{"id":7650,"date":"2018-08-09T00:38:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T00:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7650"},"modified":"2018-08-09T00:38:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T00:38:21","slug":"the-influential-polish-woman-who-changed-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/the-influential-polish-woman-who-changed-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The influential Polish woman who changed history!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a woman and a mother of two very strong willed daughters, I care about women and the role they play in today&#8217;s world a lot, as you can just imagine! Some made music, some climbed mountains, some loved science. Women who overcame hardship, broke records and blazed trails &#8211; shattering glass ceilings and even tougher things!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7652\" style=\"width: 792px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280.png\" aria-label=\"Emancipation 156066 1280 782x1024\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7652\" class=\"wp-image-7652 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-782x1024.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-782x1024.png 782w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-267x350.png 267w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-768x1005.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280.png 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Powerful woman! Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After reading quotes of these legendary women, you&#8217;ll know you can contribute towards the society no matter what &#8211; you don&#8217;t need to be in a specific field, time or environment to make a difference to the world in this lifetime. Here are few of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p>1. &#8220;Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Anne Frank<\/strong> (1929-1945)<\/p>\n<p>2. &#8220;Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Mother Teresa<\/strong> (1910-1997)<\/p>\n<p>3. &#8220;In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Aung Sang Suu Kyi<\/strong> (1945)<\/p>\n<p>4. &#8220;I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn&#8217;t win that match. It would ruin the women&#8217;s tour and affect all women&#8217;s self esteem.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Billie Jean King<\/strong> (1943)<\/p>\n<p>5. &#8220;Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Diana<\/strong> (1961-1997), <strong>Princess of Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6. &#8220;Democracy is the best revenge.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Benazir Bhutto<\/strong> (1953-2007)<\/p>\n<p>7. &#8220;There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong> (1964)<\/p>\n<p>8. &#8220;Be thankful for what you have; you&#8217;ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don&#8217;t have, you will never, ever have enough.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> (1954)<\/p>\n<p>9. &#8220;I think one&#8217;s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Florence Nightingale<\/strong> (1820-1910)<\/p>\n<p>10. &#8220;I&#8217;m tough, I&#8217;m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.&#8221; &#8211;<strong> Madonna<\/strong> (1958)<\/p>\n<p>11. &#8220;Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Amelia Earhart<\/strong> (1897-1937)<\/p>\n<p>12. &#8220;You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>George Sand<\/strong> (1804-1876)<\/p>\n<p>13. &#8220;We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Emmeline Pankhurst<\/strong> (1858-1928)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7651\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280.png\" aria-label=\"Atom 2022632 1280 1024x976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7651\" class=\"wp-image-7651 size-large\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"976\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280-1024x976.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280-1024x976.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280-350x334.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280-768x732.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/atom-2022632_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Sk\u0142odowska Curie, Image courtesy pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Politics, science, sport, technology and literature&#8230; it&#8217;s impossible to find an area where women haven&#8217;t made a powerful impact.\u00a0So the task of finding the female figure who has made the greatest contribution was always going to be a tough one.\u00a0But experts have finally narrowed it\u00a0down \u2013 and named Marie Curie as the woman who did the most to change the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The scientist, whose discoveries in the field of radiation helped develop X-rays and cancer treatments, beat Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and Jane Austen in a poll by BBC History Magazine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curie was the first to win two Nobel prizes \u2013 one in physics and one in chemistry \u2013 and coined the word &#8216;radiation&#8217;. \u00a0She had a tough childhood in her native Poland, then under oppressive Russian rule. Her mother died when she was ten and she had to work as a young governess for six years.\u00a0Going on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, she met fellow physicist Pierre Curie, and the pair dedicated their lives to science.<\/p>\n<p>She began cracking the secrets of radioactivity in their primitive laboratory in a shed. Curie helped fit X-ray machines to ambulances in the First World War while working for the Red Cross, and suffered leukaemia from long-term exposure to radiation. She died in 1934 aged 66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"267\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-267x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-267x350.png 267w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-768x1005.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280-782x1024.png 782w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/08\/emancipation-156066_1280.png 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><p>As a woman and a mother of two very strong willed daughters, I care about women and the role they play in today&#8217;s world a lot, as you can just imagine! 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