On March 8th, we celebrated International Women's Day as a way of honoring the women who had the strength and courage to revolutionize their countries toward gender equality; often breaking social norms to do so. Because of 20th-century advocates, we now have a whole month dedicated to women and their many accomplishments; from motherhood to flying an aircraft! We’re able to recognize their efforts in tearing down the concept of gender inequity. These women have made our society better by challenging it head-on and representing women's ability to be just as good as men if not better. 

But not to stall any further, below are three women who were heroes and worthy of being celebrated.

Amelia Earhart  Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. She studied at Columbia University, a feat alone because women had only achieved that right a handful of years before she was born. Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. She called her Lockheed Vega 5b plane Old Bessie, the fire horse. Years later, Amelia disappeared when she flew from New Guinea to Howland Island. But while we may not know the full story of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, we do know how much of an inspiration she was to millions of women throughout her life and beyond.
	Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913. A household name for civil rights, her selflessness is what many women still look up to today. Rosa Parks started as a member of the NAACP as an avid supporter and activist towards voter registration and desegregation. Her resistance against segregationist bus laws in Montgomery Alabama made her into what many refer to as the “mother of civil rights”. As we all know, her refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus to the “Black section” is one of the most famous acts of public defiance in the name of civil rights to this day. Because of her, we had what was called the “Montgomery Bus Boycott” where Black Montgomery residents and supporters of the civil rights movement stopped using the public transit system to boycott and chose to either walk or ride share, eventually leading to the desegregation of buses.
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico on July 6, 1907.  Frida was most well-known for her incredible talent, her talent of being a great artist. Her talent not only inspired women, but it had impacted her society. Kahlo has been the inspiration and blueprint of many incredible forms of art such as; modern art, magical realism, surrealism, symbolism, and cubism. Because of her art, it has brought attention to the social values we as a society have had at one point, her art leaves us pondering while remaining impressed with what she could do. Throughout her life, Kahlo was a pioneer for breaking gender roles; she wore pants, drank heavily, smoked heavily, and cursed, the antithesis of what being a woman meant in the early 20th century. Kahlo was able to accept herself and the identity she built throughout her years as a fierce painter–one whose own identity had an enormous impact on women's roles and rights in her life and even in death. Learning and teaching that women can act or look how they want to without worrying about the “male gaze”.

Celebrating women's history is not just any celebration. It is also about honoring how women have stepped up for other women so that they have better opportunities in the future. Although I have only featured a few women who have made a worldwide impact, every woman should be celebrated this month. We honor the bravery and potential women have on a day-to-day basis as well as the extraordinary feats they have accomplished.

Now that's GIRL POWER!