10 iron ladies trough the history
Now days when men and women are equal we don’t think as much about those brave ladies who had to suffer a lot to get us where we are now. So this is a story about all of those women who made difference and got into the history book as women with more courage then most of the men of that time. Brave ladies this is a story about you…
The first in line to stand is surely the British Queen Elisabeth I
This lady had to deal a lot when she got the title of Regine in her hands. Henry VIII after whom she inherited the crown made a big trouble to the court as well to the England with his trying to get a son. That means that little Beth was not foresaw to be the heir of the British throne. Actually Elisabeth I was the third of the Henrys children who got the crown. After her weekly brother Edward and spendthrift half-sister Marry show that they are not capable to lead the Monarchy, Elisabeth got her opportunity. Luckily for England it turned out she to be very gifted in leading the kingdom and people too. The “virgin queen” turned up to be the best thing which happened to England, while she was the Queen, that period of English history is known as the golden period. England becomes a leading power when it comes to sealing, business, it is also the best known period for literary and art. (Let’s just mention Shakespeare).
Second lady is Njinga Mbandi
She had many names – among them Nzinga, Singa and Zhinga – but her tribe, and later both friends and enemies, would call her Njinga Mbandi. She was the African queen and ruled in 17th century Ndonga (today known as Angola). She wore the title of a King and really deserved it. She was a good negotiator with the Portuguese who came to establish their colonies there, but also she shown to be a good fighter too. Her ruler ship lasted a long period and while she was the queen she led her army into the battles against other tribes and against Europeans. There were rumors that she had a male harem and that she became the queen after her brother the king has died under unlighted terms as well as her son who was to hired the throne.
Our third lady is called Nelly Bly
Borne as Elisabeth Jane Cochran in Pennsylvania, in 1885 wrote a very rough letter to the newspapers “Pittsburgh dispatch”, as a response to the article saying that the woman’s place is to sit in the house and do the house choirs and take care of the children. The editor of “Dispatch” was delighted with her writing style and her stubbornness’, so he employed her to write critically about the social things as: poverty and employment. Her writing drove to attention Joseph Pulitzer and she got a job in “New York world”. She becomes one of the best known American journalists in 19th century. In her great carrier she uncovered in her articles inefficiency, corruption and bribery in social facilities as prisons, mental hospitals and others public places. She even acted like she is mentally ill to get into hospital and so she would pass all the treatment, so she could get her story. Thanks to her and her writing some things had changed there. She also stayed remembered as the person who got to travel the world in 72 days and beat the record of the fantasy character of Gil Vern’s book “Around the world in 80 days”.
On fourth and fifth place we have two sisters Trung Trac and Trung Nhi
Daughters of a military chief and members of the Hung royal family, these sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, led an insurrection against the Chinese, winning national independence for Vietnam in 40 CE, then losing their battle to the Chinese in 43 CE. Trung Track decided to join the fight after her husband got killed by Chinese official for the conspiracy against the Han dynasty. She had called her sister in help and two of them managed to win and drive of the Chinese general Lien Lou. During only one year they managed to conquer 64 Chinese fortresses. Two year later Chinese started a real defense. Having no professional army and no support of the Vietnamese people, the nobility was not in position to defend itself. Sisters were waiting for the Chinese army to come at Hanoi and got beaten. Never the less, even if the things were not on their side two of them didn’t accept the defeat and holding by hands jumped into the river and drowned.
Lady number six is Golda Meir known as Golda Myerson
Golda Meir was elected as the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel. Wife and a mother of two children Golda Mabovitzch dedicated her life to a dream of strong and independent Israel. She was born in Russia in 1898, but she spent her childhood and was raised in America in Wisconsin. She was a teacher in Milwaukee, and than one day she and her husband moved to live in Kibbutz a place which was called than The British Palestine. Rest of her years, after the divorce, she moved to Jerusalem and than to Tel Aviv and since that time she was just going up on the social ladder, from the unions to the political and public positions. Golda Meir, (as she changed her name) became a legislator, minister and prime minister (1969). She stayed remembered as the hard core negotiator and fir politician. When the war with Arabs began in Yom Kippur (1973), she took the responsibility for dying and destructions. Even though her party won the elections she called in from the politics.
