list 50 women little girls should admire instead of symbols of stupidity and weakness

- has conquered the English Channel 43 times, more than anyone in the world
- 3 double and 1 triple crossing of the Channel
- worked as a currency trader all her working life in London until 2009

“Currency trader Alison Streeter got a call on her mobile phone from her office. “What should we do about South African rand?” they asked. Nothing unusual about that, even though she was crossing the Channel at the time. What was unusual, though, was that she was swimming it.”

The fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

The Singer.

An American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, died in 1970 from a heroin overdose.

“On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. “

The New York Post’s veteran gossip columnist. Used to write for the New York Post, was fired in ?Feb 2009. Now writes for www.wowowow.com.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. /// I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. /// Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. /// People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top. /// Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd. /// Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. /// I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say. /// I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job. /// I’m extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim. /// If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. /// It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well. /// You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story. /// Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus. /// Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. /// To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects. /// This lady is not for turning. /// To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. /// You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

The Dancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan

“My soul was like a battlefield where Apollo, Dionysus, Christ, Nietzsche and Richard Wagner disputed the ground.”

(image – http://www.ilcaffeletterario.com)

German Paralympic athlete (Discus).

(Photo: Sonja & Michael Inselmann.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev
1. Married Igor of Kiev. Ruled the country after he was killed.
2. Slaughtered several thousand people to avenge her husband’s death .
3. Converted to Cristianity.
4. Declared a Saint by the church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Williams