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    2. 100 Women Who Changed the World: the results

    100 Women Who Changed the World: the results

    We asked you to vote for the women you believe have had the biggest impact on world history, from a shortlist of 100 figures selected by 10 experts. Find out who topped our poll, and read more about what the experts made of the results below…

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    The results of the poll: 100 women who changed the world. (Photos by Getty Images/Alamy)
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    CIRCA 1840:  An Alfred Edward Chalon watercolor of Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Ada Byron) daughter of Lord Byron circa 1940. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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    (Original Caption) 4/8/1931-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-Amelia Earhart in the cockpit of her autogiro after setting a new altitude record for women in planes of this type. She failed, however, to break Elinor Smith's record of 27,418 feet in a non-windmill type plane.
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    PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 29:  Indian writer Amrita Pritam poses during portrait session held on March 29, 1983 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)
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