8th Mar, 2021
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Biographies of Inspiring Women


There have been women in the past and a plethora of them with astounding stories in the present, from whom we will keep drawing inspiration for many years to come. The challenging roles they have played in their lives be it at the home front or at work is worth knowing. The deeply palpable stories of their life have helped many of us fight our own battles of life gracefully.

The peculiar circumstances of their life are all responsible because of which they are known with so much of respect today. The biographies of these women from around the world will unquestionably leave a sublime imprint on the conscience of people and also the way of leading their own lives. We have merrily and mindfully jotted down the stories of some of these inspiring women from around the world. Keep reading to find them out….

Indira Gandhi

Biography of Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi is best known as the only female Prime minister of India and she was a very active politician of India. She was born in the Neharu and so probably she was destined to become a well known name in the Indian Politics.
Politician (1917–1984)

Lata Mangeshkar

Biography of Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar is considered as one of the brightest playback singers of India and she has a playback singing career spanning over seven decades. She has been nicknamed as the nightingale of India for a beautiful voice.
Playback Singer (1929-Till Now)

Kalpana Chawla

Biography of Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla was the first female astronaut of the Indian origin who made her dream to venture into the space and become an inspiration for many out there.With her magnificent work she came up with something incredible
Astronaut (1962–2003)



Sonia Gandhi

Biography of Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian Politician who belongs to the third generation of the Gandhi-Nehru family. She is an Italian born woman who was married to late Rajiv Gandhi and she is also the former President of the Indian National Congress.
Politician (1946–Till Now)

Anne Frank

Biography of Anne Frank

Anne Frank was one among all those innocent children who were killed during the time of Holocaust. Her name came into limelight after a couple of years of her death, when her father published her diary as named by her as 'The diary of a young Girl'.
Diarist (1929–1945)

Angela Merkel

Biography of Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel also known as Angela Dorothea Kasner and was born in 1954, 17th of July in the city of Hamburg Germany. She is a trained physicist and she entered into politics in the year 1989 with fall of the Berlin Wall.
Politician (1954–Till Now)

Mother Teresa

Biography of Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is known to have founded the Roman Catholic congregation of women, which was of the order of the missionaries of charity and it was dedicated to helping poor people.
Nun (Saint) (1910–1997)

Asha Bhosle

Biography of Asha Bhosle

This peculiarly versatile can sing any type of song with every bit of effervescence and her voice has the power the grab the attention of her audience. She sings with similar exuberance and excitement.
Playback Singer (1933–Till Now)

Hillary Clinton

Biography of Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is a well known Politician and a lawyer and she has been there on the post of the Secretary of the United States from the year 2009 to 2013. Later in the year 2016, she had also been nominated...
American politician (1947–Till Now)

Malala Yousafzai

Biography of Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest girl who spoke against the Taliban while she was in Pakistan and she advocated the idea that girls should be allowed to get education. ....
Youngest Nobel Laureate (1997–Till Now)

Queen Victoria

Biography of Queen Victoria

Alexandrina Victoria or most known as Victoria was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain from June 201837 till she was dead. Also on 1st of May 1876 she took up the title of the Empress of India....
Queen of the UK (1819–1901)

oprah winfrey

Biography of Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is best known for the audacity and sincerity with which she hosted her own talk show from 1986 to 2011. She is today counted among a Billionaire media giant and quite an actively involved philanthropist.....
Actress, Author (1954–Till Now)

Marie Curie

Biography of Marie Curie

Marie Curie was the first woman to person to have received Nobel Prize twice and above all she was the first woman to have received a Nobel Prize in Physics. The second Nobel Prize she received for her work in chemistry......
Physicist, Scientist (1867–1934)

Mary Kom

Biography of Mary Kom

Mary Kom is a famous Boxer belonging to India and she has made the country proud with her praiseworthy achievements in her area of sports. She is the only woman boxer of India who has qualified for the 2012 Summer......
Boxer (1983–Till Now)

Benazir Bhutto

Biography of Benazir Bhutto

In the year 1988, Benazir Bhutto was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan. And, in 2007 she was assassinated by a suicide bomber. She was born on 21 June ......
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)

Kiran Bedi

Biography of Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi is known as the audacious woman who became the first woman to become an IPS officer of India in 1972.During her tenure as IPS officer she is the one to hold the position...
Retired IPS officer (1949–Till Now)

Arunima Sinha

Biography of Arunima Sinha

Arunima Sinha is World's first female amputee to have climbed Mount Everest and is also a former National level Football and Volleyball player....
Mountaineer, Volleyball player (1988–Till Now)

Sunita Williams

Biography of Sunita Williams

Sunita is a former US navy officer and an American astronaut. She had flown over a 30 different types of aircrafts and has completed around 2, 770 hours in flight. She first started...
NASA Astronaut (1965–Till Now)

Eva Braun

Biography of Eva Braun

History explains about Eva Braun as the wife of Adolf Hitler. It is said that she was born in a middle class family and she completed her studies from the Catholic Institute. She worked as sales initially after completing her...
Photographer (1912–1945)

margaret thatcher

Biography of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was the first Prime Minister of UK from the year 1979 to 1990 for about 11 years. She was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was the first woman ....
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1925–2013)

rosalind franklin

Biography of Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist by profession and she was best known for the discovery of the structure of DNA making use of diffraction studies of X-rays. And, she was believed to have found the Watson-Crick DNA model....
Chemist (1920–1958)



sania mirza

Biography of Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza is one of the most famous tennis players in the world. She belongs to India and has made a name for herself in the world of tennis around the globe. Through out here career Sania has won a number of tennis tournaments.....
Tennis Player (1986–Till Now)

sarla thakral

Biography of Sarla Thakral

Sarla Thakral who lived from 1914 to 2008 is known for being the first ever woman from India who flew an aircraft. She was just 21 when she got her aviation pilot license in the year and she got the opportunity......
First Indian woman to fly an aircraft (1914–2008)

shakira

Biography of Shakira

Shakira is a very well known pop singer belonging to Colombia and she is most known for her hits 'Hips Don't Lie' and 'Hips Don't Lie'. She was born on 2nd February 1977 and she is popularly.....
Singer, Composer, Philanthropist, Musician, Producer, Dancer (1977–Till Now)

priyanka chopra

Biography of Priyanka Chopra

Shakira is a very well known pop singer belonging to Colombia and she is most known for her hits 'Hips Don't Lie' and 'Hips Don't Lie'. ......
Film Actress, Model, Singer (1982–Till Now)

Rachel Morrison

Biography of Rachel Morrison

Rachel Morrison is a popular name in the Hollywood film industry. She is an excellent American cinematographer who is well-known....
Cinematographer (1978–Till Now)

Saina Nehwal

Biography of Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal is an ace female Indian badminton player who has won many accolades for the country. With her tremendous efforts...
Indian Badminton Player (1990–Till Now)

sindhutai sapkal

Biography of Sindhutai Sapkal

A 70-years old Sindhutai Sapkal, about half a century ago, was just another woman from the crowd. But, today she has attained a milestone of being a “Mother of Orphans” to 1,400 children still striving hard to provide...
Social Workers, Mother of Orphans (1948-Till Now)