The world is constantly changing, for better or for worse, in big and small ways. History textbooks tell us most often about the men who changed history, but what about the ladies? These are the top 10

ladies who have changed the world.

TOP 10 WOMEN

10. Ayesha Farooq Ayesha

Farooq (born August 24, 1987) is a female Pakistani fighter pilot Ayesha is from the city of Bahawalpur she is one of five women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air Force. Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq, is the first of six female fighter pilots in the force to pass the final exams to qualify for battle.

9.Kathrine Virginia „Kathy” Switzer

Kathrine Virginia "Kathy" Switzer (born January 5, 1947, in Amberg, Germany) is an American author, television commentator and marathon runner, best known for being the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry, in 1967. It was not until 1972 that women were welcome to run the Boston Marathon officially.

8. Jeannette Pickering Rankin

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) became the first woman to hold national office in the United States when she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916 by the state of Montana as a member of the Republican Party. She won a second House term 24 years later, in 1940.

Each of Rankin's Congressional terms coincided with initiation of U.S. military intervention in each of the World Wars. A lifelong pacifist, she was one of 50 House members (total of 56 in both chambers) who opposed the war declaration of 1917, and the only member of Congress to vote against declaring war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

7. Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart- is

known for her accomplishments as a pilot, including being the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world. She paved the way for other female pilots and provided a mystery to intrigue us all for decades.

6. Katherine Wilson "Kate" Sheppard

Katherine Wilson "Kate" Sheppard (10 March 1847 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement and was the country's most famous suffragette. She also appears on the New Zealand ten-dollar note. Since New Zealand was the first country to introduce universal suffrage in 1893, Sheppard's work has had a considerable impact on women's suffrage movements in several other countries.

5. Margaret SangerThis world-changing lady’s

name is not as well known as it should be, but her contributions are appreciated by everyone who likes not making babies. Margaret Sanger was the founder of the American birth control movement and the organization that became Planned Parenthood. She fought the law, the church, and the male doctors for decades to allow women to learn about their bodies and how to safely avoid pregnancy. So give a little thanks to Margaret when your alarm goes off to take your pill – she deserves it!

4. Grace HopperGrace Hopper is the awesome lady

we can thank for modern computers. She was known as Amazing Grace for her development of an easy-to-use computer language, among other accomplishments. She also coined the term “bug” for computer problems, though the first bug she encountered was an actual moth stuck inside a computer. Imagine your life without computers – no Instagram, no video games, and no funny cat videos at the touch of a button. If only Grace could see what computing has turned into in the 24 years since her death.

3. Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai (born 12 July

1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Malala's advocacy has since grown into an international movement.

2. Marie CurieOur 4th lady didn’t stop at being

the first woman to win the Nobel Prize – she won it twice! And then she went on to raise a Nobel Prize-winning daughter. Marie’s discoveries in the science of radioactivity gave us important things such as X-rays. Unfortunately, she did not discover the dangers of radioactivity and eventually died of leukemia. Her notes and belongings are still so radioactive that they cannot be studied.

1. Margaret Heafield HamiltonMargaret Heafield Hamilton (born

August 17, 1936) is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. She was Director of the Software Engineering Division[ of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for the Apollo space program. In 1986, she became the founder and CEO of Hamilton Technologies, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was developed around the Universal Systems Language based on her paradigm of Development Before the Fact (DBTF) for systems and software design.