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Guided map tour · Society & Rights
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize — and the only person ever to win in two different sciences (Physics 1903,…
Open this tour on the live map →Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize — and the only person ever to win in two different sciences (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911). Born in Warsaw under Russian occupation, she moved to Paris where she discovered radium and polonium. Her research on radioactivity (a term she coined) laid the foundation…
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks (1913–2005) refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott — 381 days of organized resistance led by a young Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott crippled the city's transit system and led to the Supreme Court ruling (Browder v.…
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) was 15 when a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on a school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley on October 9, 2012 — for advocating girls' education. She survived after emergency surgery in Birmingham, UK. In 2014, at age 17, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Her speech at the United…
Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, which planted over 51 million trees across Kenya. She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) — recognized for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace. She was beaten, jailed, and tear-gassed by the Kenyan government for…
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) published "The Second Sex" (Le Deuxième Sexe) in 1949 — the foundational text of modern feminism. Her famous declaration "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" challenged the idea that gender roles are biologically determined. The book sold millions and was translated into 40+ languages. It was…
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) transformed personal suffering into universal art. After a devastating bus accident at age 18 left her with lifelong injuries, she taught herself to paint from her bed using a mirror — creating 143 paintings, 55 of which are self-portraits. Her work explored identity, disability, gender, and postcolonialism…
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903 with the motto "Deeds, not words." The suffragettes smashed windows, set fires, chained themselves to railings, and endured force-feeding during hunger strikes in prison. Pankhurst was arrested 7 times. Emily Davison, a fellow suffragette, died…
FROM SCIENCE TO CIVIL RIGHTS — mapped. KEY FACTS: • First woman to win a Nobel Prize: Marie Curie (1903) • Youngest Nobel laureate ever: Malala Yousafzai (17 years old) • "The Second Sex" translated into: 40+ languages • Trees planted by Green Belt Movement: 51 million • Countries with women's suffrage before 1920: 15 • Countries with…
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Why does this place matter? Explain in one or two sentences.
Find this place on a blank map: which country and continent is it in?
Write down two facts you learned about this place.
Why does this place matter? Explain in one or two sentences.
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