Top 100 coolest women of all time (Full Details+Photos)
 

The greatest women of all time

They changed the way the world looked at women. They flew planes, swam across the English Channel, decoded the DNA, enthralled cinemagoers and commanded respect in every field traditionally dominated by men. On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, here's our top 100 coolest women of all time. The names are in no particular order. By: Ruchira Singh, Rituparna Chatterjee and Soumyadip Choudhury.

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100. Michelle Obama
American first lady, the wife of Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States. She is the first African American first lady.

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99. Anna Pavlova
Russian ballerina, the most celebrated dancer of her time.

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98. Victoria Woodhull
Unconventional American reformer, who at various times championed such diverse causes as woman suffrage, free love, mystical socialism, and the Greenback movement.

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97. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American sportswoman, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

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96. Wislawa Szymborska
Polish poet whose intelligent and empathic explorations of philosophical, moral, and ethical issues won her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996.