5 Women who Changed the World: Pt. 16

​This month, my posts will spotlight 5 women who changed the world. In the end, 100 women will be spotlighted. Today I spotlight the following women:

• Virginia Woolf
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint
• Emilie Du Chatelet
• Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi
• Gabriela Mistral

---

​Virginia Woolf

Writer

Highly regarded novelist who wrote multiple successful books. Novels have been made into numerous forms of entertainment. Work is considered to be highly influential in 20th-century feminist thought.

Biography

​Rachael Heyhoe Flint

Athlete

A hugely successful cricketer and took England to World Cup glory in 1973. The first female cricketer to hit a 6 in a test match and become a member of the MCC. Was a pioneer in how women were seen in sports.

Biography

Émilie du Châtelet

Academic

Studied both philosophy and mathematics. Most well known for translating a book of Isaac Newton's and building upon his theories. The translation covers the basic law of physics and is still used today

Biography

​Lubna Al Qasimi

Royal

The first woman to be a minister in the United Arab Emirates. Held positions as a minister in International Cooperation and Economy and Planning. Listed, in Forbes, as one of the most influential and powerful women in the world.

Biography

​Gabriela Mistral

Activist

An educator, humanitarian, and poet. Awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature for Poetry and became the first woman from South Africa to do so. 

Biography