Only XX days left until International Women's Day on March 8th - A day to celebrate womanhood, reflect on the progress of feminism and equality so far and to raise awareness on the issues that still persist.
The perfect time to look back on the stories of outstanding women, who have had an important impact on history and challenged the view on women in their society.
For example, the Austrian education revolutionary Eugenie Schwarzwald or women's rights activist Clara Zetlin, who spoke out for the establishment of a Women's Day in the first place and fought for the right to vote in Germany.
Before the suffragette movement or even widespread democracy, there were notable female rulers in history such as Leopoldina Habsburg, Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart, who had a significant influence on their land and its people. Anna Sacher, whose domain was her hotel, also helped shape modern society, as her hotel housed some of the greatest personalities of her time and served as an incubator for the ideas of the future.
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