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In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation
For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football
In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV
The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba
'Spray-on skin' was used to treat burns victims after bombings on the Indonesian island
The story of the woman who became known as India’s first female bartender
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers
In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States
In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage
In the early 2000s, a woman known as ‘Lady Tarzan’ fought India’s so called timber mafia
The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA
In 1974, actress Kieu Chinh found herself on a farm cleaning up after chicken
How Brownie Wise inspired an army of US housewives to sell Tupperware at parties
MoMA bought photos from an African-American woman for the first time in 1979.
In 1945 the war correspondent Lee Miller was photographed in Adolf Hitler's bath
In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl
In 1966, Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's visit to Trinidad
A 2012 episode looks back at the work of the pioneering designer, who has died aged 93
The journey from goddess to graduate in Nepal.
Monica McWilliams played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process
