Can anyone name some current female role models who are not actors or singers?

Question

Please tell me what they have done to make the world better.

Answer 1

My mother. She helps more people directly than any of those mentioned. I'm sure there are others like her whose caring, concern, and help go unnoticed each day. Women who work in hospices. You don't know their names, they are not in it for attention.

Answer 2

Here are just a few... The world is so wrapped up in Celebrities. These are the woman who have changed things and are still changing them today. They aren't people that decide what shoe's you will wear for the fall. They are activists and women in high power.

Kritaya Archavanitkul; demographer and human rights activist

Hanan Ashrawi; Palestinian Writer and Political Leader

Shirin Ebadi; 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

A. Elizabeth Jones; Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia

Petra Kelly, Member of the Green Party and Member of the Bundestag (with Gert Bastian)

Maire MacEntee; Irish poet and scholar

Jennifer Sims; Former Coordinator for Intelligence Resources and Planning, Department of State

Nemat Shafik; Vice President, The World Bank

Answer 3

Yeah, Condoleeza Rice. She has a doctorate and is one of the most powerful women in the world. A far better role model than any actress or singer. What she has done to improve the world probably depends on your political point of view, but as far as a role model, her drive and success would be great for any young woman to try to emulate.

Answer 4

Condoleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, Maureen Dowd, Michelle Malkin, Katie Couric, Dr. Joyce Brothers

Answer 5

Arundhati Roy--author and activist for human rights
Amy Goodman--host of the radio program Democracy Now!
Vandana Shiva--scientist, water rights activist, and author
Wangari Muta Maathai--environmental activist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Then there are so many women the Civil Rights Movement (Ella Baker and Diane Nash to name a couple) who need to be thought of as role models. Then there is Emma Goldman who was a feminist and free speech activist during the late 19th and early 20th century.

Answer 6

Danica Patrick
Shirley Muldowny
Shawna Robinson
Becca Anderson
Christy Passmore

Answer 7

Unfortunately, only actresses and singers get the best publicity, in order to be considered role models. But still there are some women who deserve our attention, like Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, who succeeded in a world controlled by male politicians. And let`s not forget about Oprah! She became so famous (and rich) by being a witty Afro American lady, who didn`t care she had weight problems and whose opinion is highly respected today. I bet there are many other female scientists who deserve all the credits, but, if we continue to watch MTV and read only tabloids, we will never discover them.

Answer 8

Hillary Clinton - senator from NY and a potential presidential candidate
Nancy Pelosi - congress minortiy speaker
Christianne Amanpour - correspondent for CNN
Rosa Parks - civil rights champion
Cokie Roberts - journalist
Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Supreme Court Justice
Margaret Thatcher - former prime minister of Great Britain

Answer 9

Astronauts Sally Ride & Eileen M. Collins

Aung San Suu Kyi

Answer 10

Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Hilary Clinton, Priyanka Vadhera (Gandhi), Mamata Banerjee, Su Ki and many others.

Answer 11

Maya Angelou, clinton, Marie Curie, Tyra banks, Rosalind Franklin and any woman in science/ the math field