History is full of incredible female role models who push boundaries, break glass ceilings, and achieve groundbreaking victories in own their careers and for humankind as a whole.
Keep scrolling to see the powerful woman who was changing the world the year you were born.
1949: Simone de Beauvoir
"The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir remains a classic feminist text about the treatment of women throughout history. The first volume, which came out in 1949, sold 22,000 copies in its first week, according to The New York Times.
1955: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an activist long before she refused to give up her seat for a white rider in 1955 — she was the secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP.
"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired,"she wrote in her autobiography, "but that isn't true. I was not tired physically … No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
Her arrest sparked a bus boycott, and, as a result, the Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional in 1956.
1960: Jackie Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy's sense of style and display of strength in the face of tragedy made her one of the most iconic and beloved First Ladies of all time. During her time as First Lady, she restored the White House and gave a televised tour watched by 80 million people.
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