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EVILFOREST:
Where is HARRIET TUBMAN..?

coming right up ....

Karleb:
Whether figurative or literally the more balls comparison is uncalled for.

You don't have to ridicule men to praise women.

Compare women with women if you have to make comparison.

comparisons are usually between different species not the same category hence it would not be a comparison



And oh no I didn't ridicule men I wouldn't dare
Mother Theresa and Elizabeth are the ones pointed fingered of spite to , there is no man mentioned here I ridiculed

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[s]HOW DOES SHE HAVE MORE BALLS THAN MEN WHEN SHE NEVER RACED AGAINST MEN?

LIKE KARLEB SAYS, THIS COMPARISON IS UNCALLED FOR. THESE WOMEN MAY HAVE ACHIEVED GREAT THINGS. BUT THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE WAY MORE INFERIOR THAN THE LEAST OF THINGS ACCOMPLISHED BY MEN.

YOU WANT TO SOUND "EQUAL" BUT IT NEVER WORKS BECAUSE SEXISM IS EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO AND SAY.

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1. Of course queen Amina
I have to get that CAPSLOCKED
QUEEN AMINA



At a time when men dominated most aspects of life, Amina the queen of Zazzau emerged. A skillful Hausa warrior, she commanded a vast army which conquered many territories and greatly expanded her kingdom.
How can you sum up what Amina of Zazzau stands for?

'Amina, a woman like a man!' This is the slogan used to describe Amina. Everything she did as a queen exceeded what her male predecessors had done. She now symbolizes the spirit and strength of womanhood.

When and where did Amina live?

Amina is believed to have been born in the16th century but scholars differ on the exact date of her birth. She lived in what is now Zaria City, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

What is Amina remembered for?

She is mostly remembered as the revered warrior queen.

She reigned for 34 years and greatly expanded her kingdom through conquests. She also opened up trade routes and is believed to have initiated the cultivation of kola nuts in the territory she ruled.

The second sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Bello, who was also a son to Usman dan Fodio, the famous Islamic Crusader, first wrote about her in his book 'Infaku'l Maisuri' (The Wages of the Fortunate). According to him, Amina was the first to introduce administration as we know it to Hausa societies, and she also had a unique gift of leadership.



What controversy still surrounds Amina's existence?

Some have argued that Amina's story is a myth and that she never existed. But there is evidence that points to her existence. One example is the walls she built around the major cities she conquered. Furthermore, there are still structures and ruins of what used to be her palace and military training grounds in Zaria.

Although she didn't have children of her own, there are claims that direct descendants of her other siblings are still alive and are among the elite ruling houses of the emirate.

Her cause and place of death remains a matter of contention, but it is widely accepted that she died in battle at Atagara, a place in present day Kogi State, north central Nigeria.

How present is Amina in modern Nigeria and beyond?

Various places and institutions in northern Nigeria bear Amina's name. One of these is a government secondary school named after her in Kaduna state, Queen Amina College. There are also female hostels called Queen Amina Hall in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Lagos.

The character in the US-American television series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' is said to have been inspired by Amina, princess and later queen of Zazzau.

mansakhalifa:
And a regicide makes the list...

it was either her or Liz

Better eyesight


While she may not be responsible for everyone’s sight, Dr. Patricia Bath invented a device that drastically improved the process for removing cataracts, which can cause impaired vision and blindness. Today, her Laserphaco Probe, which allows for quick and almost painless removal of cataracts, is used around the world.

Dr. Bath was the first African-American woman to receive a medical patent, co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, and was the first woman to become the head of a residency program in ophthalmology. And if that’s not enough, she pioneered the concept of “community ophthalmology”—a system that increased the amount of eye care available to low-income and underserved populations.

The 3D movies



Seen any 3D movies lately? You know why? A black women: Valerie Thomas, physicist, inventor, and NASA data analyst. When she wasn’t busy managing the Landsat program, which has produced millions of images of Earth, she was inventing the technology which went on to become the premise for more advanced TV screens and modern 3D technology.

In the late ’70s, Thomas discovered that concave mirrors can create the illusion of 3-dimensional objects and began experimenting with how she could visually transmit the 3D illusion. In 1980, Thomas patented her illusion transmitter.

