International Women's Day
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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FACTS
- Every year on March 8th
- Cause awareness of women abuse and mistreatment
- Started in the early 1900s
- Nonworking day in the USSR
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Malala Yousafzai
- Young Pakistani journalist
- Received the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011 and Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize
- Was shot in the head by the Taliban and lived
- Wrote "I Am Yousafzai: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban"
- Blogged for BBC and has been a target for the Taliban since she was 14 years old
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CAROL BARTZ
- First CEO of a major software company
- CEO of Yahoo
- Previously worked at a manufacturing company
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BRENDA HALE
- The first woman and youngest judge to become a law lord
- Hale is currently the only female justice of the UK supreme court
- Introduced the Children's Act 1989 – the most important piece of legislation in the UK protecting children
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JENNIFER BETH THOMPSON
- Won 12 medals for swimming in the Olympics
- Has a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Completed her residency at Brigham and Womens Hospital
- Completed her fellowship in children's anesthesiology
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FACTS
- 1.3 million women are assaulted every year
- Battering is rarely an isolated event and will most likely increase if something isn't changed
- 74% of people know a women abused by a partner
- Nineteenth Amendment went into affect on August 18, 1920
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Biography
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Schwartz, Paula. "Jenny Thompson, Daniel Cumpelik." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Sept. 2010. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .
"Domestic Violence: Fast Facts on Domestic Violence." Domestic Violence: Fast Facts on Domestic Violence. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Schwartz, Paula. "Jenny Thompson, Daniel Cumpelik." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Sept. 2010. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
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Biography Continued
Khaleeli, Homa. "Brenda Hale." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 08 Mar. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .
Kingsley, Patrick. "Carol Bartz." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 08 Mar. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. .
"Malala Yousafzai Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2014. .
Kingsley, Patrick. "Carol Bartz." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 08 Mar. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.
"Malala Yousafzai Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2014.
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