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International Women's Day

A compilation of stories celebrating women who made history including a ground-breaking, African American science fiction writer and the first presidential hopeful in Mexico.

Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories celebrating women who made history including a ground-breaking, African American science fiction writer and the first presidential hopeful in Mexico.

Plus the UN's first ever all-female peacekeeping unit, a woman who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland and a child goddess in Nepal.

Contributors:

Dr Brenda Stevenson - Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women鈥檚 History at St John鈥檚 College, Oxford University.
Nisi Shawl - friend of Octavia Butler.
Rosario Piedra - daughter of Rosario Ibarra.
Nick Caistor - journalist.
Seema Dhundia - member of India鈥檚 Central Reserve Police Force.
Lesley Pruitt - author of The Women in Blue Helmets.
Monica McWilliams - one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement.
Chanira Bajrycharya - former child goddess in Nepal.

(Photo: March for International Women's Day in Mexico City in 2023. Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 14 Mar 2023 03:06GMT

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