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Number 10: Henrietta Lacks.
A sad truth about the nature of our world is that sometimes a man or woman makes a great sacrifice or pledge towards the benefit of the world or humanity and they don't get credit for it. For the woman known as Henrietta Lacks, her "pledge" towards the world was her very own cells…and they helped change the way we look at medicine. But for the longest time, her family, and even herself, before she passed away, didn't know the contribution that she made.
Lacks was ill one day with a pain in her abdomen, and so she went to John Hopkins Hospital near Roanoke, Virginia, where she was diagnosed with a type of cancer on her Cervix. Ironically, this was actually a misdiagnosis, as she really had a different kind of cancer altogether. When a cell culture was taken to be examined, the doctors found that her cancer cells were “immortal.” In the sense that they not only couldn't die, but also that they continue to replicate infinitely. Her cells were then stolen, replicated, and spread out all over the world so that more people could research them and see what medical advances could be made by this discovery.
And many advances were indeed made, including the cure for Polio, the birth of Chemotherapy treatments, the mapping of the human gene, and more.
The Lacks family eventually found out what the doctors had done to Henrietta, and are fighting for her (and the family) to get the credit she truly deserves.
Though not official, many do call her the "Mother Of Modern Medicine" because of everything that her cells have done.
Number 9: Susan B. Anthony .
In the United States, and much of the world, today, there are pretty much equal rights for both men and women. Both have the right to vote, to run for office, to have a business, to do everything that the other can do. But in the early days of the United States, women were relegated to "homekeeper" roles. They were mainly only allowed to do the house work, while the men were the breadwinners. But as time went on, women wanted to do more, including having the right to vote and help choose who gets put into office. This was the birth of the Suffrage Movement, and the biggest organizer of that movement was Susan B. Anthony.
And to be clear, Anthony didn't do this for a year or two or five. She helped lead the Suffrage Movement for 50 years, and even risked getting arrested at times because her ideas were deemed "offensive". Clearly...offensive to men.
Anthony helped co-found the American Equal Rights Association, and she helped write its newspaper too. She went around the country organizing events, rallying women to the cause, and helping prove why women deserved the right to vote.
Finally, in 1920, women got that right to vote. And Susan B Anthony got her face on the silver dollar for her contributions to the cause.
Number 8: Alice Coachman.
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Another sad part about United States history was that in the 19th century, it was believed that white athletes (both male and female) were superior in every way. But in the 1930's and 1940's that was shattered in multiple ways. As Jesse Owens went to the Berlin Games and beat the "superior" athletes from Germany and other countries to win multiple gold medals. Then, in the 1948 London Games, Alice Coachman won the Gold Medal in High Jump to become the first African-American female to win a gold medal.
She was personally awarded the medal by King George VI, and then was later praised at the White House by President Harry S. Truman. Her fame helped push black athletes in the US, and even got her the first endorsement deal in African American history (male or female).
“If I had gone to the Games and failed, there wouldn’t be anyone to follow in my footsteps. It encouraged the rest of the women to work harder and fight harder,” Coachman told The New York Times in 1996.
Much like Owens before her, she set a standard for excellence, and proved that color is not a qualification for athletic ability. Many African-American athletes have followed in her footsteps, and they can all thank Coachman for making that possible.
Number 7: Marie Curie.
You may be surprised by just how many women helped find, or found, key elements that we take for granted today. One such woman is Marie Curie, who was a scientist who founded the entire field of radioactivity. In fact, she was the one who came up with the word Radioactivity, so literally, that field belongs to her.

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