Most Admired Woman in History
Reader's Choice Awards - Women's History 2012
What woman in history do you think made the biggest positive difference in the world? Who has helped to shape the world? Who from the past is a role model for you?
Here is the 2012 winner, voted in by the readers of this site:
Rosa ParksRosa Parks is known for her 1955 refusal to relinquish her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest triggered a 381-day bus boycott in Montgomery, and led to the end of segregation on that system's buses. Rosa Parks died in 2005.
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