOTABLE WOMEN IN HISTORY (INTERNATIONAL)) Flashcards
Where Mother Teresa was born?
was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
When Mother Teresa born and died?
August 26, 1910- September 5, 1997
was of Albanian descent
Mother Teresa
In what age does Mother Teresa felt the strong calling from God?
At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God
Mother Teresa became nun in what age?
Nun at 18
founded the order, The Missionaries of Charity, to look after abandoned babies and to help the
poorest of the poor, once saying that they “lived like animals but die like angels”
Mother Teresa
The woman on Columbia Pictures Logo, the draped lady holding a torch
Jennifer Joseph
The goddess in statue of liberty
Libertas
a robed Roman liberty goddes
Libertas
her involvement led to the 19th amendment, which gives women the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
The young writer journaled a diary detailing the harrowing account of her family’s attempt to
hide from the Nazis during the Holocaust. Her tragic story has touched the souls of many and is remembered the world over
Anne Frank
Ancient Egypt’s last active pharaoh played a great role in maintaining Egypt’s reign over their
own land
Cleopatra
“mother of social work”
Jane Addams
first woman to co-anchor the network evening news
Barbara Walter
10 Influential Women in history
Barbara Walters
known to help build homes for the poor
Hajjah Fatimah
donated her land to build a mosque, now known as Hajjah Fatimah Mosque, in Kampong Glam . This is the first mosque in Singapore named after a woman
Hajjah Fatimah
Called to the land that Hajjah Fatimah in Kampong Glam?
Hajjah Fatimah Mosque
China’s last and most famous empres
Empress Dowager Cixi
refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for which
she was arrested
Rosa Parks
After successfully challenging the law and seeing segregation ruled unconstitutional by the courts, she continued as a prominent voice and symbol of courage in the civil rights
movement
Rosa Parks
was president or patron of over 100 charities
Princess Diana of Wales
Princess Diana of Wales fullname?
Diana Frances Spencer
refers to a non-traditional, domestic relationship between two middle or upper-class women.
Boston Marriage
These committed female relationships occurred primarily in New England, where higher
numbers of college-educated women were financially secure enough to choose whether or not to enter a conventional, heterosexual marriage with a man.
Boston Marriage
