INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN TIME From groundbreaking designers, explorers, political activists, artists, writers, feminists and celebrities, throughout history women have had to fight to assert themselves as individuals and experts within their fields. Today we honour just a few of the many inspirational women we are proud to call our sisters.
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A celebrated poet and award-winning author Maya was an active voice in the civil rights movement. Best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an AfricanAmerican woman.
“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up, and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom”
When she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, AL, in 1955 Rosa was arrested and lost her job. But her act of disobedience inspired a boycott and the following year the Supreme Court declared segregation on buses to be unconstitutional.
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