18 Quotes From Women Who Have Made History | HuffPost UK Women

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Imagine a world without these women.

Alanna Vagianos

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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

For the month of March, HuffPost Women is honoring one historic woman each day on our Facebook page as part of our Women’s History Month campaign #WeMakeHerstory. Illustrator Kimothy Joy partnered with HuffPost to create one beautiful quote card a day to celebrate these groundbreaking women.

Here are 18 quotes from 18 history-making women. Follow HuffPost Women on Facebook to see the rest.

Maya Angelou; Poet, Civil Rights Activist

Coretta Scott King; Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader

Linda Sarsour; Social Rights Advocate, Women’s March Co-Chair

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Frida Kahlo; Feminist Painter

Sylvia Plath; Poet, Writer

Shirley Chisholm; First Woman to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination

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Hillary Clinton; Former Presidential Candidate, Secretary Of State

Alicia Garza; Activist, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement

Malala Yousafzai; Women's Education Activist, Nobel Prize Winner

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Cecile Richards; Pro-Abortion Rights Activist, Planned Parenthood President

Eleanor Roosevelt; Former First Lady, Human Rights Advocate

Harriet Tubman; Abolitionist

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Diane Nash; Civil Rights Activist

Gloria Steinem; Feminist, Journalist, Civil Rights Activist

Ilyse Hogue; NARAL Pro-Choice President

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Susan B. Anthony; Suffragist

Opal Tometi; Activist, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement

Nora Ephron; Journalist, Novelist

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To see more of Kimothy Joy’s work head over to her website, Instagram or Facebook.

To read more of HuffPost’s Women’s History Month coverage head here, or follow along with HuffPost on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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