4 Badass Women that Personify Women's History Month 2021

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1) Marie Curie

Born in 1867, award-winning scientist Marie Curie is the picture of female empowerment. During a time when men completely dominated the science industry, Curie was able to make a name for herself. Much of her work was completed along with her husband, Pierre Curie, and the two of them went on to discover two elements: polonium and radium. Because of this, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics a few years later.

Her accomplishments did not stop there. After her husband passed away, she made it her life purpose to continue to pursue science and make even more discoveries. She was able to isolate pure radium, and for this, Curie won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Her advancements in science paved the way for progress in the medical field, including with X-rays and radiation treatment.  

If you’re in the science or medical fields, Marie Curie is certainly someone you should be celebrating this Women's History Month. 

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2) Margaret Hamilton

No relation to Hamilton the musical, Margaret Hamilton is a huge deal in the computer science world, leading the way for female empowerment in the industry. Working during the 1960s, she is considered to be one of the first software programmers, and believe it or not, she’s responsible for popularizing the term “software engineer.”

Her accomplishments don’t stop there, though. With MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, she was part of the first U.S. air defense system project. Software that she wrote was able to detect enemy aircrafts! Even cooler, she worked on software that aided NASA with Apollo missions. This made the Apollo 11 mission possible, which is the mission where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.

Margaret Hamilton is an excellent example of female empowerment in the computer science field, and is certainly a woman to celebrate this Women's History Month. 

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3) Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow made a big splash in the extremely male-dominated film industry. She is a film director, producer, and screenwriter whose work has spanned genres. For her movie The Hurt Locker (2008), she was the first female recipient of the Academy Award for best director.

Some of her other noteworthy films that you may have seen include:

• Detroit
• K-19: The Widowmaker
• Point Break
• Strange Days
• Zero Dark Thirty
  

Bigelow is definitely a trailblazer in the film industry, and is someone to look up to this Women's History Month if you’re in the entertainment industry or if you’re simply a movie buff!

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4) Hilma Af Klint

Last but certainly not least, we have Hilma Af Klint, an excellent example of female empowerment in the art world. While artists such as Vasily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian are typically seen as the leaders in the abstract art of the 20th century, Hilma af Klint was actually creating groundbreaking abstract art before them! She was also very unique in where she drew inspiration from and the themes of her work. She was very in touch with her own spirituality and believed she could reach a higher consciousness. Pretty cool, right?

However, she did not see fame and success during her lifetime. She knew that her work was extremely progressive and ahead of its time, so she was very private with her art. In her will, she said that her art should be shown 20 years after her death, and so it was. With time, the art received much praise, and her work received the recognition it deserved.

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