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Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Period: 16th Century
Full Name: Elizabeth Tudor
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Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, became Queen of England and Ireland in 1558 after the death of her sister, Queen Mary I. She ruled for 45 years, a period known as the Elizabethan Era, and earned a reputation for being a powerful and shrewd ruler -
Marie Curie (1867–1934)
Time Period: Early 20th Century
groundbreaking work in radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields—Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911). Achievements: Discovery of Radium and Polonium: Curie discovered the elements radium and polonium, which advanced the study of radioactivity and had profound implications for medical treatments, particularly in cancer therapy. -
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)
Time Period: Mid-20th Century
Full Name: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
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Indira Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was the first and, to date, the only woman to hold this office in India. Achievements: Green Revolution: Indira Gandhi spearheaded the Green Revolution, which significantly increased India's food production and made the country self-suffic -
Kamala Harris (1964-Present)
Time Period: 21st Century
Full Name: Kamala Devi Harris
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Kamala Harris made history in 2020 by becoming the first woman, first Black woman, and first person of South Asian descent to be elected Vice President of the United States. Prior to this, she served as California’s Attorney General and as a U.S. Senator from California. Achievements: Vice Presidency: Kamala Harris broke barriers in U.S. politics