Top Ten Women Who Changed the World in 2015

This list consists of powerful, smart and outgoing women who changed the world and are still alive today.
The Top Ten
1 Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai S.St is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.

It's weird how Malala is the only person who is actually being noticed by the media. They're are literally hundreds of women who have been through the same thing and believe in justice but they never get any attention. I just find it stupid how one person gets recognition and hundreds of people before her who were after the same goal don't.

A role model to all mankind. She portrays traits what a person should be: Modest, humble, just and intelligent. She captured the hearts and minds of the people with her wise words and dutiful actions, not her body. Now that's a feminist, and a role model for today's misguided young women, who are in dire need of knowing what a true woman should strive to be

I love this teen because she is doing a favor. She stayed strong when she was shot and she was not scared to stop being an activist. I love learning about her and I learn new things about her every day. If I lived in Pakistan where she stood out I would be afraid. She was not afraid through all the things that happened to her.

She won the Nobel Peace Prize, is seeking to end one of the greatest injustices in the world, and she's only eighteen! The respect I hold for this young women is hard to express.

2 Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.
3 Billie Jean King
4 Gloria Steinem
5 Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (born July 17, 1954) is a German former politician who served as the Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021). She was also the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (2000–2018). Growing up in East Germany, she was a cultural official for the Free German Youth, the youth organization of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany. In 1986, she obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry.
6 Mo'ne Davis
7 Arundhati Roy
8 Toni Morrison
9 Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States.
10 Emma Watson Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Watson attended the Dragon School as a child and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts.
The Contenders
11 Condoleezza Rice
12 Isabel Allende
13 Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of President Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party; Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College vote, thereby losing the election to Donald Trump.
14 J. K. Rowling
15 Vera Rubin
16 Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King... read more
17 Dilma Rousseff
18 Melanie Hunter
19 Melinda Gates
20 Christine Lagarde
21 Misty Copeland
22 Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj (born December 8, 1982) is a Trinidadian/American rapper / pop music artist. Minaj is most known for her songs such as "Anaconda", "Super Bass", "Starships" and her feature on "Bang Bang". Despite her controversial songs, Brent Staples from "The New York Times" claimed her to be 'the most influential female rapper of all time', presumably distinctive for her fast flow and her use of alter egos with Cockney accent. She has endorsed Adidas, MAC Cosmetics and Pepsi. Minaj has received ten Grammy-nominations throughout her career, and has won multiple awards including the Billboard's Women in Music 2011 Rising Star award.

She changed the world for the worse.

23 Carly Fiorina Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina is an American businessperson and political candidate, known primarily for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
24 Janet Yellen
25 Susan Wojcicki
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