1. Marie Curie
2. Rosa Parks
3. Hilary Clinton
4. Angela Merkel
5. Oprah
2007-11-06 16:28:40 · 14 answers · asked by GodsOfQED 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Note to people who think these are bad choices: Marie Curie was the first person to ever win 2 Nobel prizes and the only to win 2 in different scientific fields.
2007-11-06 16:40:10 · update #1
Marie Curie, of course !
By the way, her real name was Marie Slodowska
To david:
A friend of mine had the same experience as Rosa Parks, but nobody has ever heard of her. Besides, what scientific discovery did Rosa do ?
Margaret Tatcher, what a person! She seized the Malvinas islands after the Argentinians recovered them.
America should be for the Americans, as somebody said once. To make things more interesting, the USA supported her against America. What a shame !
Elizabeth Tudor ! What a bunch of .. No, wait. It would be improper. But she had Mary Stuart killed, and many other people as well.
She had the right to be called "Bloody Bessie" instead of her sister Mary.
And, lo and behold ! It fits.
Of course, since she came after her sister, she wrote History. That's why it was Mary who was called bloody
2007-11-07 01:24:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ludd Zarko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out of the five listed, that would be Marie Curie and Rosa Parks. I don't consider the others important enough to be in the same category. I would replace Hilary Clinton with Maya Angelou. Replace Angela Merkel with Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Replace Oprah with Lucille Ball.
2007-11-07 00:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by Split Personality 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What? Oprah?! Sorry, only 1 and 2 are really worthy with 4 as a tentative maybe, but here is my list (not in this order): Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Martha Washington (every great man has an even greater woman), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Maya Angelou, etc..
2007-11-07 00:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by P.G. Wodehouse 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What a strange mixture of women to choose from.
I'd choose any of the three who aren't politicians.
Probably in this order, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Oprah.
(Thank you for the information, but I do know who Marie Curie was.)
2007-11-07 00:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have stolen my thunder with your additional note.
I was all set to explain why Marie Curie should get the nod.
Here's some info I use for my world history classes.
(I made this power point last year,
so the data may need to be updated.)
Alfred Nobel of Sweden established The "Nobel Prize" in 1895 with 6 categories : Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Peace, Literature, and Economics
His original endowment was over $4 million.
The early awards were worth $150,000 in 1901
Recently worth ~$10 million per prize
766 individual winners – 33 women, mostly recent
Only 33 women - That's only 4% of the Nobel awards for women who make up over 50% of the population ! ! ! !
Marie Curie won the prize for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911. She was first twice-honored Nobel laureate, and still the ONLY ONE in two different sciences!
She died at age 66 in 1934 from aplastic anemia almost certainly related to her work with radioactive substances.
Her achievements dwarf all the others on this list.
2007-11-07 01:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
With all respect to madame Curie, Rosa Parks set an example for us all. I suspect the other women would agree.
What happened to Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Ghandi? How about Susan B. Anthony? Elizabeth Tudor?
2007-11-07 06:55:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i tink its a bad list (except marie curie and possibly rosa parks). as much as oprah is a generous human being she, in my opinion, doesn't belong in this list nor does hilary clinton she's still got much more to prove and do. why don,t you try different female figures through out history like catherine de medici, the tuder queens (mary and elixabeth) elinor of aquitane, cleopatra, anna parnell, countess marchevitz... th list goes on of women who have changed the world for the good or bad.... and well i tink we all know about marie curies accomplishments....
2007-11-07 07:40:33 · answer #7 · answered by izzie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Marie Curie. She was an influence world-wide, and brought about huge changes, whereas the others only ever influenced certain mediums.
2007-11-07 00:53:29 · answer #8 · answered by c00kiesncream 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I choose Marie Curie, and shame on any women who doesn't choose her.
2007-11-07 00:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by Shin 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't feel I need to apologize, because I think that Ms. Parks, with her tired feet, did more for her nation than the other four put together.
2007-11-07 05:15:54 · answer #10 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