All in all There's no reason to hate yourself , to hate your skin colour, we are X ,we are unknown.forsake the white God.we are a different people from them

A better menstrual pad


(You cannot fathom what Europeans were using before Mary came through )



Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner patented many inventions in her life. There was the new and improved bathroom-tissue holder which caught the loose end of the toilet paper for easier use and the back scrubber that attached to the shower wall for better-executed hygiene. She also patented an adjustable tray and pocket attachment for walkers which made travel more convenient for people who used walking aids, and a “sanitary belt with a moisture proof napkin pocket” which made the cumbersome precursor to the pad less messy and more effective.

A Good Hairbrush (which had been a massive problem even in the UK)



Have you ever seen those old-time movies where women run a brush through their hair 100 times, counting each stroke in what appears to be an unnecessary waste of time? They probably had to do that way back then. Brushes weren’t as user friendly as they are today, and combing hair was a long and difficult process.

Lyda D. Newman’s invention was simple yet revolutionary. In 1898, Newman patented her “new and improved hair-brush.” The brush had evenly separated bristles, slots that kept dirt and hair neatly contained, and a detachable compartment for easy cleaning. The artificial bristles Newman used were similar to the plastic ones used today.

Karleb:
You people sha have to bring men into this again.


Just say they were special.


There are women older, richer and influential than I am but how the hell does that make the have "more balls" than myself?

it was figurative , even literally these women had more balls than 'yourself ' yes

Home security



When Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert noticed increasing crime in their New York neighborhood, coupled with the fact that police were slow to respond to calls in their part of town, they set out to make their home feel safer. In 1966, Brown and her husband filed a patent for a household closed-circuit-television security system.

The system had a camera at the front door that looked through one of four peep holes at different heights. That image was broadcast to the user on a television set in another part of the house. It also had a two-way microphone, which allowed for communication with visitors at the door, and a remote switch that could unlock the door to let people in. If the person seemed unsafe, users could push an alert button to signal a nearby security firm.

Today, very similar systems can be seen in homes and apartment complexes across the nation.

Space-saving furniture

In 1885, Sarah Goode became the first African-American woman to file a patent. Goode was born into slavery; after the Civil War she moved to Chicago. There, she met her husband and the two of them opened a furniture shop.

Back in the 1880s, most black families in Chicago didn’t buy a lot of furniture because they lived in small homes and apartments. Seeing a need for innovative space-saving solutions, Goode designed the cabinet bed, a bed that could fold into a functioning desk. It’s like a Murphy bed, only more useful.

It’s hard to believe that Goode’s cabinet bed isn’t around today. Think of the space that could be saved in dorm rooms, studio apartments, or those new tiny houses everyone’s talking about.

2. The heater
Isn’t it nice that you can just walk into your home and turn on the heat when you’re cold? You can thank Alice H. Parker for that.

Parker took it upon herself to design a natural gas-fueled “new and improved heating furnace.” Her design earned a patent in December 1919 and helped give birth to the thermostat and the familiar forced air furnaces in most homes today.

First let NO MAN OR SOCIETY DEFINE YOU - J cole








1. Everything good about your phone
Remember the days before call waiting and caller ID? If you answered “yes,” you might be old. And you almost might have great appreciation for the research of Dr. Shirley Jackson, whose work led to those innovations, along with developments in touch-tone phones, portable fax machines, and the fiber optic cables that make your long-distance phone calls come in crystal clear.

Jackson was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT, the first black female president of a major technological institute, and went on to became the first black woman appointed chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Her list of achievements, awards, and appointments goes on and on.

First Nobel Prize winner




Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai became the first black woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

An outspoken environmentalist, Maathai was honored in 2004 for standing at the "front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa," according to the African American Registry.

Maathai earned bachelor's and master's degrees at American universities before completing her doctorate and founded the Green Belt Movement, the largest tree-planting campaign in Africa. She has been recognized as Time Magazine's "Hero of the Planet.

Fastest in the world


Wilma Rudolph was dubbed "the fastest woman in the world" and in 1960 became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at the same Olympic Games, according to the National Women's History Museum.

Rudolph also championed civil rights, refusing to attend a segregated homecoming parade in her honor.

Rudolph later earned a degree from Tennessee State University and was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame.

The first to refuse to give up her seat

Claudette Colvin broke ground nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks.

