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Poll: 100 women who changed the world

Historians Joanne Paul, Olivette Otele and June Purvis dissect the results of our recent poll: 100 women who changed the world.
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Video: 100 women who changed the world

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100 women who changed the world

The results of the poll: 100 women who changed the world. (Photos by Getty Images/Alamy)
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Quiz: 100 Women Who Changed The World

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100 women who changed the world results. (Images by Getty Images)
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100 Women Who Changed the World: your reactions

100 women who changed the world results. (Images by Getty Images)
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100 women: meet the nominators

Which woman has had the biggest impact on world history?
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100 Women Who Changed the World: the results

The results of the poll: 100 women who changed the world. (Photos by Getty Images/Alamy)
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100 Women Who Changed the World results: what the experts say

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Restoring women’s voices

Which woman has had the biggest impact on world history?
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100 Women Who Changed the World: the results

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Rachel Heyhoe Flint. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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100 women: Sport

Grace Hopper. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)
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100 women: Science & Technology

Mary Wollstonecraft.(Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)
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100 women: Religion & Philosophy

Rosa Parks. (Photo by Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
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100 women: Politics, Revolutionaries & Activists

Jane Austen. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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100 women: Media & Culture

Margaret Thatcher. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
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100 women: Leaders & Royalty