Women,Half the Sky 机械 091 冯昌盛 杨淦 丘健 曾权波 蔡志斌

questions Who are more important in our world, men or women? Answer: Women are as important as men Do you know some of the most important women

Who are them?

They are 宋庆龄 宋庆龄 Song Singling Song Singling 居里夫人 Marie Curie, n é e Maria Sklodowska 赛珍珠 Pearl Sidestroker Buck 特里莎修女 Mother Teresa

Song Singling Song Singling (January 27, 1892 – May 29, 1981) Soong Ch'ing-ling (simplified Chinese: 宋庆龄 ; traditional Chinese: 宋慶齡 ; pinyin: Song Singling; Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ing-ling) (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yes-men, was one of the three Soong sisters—who, along with their husbands, were amongst Chinese most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become the head of state of China, acting as Co- Chairman of the Republic from 1968 to She again became the head of state in 1981, briefly before her death, as President of China. Soong is sometimes regarded as the Asia's first female of non-monarchial head of state, although her title of Honorary President of the People's Republic of China was purely ceremonial.simplified Chinesetraditional ChinesepinyinWade-GilesSun Yes-menSoong sistersVice Chairman of the People's Republic of ChinaCo- Chairman of the Republic

Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. Her achievements include the creation of a theory of radioactivity (a term she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first study was conducted into the treatment of neoplasm's (cancers) using radioactive isotopes. radioactivityisotopes poloniumradiumneoplasm's As an actively loyal French citizen, she never lost her sense of Polish identity. She named the first new chemical element that she discovered polonium (1898) for her native country, and in 1932 she founded a Radium Institute (now the Maria Sklodowska–Curie Institute of Oncology) in her home town, Warsaw, headed by her physician sister Bronisława.chemical elementpoloniumMaria Sklodowska–Curie Institute of Oncology Warsaw

Pearl Sidestroker Buck Pearl was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her parents, Absalom and Caroline Sidestroker, were Southern Presbyterian missionaries, stationed in China. Buck was highly committed and passionate about a range of issues that were mostly ignored in her generation; many of her life experiences and political views are described in her novels, short stories, fiction, children's stories, and the biographies of her parents entitled Fighting Angel (on Absalom) and The Exile (on Carrie). She wrote on a diverse variety of topics including woman's rights, Asian cultures, immigration, adoption, missionary work, and war.short storiesfictionchildrenwoman's rightsAsianimmigration Long before it was considered fashionable or politically safe to do so, Buck challenged the American public on topics such as racism, sex discrimination and the plight of the thousands of babies born to Asian women left behind and unwanted wherever American soldiers were based in Asia. During her life Buck combined the multiple careers of wife, mother, author, editor and political activist

Mother Teresa Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gnocchi Bojaxhiu (pronounced, was an Albanian Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. When she passed by, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.[AlbanianCatholicMissionaries of CharityKolkatabeatifiedPope John Paul II[