They Have, and Will, Leave Their Mark (Four Unstoppable Women)

1. Alice Paul

This woman led the crusade through the early 1900s for women to get the right to vote. Her methods were considered uncouth, unladylike, and treasonous as she often picketed Woodrow Wilson during the first World War. People, like Carrie Chapman Catt, were not her number one supporters because they believed her reckless ways were never going to get that infamous 20th amendment passed. Paul picketed, protested, and was arrested and sentenced to Occoquan Workhouse several times where she started hunger strikes (a practice she learned in England) and was force fed raw eggs. I admire her passion. There wasn’t much Paul would not do to guarantee women the right to vote and for that all women today should be thankful for all she sacrificed.

2. Jane Wilde Hawking

I am currently reading Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen and must applaud Jane’s incredible strong will, yet tenderness in her caring for Stephen Hawking. Stephen was often times brash, commanding, and aloof to Jane’s sacrifices she made for her husband and family. She was fully dedicated to her husband and was willing to give up many things to guarantee that he had the most fulfilling life that one with ALS could have. She accompanied dinners, flew overseas, and helped him to school by offering up her arm as a crutch. She devoted a majority of her life to him and her love was unwavering, despite development of feelings for her choir master. She truly was Stephen’s rock and her determination and will is something all women should admire.

3. Michelle Obama

Not only is she one of the most fashionably dressed First Lady’s of the United States since Jackie Kennedy, she is a powerhouse. Like her husband, she has experience with community organizing and making things happen. Her crusades currently include spreading awareness of healthy eating, especially for children, to help combat the ever growing epidemic of obesity in this county. She is intelligent, eloquent, motivational, and a complete American icon, what more could we ask for?

4. Beyonce Knowles-Carter

Dear Beyonce, my name is Kelsey, and I consider you to be my idol in all things life. She sings, dances, and is the fiercest woman to ever grace this planet we call Earth. She wakes up flawless, has no problem belting out power chords about love, life, and relationships. She is also one of the strongest, most loving mother’s to ever grace our television screens. She is always glamorous and always seems to be enjoying life to the fullest extent. She is the definition of a strong women by continuing to defy odds in hip-hop world and becoming a reason for all women to belt out amazing songs to their heart’s content. I love her and hope that the world respects her as much as I do.