20 Influential Women in History You Need to Know About

Their influence and contributions are impossible to ignore.

By Catherine Phelan | Published Jan 24, 2019

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1507-1458 BCE

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598-623

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Unknown-701

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Circa 1449-1510

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1501 or 1507-1536

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1528-1572

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1583-1663

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1729-1796

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1759-1797

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1838-1917

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1848-1908

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1862-1931

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1875-1907

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1880-1968

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1884-1962

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1899-1968

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1918-1986

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1924-2016

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1927-1997

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1936-1996

influential women in history — Barbara Jordan, center, speaks in the House.
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