Abesifazane Abangu-7 Baklonyeliswa Ngendondo Yenkululeko

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UMongameli u-Obama umemezele abayi-19 abazothola iMedal of Freedom kaMengameli wango-2014, nokuhlonishwa okuphezulu kwesizwe. Phakathi kwabo kukhona abesifazane abayisikhombisa abenze, ngokusho kwe-White House, "iminikelo emihle kakhulu ekuvikelekeni noma ezithakazelweni zezwe lase-United States, ekuthuleni komhlaba, noma kwezamasiko noma eminye imizamo ebalulekile yomphakathi noma yangasese."

Lo mklomelo wasungulwa nguMongameli John F. Kennedy ngo-1963 futhi uzokwethulwa kwabaphumelele emcimbini owawuseWashington, DC ngoNovemba 24. igcine iMelika isonqenqemeni lwezisebenzi zikahulumeni ezisiza ekubhaleni izahluko ezintsha endabeni yethu yaseMelika, lezi zakhamuzi zenze igalelo elimangalisayo ezweni lethu nasemhlabeni wonke, "kusho u-Obama esitatimendeni sabezindaba. Lapha, abesifazane abanekhono abaziwa ngomsebenzi wabo wokuphayona.

1. UMeryl Streep. Akagcinanga nje ngokusinika ukusebenza kahle kwe-pitch-perfect UDeveli Ugqoka I-Prada, uMeryl Streep uphethe irekhodi lokuqokwa kwe-Academy Award kakhulu kunoma yimuphi umlingisi emlandweni. (UStreep ubuye abe nezeluleko ezinhle ngokuzethemba komzimba. Bona ukuthi uthini kuCeleb Body Image Quotes We Love.)

2. Patsy Takemoto Mink. UTakemoto Mink wayengowesifazane wokuqala webala owakhethwa kuCongress ngo-1964. Wabhala isihloko iTi IX se-Education Amendments ka-1972, esithuthukise kakhulu amathuba abesifazane kwezemidlalo ngokusho ukuthi akekho umuntu ongakhishwa ekubandakanyeni kunoma yiluphi uhlelo lwezemfundo noma umsebenzi othola usizo lwezezimali lukahulumeni ngesisekelo socansi.

3. Ethel Kennedy. Kennedy, umka-Robert F. Kennedy kanye nomsunguli we-Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights unikele impilo yakhe ekuthuthukiseni imbangela yobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, amalungelo abantu, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo, kanye nokunciphisa ubumpofu emhlabeni wonke.

4. Isabel Allende. U-Allende owazalelwa eChile ubhale izincwadi ezingama-21 ezithengise amakhophi ayizigidi ezingama-65 ngezilimi ezingama-35. Ubizwe ngombhali wolimi lweSpanishi ofundwa kakhulu kunabo bonke.

5. UMildred Dresselhaus. Umsebenzi ka-Dresselhaus ku-physics, isayensi yezinto zokwakha, nobunjiniyela bukagesi ujulise ukuqonda komhlaba nge-physics, okube nomthelela entuthukweni enkulu ocwaningweni lwe-electronics kanye nempahla.

6. Suzan Harjo. Ngokubhala kwakhe nangesishoshovu sakhe, uHarjo usizile ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zabantu boMdabu ngokusebenza emthethweni obalulekile waseNdiya, njengo-American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

7. UMarlo Thomas. Umlingisikazi, umdidiyeli, nombhali uMarlo Thomas uveze omunye wabesifazane bokuqala abangashadile abasebenza kumabonakude ochungechungeni Leyo Ntombazane, futhi wasungula ilungelo labantwana lokulwela amalungelo abesifazane Sikhululekile Ukuba… Wena Nami. Ungumqondisi weNational Outreach Director weSibhedlela Sezingane Sokucwaninga Sezingane iSt.

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