In March 1955, Colvin, then just 15 years old, was arrested for violating an ordinance in Montgomery, Alabama, that required segregation on city buses, according to a Stanford University entry. Colvin went to jail without a chance to call her family, a University of Idaho researcher wrote.

Colvin and other women challenged the law in court. But black civil rights leaders, pointing to circumstances in Colvin's personal life, thought Parks would make a better icon for the movement.

"Being dragged off that bus was worth it just to see Barack Obama become president," Colvin said in the 2017 book "Still I Rise." "So many others gave their lives and didn't get to see it, and I thank God for letting me see it."

First Black Nurse ( Think about this title)



Mary Eliza Mahoney, born in 1845, had been a cook, a janitor and a washerwoman before she began working at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, according to Jacksonville University.



When she was 33, she entered the hospital's 16-month nursing program and earned her certification.

In a 40-year career, Mahoney directed the Howard Orphan Asylum in Long Island, New York, and was a founding member of the group that became the American Nurses Association.

After retirement, Mahoney continued to fight for minority rights and in 1920 became one of the first women to register to vote in Boston

First Published Poet


Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American poet to publish a book.

Born in 1753, she was brought to New England from West Africa as a slave when she was nearly 8 years old.

The Wheatley family purchased and named the young girl, and after discovering her passion for writing (they caught her writing with chalk on a wall), tutored her in reading and writing.

She studied English literature, Latin, Greek and The Bible. With the family's help, Phillis Wheatley traveled to London in 1773 and published her first poems. Soon after, when she returned to America, she was granted her freedom.

Edith Cowan (1861 – 1932)

"Women are very desirous of their being placed on absolutely equal terms with men. We ask for neither more nor less than that'



Her face is on the $50 dollar note and she has a University named after her in Western Australia, but what you may not know is that Edith Cowan was Australia’s first ever female member of parliament and a fierce women’s rights activist.

Edith’s childhood was traumatic, to say the least. Her mother died while giving birth when Cowan was just seven years old, and her father was accused and then convicted of murdering his second wife when she was 15 and was subsequently executed.

From a young age Edith was a pioneer for women’s rights, and her election to parliament at 59 in 1921, was both unexpected and controversial.


During her time in parliament Cowan pushed through legislation which allowed women to be involved in the legal profession, promoted migrant welfare and sex education in schools and placed mothers on equal position with fathers when their children died without having made a will.

Edith died at age 70, but her legacy remains to this day.

Marie Curie (1867 – 1934)

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”



Polish-born Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and scientist, who coined the term radioactivity, discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and developed a portable x-ray machine.

Currie was the first person (not woman) who has won two separate Noble Prizes, one for physics and another for chemistry, and to this day Curie is the only person, regardless of gender, to receive Noble prizes for two different sciences.

Currie faced near constant adversity and discrimination throughout her career, as science and physics was such a male-dominated field, but despite this, her research remains relevant and has influenced the world of science to this day.

Malala Yousafzai (1997 - )

“I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is the story of many girls.”



Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Yousafzai’s father was a teacher and ran an all-girls school in her village, however when the Taliban took over her town they enforced a ban on all girls going to school. In 2012, at the age of 15, Malala publicly spoke out on women’s rights to education and as a result, a gunman boarded her school bus and shot the young activist in the head.

Malala survived.

Yousafzai moved to the UK where she has become a fierce presence on the world stage and became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, at 17 years old. Malala is currently studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford.

MMWandali:
good for them

incredible of them.

Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005)

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.”




Rosa Parks was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, when the bus driver asked her to stand up and give her seat to a white man. Parks, a black seamstress, refused and in doing so sparked an entire civil rights movement in America.

Born in 1913, Parks moved to Alabama at age 11, and attended a laboratory school at the Alabama State Teachers’ College for Negroes, until she had to leave in 11th grade to care for her ill grandmother.


Before 1955, Parks was a member of Montgomery’s African-American community and in 1943 joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, where she became chapter secretary.

In 1955, Alabama was still governed by segregation laws and had a policy for municipal buses where white citizens only were allowed to sit in the front, and black men and women had to sit in the back. On December 1st, there were no more seats left in the white section, so the bus conductor told the four black riders to stand and give the white man a whole row. Three obeyed, Parks did not.

