To empower a woman is to empower a nation. Women contribute to the welfare and wellbeing of every family, society, and economy. On International Women’s Day, raise your voice in support of women.
Women were first allowed to participate in the Olympic Games in 1900.
The world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, was published in Japan around A.D. 1000 by female author Murasaki Shikibu.
Marie Curie is the only woman to ever win two Nobel Prizes. Her first award was for Physics and the second being in Chemistry.
The first woman to rule a country as an elected leader in the modern era was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who was elected as prime minister of the island nation in 1960 and later re-elected in 1970.
The earliest recorded female physician was Merit Ptah, a doctor in ancient Egypt who lived around 2700 B.C.
The first country to grant women the right to vote in the modern era was New Zealand in 1893.
Ada Byron Lovelace (1815 – 1852) was the world’s first computer programmer.
Mother Teresa (1979) is the first woman from India to get the Nobel Prize.
In December 1977, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution announcing March 8th to be a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.
Dedicated to all the wonderful women in the world!