Boadicea is our lady number seven
Romans in the beginning of our era didn’t know what is waiting them. When the king of the tribe Praseodymium died leaving the tribe without a mail heir, Romans concurred his kingdom (today Norfolk) and relegate his family and his head chiefs. One thing which they didn’t expected was the enraged wife of Praseodymium, Boadicea who managed to getter all the tribes to fight against the Romans. In her revenge she killed more than thousand of Romans and Brittan’s as well who supported the Romans, she burned all the cities from Calumondunum to the Londinium. To the surprise of all she managed to defend the ninth legion. Unfortunately, when Roman governor found out about what happened he sent the biggest army ever on them. Boadicea fought and lost the battle. It is believed that she died by drinking up the poison.
Jeanne d’ Arc is our number eight
Our lady on position number eight is well known to you all. Who would have thought that a religious and consequent sixteen years old girl will become a national hero of the France? As the well known story says the God came into Jane’s dream and told here to help the France. Firm and fearless Jean convinced Sharl (king Sharl VII) to lead the French army in this war against the British. Unfortunately Jean got poisoned and tortured. The French church noblemens who were in collusion with Brittan’s convicted her for heresy and for dressing up as man. Jean of Arc was burned alive in 1431 and became a religious martyr. Vatican later cast off those accusations and pronounced her for a saint.
Indira Gandhi our brave lady number nine
Indira Gandhi the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the first prime minister of India, very early, became a part of political world. At the age of thirty she was the housewife on her fathers’ receptions, and in 1964 she was elected to enter the parliament. Going on her fathers steps, two years later she became the prime minister of India. Soon she got the support of the people, especially after India defeated Pakistan 1971. Unfortunately as the fame grow, so the enemies grown. In 1975 she was accused for bad running the elections which she won three years later. Instead of leaving the politics and her place as a prime minister she cut down the freedom of speech, citizen rights and started persecuting her opponents. Citizens of India had run her off the throne in 1977 but after three years she was back on her prime ministers place. On her mandate she fight the Nationalistic party in India and in 1984 she ordered the attack on the separatist in Punjab when she got killed.
And the last but not less important is Lakshmi Bai on our place number ten
After her marriage, she was given the name Lakshmi Bai. The Marriage ceremony was performed in Ganesha Mandi, the temple of Lord Ganesha situated in the city of Jhansi. Because of her father’s influence at court, Rani Lakshmi Bai had more independence than most women, who were normally restricted to the Zenia: she studied self defense, horsemanship, archery, and even formed her own army out of her female friends at court. They became her bodyguards. After maharajah Jhansia died leaving the court without male hire the next normal thing was that Brittan’s announce that they will take that region. Rani Lakshmi Bai gave birth to a son in 1851, but unfortunately this child died when he was about four months old. After the death of their son, the Raja and Rani of Jhansi adopted Anand Rao.
Because Anand Rao was adopted and not biologically related to the Raja, he was denied for the rights to the throne. Rani died on 17 June, 1858 during the [Central India Campaign (1858)|battle for Gwalior] battle with 8th Hussars that took place in Kotah-Ki-Serai near Pool Bagh area of Gwalior.
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You deleted my comment about how this article is unreadable because of spelling and grammar errors, but you didn’t fix any of them. Way to honor these, “iron ladies trough the history.” By the way that should be: Iron Ladies Through History.
Really, the person who wrote this should be ashamed. They should also be happy the internet exists because otherwise they never would have been able to put their laughable mastery of the English language on display. Learn to write, learn to spell, and then maybe you will have a blog worth reading.
It is nice that you are trying to honor women of history, but beginning a blog post with “Now days when men and women are equal …” really shows how much the general population needs to be educated about women’s rights and feminism. Women are still marginalized and men are still considered the dominant ideal in western culture. The fact that these women accomplished so much despite the attitude towards women that prevailed during their time is astonishing, but let us not forget the struggles women worldwide continue to endure.
One wonders if English is the first language of this author. If it is then our author needs to go back go school.
No, English is not my first language, but you already know that. I am trying to understand it, but it is just to hard. All comments are welcomed and all spelling and grammar suggestions too. I want to do it better. Thank you!
I am sorry if your comment was deleted I don’t do that. All comments are welcomed and I would like to do it better, but English is not my language, I want to make an article worth reading, and I welcome all the suggestions. Everyone who wants to help is free to do it. If you point out where I made mistakes and what I should do to change it I would gladly do it. Thank you!