My Favorite Women Throughout History

March is Women's History Month. Last year I made a couple posts mainly from women in the entertainment world, this time around I've decided to make a post about women in the non-entertainment business that have influenced me in one way or another. 

Anne Frank

Born: June 12, 1929 - Died March 12, 1945

Known For: Frank was a Jewish Diarist who with her family went into hiding during World War II and was eventually arrested and taken to a Nazi Concentration Camp where she'd die. Her diary was posthumously published by her father, Otto Frank, after her death, The Diary of a Young Girl which documents her life in hiding from 1942-1944. 

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Born: July 28, 1929 - Died: May 19, 1994

Known For: Probably most known for being the former first lady to the 35th president, John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963. She was also known (and still is) as a fashion icon. 

Coco Chanel

Born: August 19, 1883- Died: January 10, 1971

Known For: Chanel was the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand. She's known for designing clothes for women that were more casual as to the corseted fashions of the 1920s. 

Gloria Steinem

Born: March 25, 1934

Known For: Steinem is probably best known for being the leader and spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was also the co-founder of Ms. magazine. 

Rosie the Riveter

Let me first say that it's probably weird that I have a fictional woman on my list but I find Rosie inspiring and in my teens she (like Gloria Steinem) was my first awaking to feminism. Rosie is modeled after Naomi Parker Fraley, who recently died at 96. Rosie is known as the 'We Can Do It!' poster girl, which came around during World War II when women were taking over men's jobs as most men were at war. 

I know my list is small and there are many women out there who should be known from astronauts to athletes to writers- it's just these 5 women have been a constant influence in my life starting with Anne Frank from the time I was 10 years old. 

Until Next Time,

Ashley A.