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Dear Reader: Before you continue reading this blog post, we would like to mention how these are not all the inspirational women for there were and are many more, if you can think of any; please comment down below. Many Thanks- Mae and Esther :-) P.s: This is not in any particular order.  Joan of Arc was a French peasant girl who lead the French army into battles against the English until her capture in the spring of 1430. She was the daughter of a French farmer and his wife. At an early age, her mother began teaching her the ways of the Catholic faith, which led her to become a devout Christian. When she was thirteen, Joan started to claim that she was receiving messages and visions from God, she believed that God was commanding her to lead the French in a victory against the English. At this time, Joan took a vow of chastity. However, when she was sixteen years of age, her father did attempt to marry her off, yet this came to nothing. In the May of 1428, Joan went to th...

Please note that this is in no particular order. - Beth Emmeline Pankhurst: Mrs. Pankhurst was a political activist and leader of the Suffragettes. The Suffragettes were a women's organisation who fought for women's rights to votes. Whilst the Suffragettes were fighting for their rights, the did some very radical protests. For instance, they went on hunger strike in prison and were forced fed by tubes through their noses and one woman- Emily Davidson even threw herself under a horse in an attempt to get women to vote. Eventually with all the efforts, women won the right to vote in 1918. Mrs. Pankhurst passed away on 15th July 1928.  Margaret of Anjou: Margaret of Anjou played a major part in the Wars of the Roses. She was the daughter of the king of Naples and married Henry VI in 1445 when she was 15 years old. During the war, her husband, the leader of the Lancastrian side, was ill a lot; as a result, Margaret was the mastermind behind many of the Lancastrian victories....