Do you know some great and

successful women around the

world or in the history?

Guess who they are….

an inventor and a scientist

given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.

the only woman scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize twice

Madame CurieMadame Curie (1867-1934) (1867-1934)

from Poland.

In the year 1903, she and another scientist were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of radium. On July 4,1934, she died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning.

Empress Wu Zetian (624 - 705)

the only female monarch ( 君主 ).

lived in Tang Dynasty.

ruled the empire ( 帝国 ) for over half a century.

Wu Zetian was the only woman who ever ruled the Chinese empire in her own right,her actions have been a subject for debate for more than ten centuries. She was the most remarkable( 非凡的 ), influential ( 有影响的 )and mysterious( 神秘的 ) woman in Chinese history.

She is a nurse, and is cons

idered a pioneer of nursin

g care

Born in Florence, Italy

She was known as “ the lady with the lamp” for the concern she showed to the sick soldiers.

Florence Nightingale

A Chinese saying goes:

Women can hold up

half of the sky.

Who are they?

A girl from the

countryside who dressed as

a man and went to fight for

the French and to drive the

English out of France. She

was caught and put to

death by the English.

Joan of Arc(1412-1432) France

She was born in the small

village in France. She lived

at the time when there was a

war between England and

France called “The

Hundred Years War”. She showed the

French army how to win battles and

inspired them with the confidence

enough to defeat the English and send th

em back to England for good.

At that time it was considered wrong f

or women to fight in the army.

Joan argued that God had

spoken to her and sent her

to help the army and

encouraged her to fight in

men’s clothes.

Elizabeth Fry was a

Quaker. She helped improve

prison condition and gave

prisoners work and

education. Her work helped

the Quakers get the Nobel

Peace Prize in 1947. Elizabeth Fry

(1780-1845), Britain

She was born in a Quaker family on

May 21, 1780. In 1812 she first visit

Newgate Prison in London and was very

shocked at the conditions there. From

then on she began to work to improve

prison conditions in Britain. In 1816, she

began her prison school.

In 1818, she and 11 other Quakers talked

to the leaders of Britain about life in

Prison. By the 1820s she and her work

had become well known .

Song Chingling (1893-1981), China

In 1915, She married Dr

Sun Yet-sen, founder of the

Republic of China. After her

husband died in 1925, she

supported the Communist P

arty even though most of her family were

members of the Kuomintang. She was m

ade an honorary vice-president of

Soong Qingling

the People’s Republic. She busied

herself with various welfare activities,

ranging from heading the Women’s

Federation to a number of committees

involving children.

A doctor who became a

specialist in women’s

illnesses. She devoted all

her life to medical work

for Chinese women and

children. Her work

encouraged many other

women to become doctors.

Lin Qiaozhi

(1901-1983)

China

She was born in Xiamen . Her parents were Christians and her father believed in the education of women. At elementary school one of her teachers encouraged her to become a doctor . In 1929, She graduated from the University with a PhD degree in gynecology.

In 1933, she studied in Vienna and t

hen returned to China to work for wo

men and children’s diseases.

She was very important in inspiring

women to become doctors

and was one of the

founders of modern

gynecology( 妇科医学 ) in

China.

Jane Goodall went to

Tanzania and studied

chimps from 1960s. She

went with three African

helpers to live in the Gombe

National Park in East Africa.

Her life was spent following and recor

ding the social life and

Jane Goodall

relationships of the chimps. Because

of her research, we now know that

chimpanzees hunt for meat, use tools,

and have different personalities.

In 1965, she earned her

PhD in Ethology from

Cambridge University.

Jody Williams helped

found an international

campaign to stop the use of

landmines. She worked hard

to make as many countries as

possible agree not to use

them. She and her

organization were given the

Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.Jody Williams(1950- ), USA

★ famous ★ Make controbution to the development of the society,

★ Gain a better education ★ Have many fans all over the world ★ Make controbution to the development of history, ★ Make controbution to the civilization of human beings

What is great people?What is great people?

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Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Joan of Arc

To drive

the

English

from

France.

Women

were not

allowed to

fight like a

man.

She lost

her life.

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Elizabeth Fry

to help

improve

prison

conditions.

She was

criticized

for

neglecting

her family

and

enjoying

fame.

Less time

was spent

with her

husband

and

family.

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Soong Chingling

Her

relatives

held

political

opinions

completely

different

from hers.

After her

husband

died, she

lived

alone.

To work

for civil

rights,

democracy

and peace.

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Lin Qiaozhi

To help women and children with their illness and health

Women had greater difficulties getting into medical college and getting further training

She never got married or had a family of her own.

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Jane Goodall

To work

with

animals

in the

wild.

She lived

a hard

life in the

wild.

She gave

up the

comforts

of life to

study the

chimps.

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Jody Williams

To prevent the making and use of landmines.

It isn’t easy to work with groups in different countries and persuade governments to stop the making and use of landmines.

She has lost her own personal time because of the demands of the job.

Personal qualities

of the great people

determined braveconfident

warm-hearted responsible

unselfish

honest

intelligent

broad-and-open minded

generouskindmodest

hard-working

consideratehelpful

active

independent

Group work

Life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes seems twice as difficult. It's more

difficult for women to become famous or get jobs in high positi

ons