Parks was subsequently arrested, and her actions sparked a wave of protests across America. When she died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005, she became the first woman in the nation’s history to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

Sojourner Truth (1797 – 1883)

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”


Truth Truth Truth , can say enough about you although almost never remembered by the X (Unknown) Race


Sojourner Truth is one of the most inspirational black women in America’s history and her words belong to one of the most famous speeches by any woman. An African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Truth delivered a now famous speech at the Ohio Women’s Right’s Convention in Akron, 1851, that has come to be known as “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Truth was separated from her family at the age of nine and was subsequently sold for auction as a slave along with a flock of sheep for $100. In 1829, Truth escaped to freedom with her infant daughter Sophia, but her other two children had to be left behind.

Truth began to advocate for the rights of women and African Americans in the late 1840’s and was known for giving passionate speeches about women’s rights, prison reform and universal suffrage. Truth, who died in Michigan in 1883, is known as one of the foremost leaders of the abolition movement and one of the earliest advocates for women’s rights

Dominique btw if I stop with the list then I've been banned.

Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796)

“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.”




Catherine the Great is one of the world’s great historical figures and the Prussian-born Queen is one of the more ruthless women to make this list.

Stuck in a loveless marriage to the King of Russia, Catherine orchestrated a coup to overthrow her wildly unpopular husband Peter III, and then named herself Empress of the Russian Empire in 1762.

Catherine is credited for modernising Russia and established the first state-funded school for girls, reeled back the power of the church within the state and encouraged the development of the economy, trade and the arts.

Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014)

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”


Maya Angelou is one of the most influential women in American history and was a poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist, whose award-winning memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman.

Angelou had a difficult childhood. As a black woman growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, Maya experienced racial prejudices and discrimination all throughout her life. At the age of seven, Angelou was assaulted by her mother’s boyfriend, who was then killed by her uncles as revenge. The incident traumatised Angelou to the point that she became a virtual mute for many years.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as her other works have been one of the loudest voices in the civil rights movement, and explore subjects such as identity, rape, racism, and literacy, and illustrate how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.

Throughout the years, history has seen some fiercely intelligent, powerful and inspirational women who have been pioneers for women’s rights and racial equality and have defined the worlds of science, mathematics, aviation and literature.
This list would exclude Queen Elizabeth (as with other monarchs with little to close to a pea size brains)
Mother Theresa - A sociopathic Narcissist


1. Anne Frank (1929 – 1945)

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”




The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most honest, powerful and poignant accounts of World War II and was written by a German teenage girl. The Franks were a Jewish family living in Germany, then Austria throughout Hitler’s rise to power and during World War II. The family hid in a secret annex with four other people throughout the war but were discovered and sent to concentration camps in 1944. Out of the Frank family, only Anne’s father survived, and he made the decision to publish Anne’s diary.

The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into almost 70 languages and is an intimate portrayal of one of the most inhumane moments in history and is able to educate us on the universal human qualities of emotion, passion, love, hope, desire, fear and strength.

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In 1998 a young teenage couple were brutally murdered by their friends, all of whom were involved in the black metal music scene in Italy at the time. The crime would later be described as a drug fuelled satanic rite, where the young couple were stabbed to death. The father of one of the victim’s was convinced that the disappearance of his son had some connection to his involvement in the black metal scene, and he would conduct a personal investigation into his disappearance that would stretch out for another six years. The murderers were Andrea Volpe, Nicola Sapone and Mario Maccione - all members of the black metal band ‘Beast of Satan’.

They would not be apprehended by the authorities however until the committed their third murder six years later. The victim this time was Mariangela Pezzotta, a 27 year old who was the ex-girlfriend of Volpe. She was shot in the throat, hit several times with a shovel and then buried alive. This was not an alleged ritualistic killing, but instead an attempt to silence someone who knew too much about the bands past. Volpe, and his fiancé at the time, attempted to move the body to hide the evidence, but were apprehended when the car they were using to transport the corpse crashed.

The group are also thought to have played a part in the death of their drummer, who completed suicide, however authorities were never able to conclusively link the other members to his death.

It’s worth noting that the first murders committed by members of the band was carried out while they were heavily under the influence of drugs, and the later murder was motivated solely by self-preservation. Despite this the authorities viewed the crimes and the link to death metal, as proof of a network of satanic sects across Italy, and attempted to set up a special satanist task force in the wake of the Beast of Satan trial.