Clara Campoamor(Madrid, 1888-1972) was a Spanish politician and feminist best known for her advocacy for women’s rights and suffrage during the writing of the Spanish constitution of 1931. A child of a working-class family, Campoamor began work as a seamstress at age 13, later working in a number of government positions before securing entry to law school at the University of Madrid. She became active in a number of women’s organizations before standing for election as a member of the 1931 Constituent Assembly, to which she and two other women were elected despite that Spanish women could not vote at the time.
Anna FrankAnnelies Marie Frank (1929 –1945) was a German-born diarist. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world’s most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.
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“We learn to be free, being free” Clara Campoamor
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” Anna Frank
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The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history,[1] integral to pop music’s evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it is not okay it is not the end.” John Lennon
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Frida Khalo
Frida Kahlo de Rivera (Mexico 1907-1954) was a Mexican artist who painted many portraits, self-portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country’s popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class and race in Mexican society.
“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” Frida Khalo
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GhandiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (India, 1869 – 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa, known in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 1997), was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary.She was born in Skopje (now the capital of Macedonia).In 1950 Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation which had over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children’s- and family-counselling programmes; orphanages, and schools. Members, who take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, also profess a fourth vow: to give “wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor.”Teresa received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised (recognised by the church as a saint) on 4 September 2016.
“Be the change you want to see in the world” Ghandi
“Peace begins with a smile” Mother Teresa
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Marx BrothersThe Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers’ thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them (Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera) in the top twelve. They are widely considered by critics, scholars, and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century. The brothers were included in AFI’s 100 Years...100 Stars list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, the only performers to be inducted collectively.
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them... well, I have others.”Marx Brothers
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Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (1883 – 1971) was a French fashion designer and business woman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the “corseted silhouette” and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her design aesthetic in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance.
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (USA 1897-1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself aloud.” Coco Chanel
“Everyone has ocean’s to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” Amelia Earhart
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Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí (Spain 1904 –1989),) was a prominent Spanish surrealist born in Figueres, Catalonia. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.[3][4] His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, at times in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. He was in love with Gala.
“ Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” Salvador Dalí
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Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie (Poland 1867 –1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to un-derstand more, so that we may fear less.”
Marie Curie
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Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë (England 1818 –1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell.
“Honest people don’t hide their deeds”Bronte Sisters
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (USA 1913 –2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”.
Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai (Pakistan, 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become “the most prominent citizen” of the country.
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.” Rosa Parks
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” Malala Yousafzai
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Jesse Owens
James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (USA 1913 –1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history”.He achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany by winning four gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4 × 100 meter relay. He was the most successful athlete at the Games and, as a black man, was credited with “single-handedly crushing Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy”, although he “wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either”.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (USA, 1942 –2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed “The Greatest”, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest boxers of all time.
“In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” Jesse Owens
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (South Africa, 1918 –2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation.
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. (USA 1929 –1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire
“In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” Nelson Mandela
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Martin Luther King
Agradecemos la colaboración de las madres asistentes a la sesión de fotos así como a Daniel Holmberg por el diseño y a Sandra R. Márquez por la maquetación y arte final.
Margaret Cabrera y Breanna Overturf