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Kiri Bear
Mar 4, 2010, 08:06 PM
Hi, I have a high school assignment to finish and the problem is that I have to find a person who is seen as a LEADER who inspires (me). Im looking for a Female leader who achieved something that effected the world somehow. Please can u help me..

Clough
Mar 4, 2010, 08:54 PM
Hi, Kiri Bear!

You're only looking for women, correct?

Thanks!

bones252100
Mar 4, 2010, 09:08 PM
We will not do your homework for you but here are a few suggestions:
Mother Theresa comes to mind
Check out the diary of Anne Frank
What happened to Amelia Earhart?
Di died in the midst of her importance.
Eleanor visited the troops when her polio-afflicted husband could not do so.
Do we dare talk about the woman that provided an escape route for Negro slaves in America?

FlyYakker
Mar 5, 2010, 01:44 PM
Admiral Grace Hopper who was a computer genious.

Madame Curie.

Margaret Mead

Stringer
Mar 5, 2010, 09:09 PM
Indira Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi)

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi

Kitkat22
Mar 6, 2010, 11:41 PM
Carrie Chapman Catt.. who formed" The League of Women Voters".

Harriet Tubman.. Underground railroad for Children.


Margaret Thatcher.. Prime Minister of Britain.

Julia Ward Howe: Beyond "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".. She wrote the poem that was later to become a song.

FlyYakker
Mar 8, 2010, 04:39 PM
Helen Keller... blind and deaf at birth but gained fame as a writer and scholar. Helen Keller Biography - American Foundation for the Blind (http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=129)

Kitkat22
Mar 8, 2010, 06:11 PM
Christa McAuliffe.. First teacher to go into space.

OceanRage
Mar 13, 2010, 03:26 AM
Check out Mary Wollstonecraft or Florence Nightingale.

Inspirational characters

Kitkat22
Mar 13, 2010, 06:17 AM
Sandra Day O'Conner.. Supreme Court Judge.

Betsy Ross Made the first U.S Flag