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Home › Politics

Politics | 10/24/2008 4:00 pm

Final Voting: The wowOwow List of Women Who Are Changing the World

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Angelina Jolie
When we asked a few weeks back who you felt were women who were changing the world … you responded with gusto! Through comments and e-mails, you made your wonderful choices known. We learned of how passionate some of you are about your favorites and their important work … and we learned of some worthy women who we might have missed if it wasn’t for you.


Now, the next step is here: selecting the final five women who you, the wowOwow readers, think are the top five women who are changing the world.


After much consideration, debate and research, wowOwow has narrowed your lists down to the top ten. Page through this photo essay that briefly describes the accomplishments of each.


Then, click here to vote on the one woman who you think belongs on our final list.


The five women with the most votes from the wowOwow audience will be on the final wowOwow List of Women who Are Changing the World.
Read more about: Angelina Jolie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Business, Career, Entertainment, Environment, Health, Hillary Clinton, Indira Noori, Literature, Medea Benjamin, Melinda Gates, Money, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Philanthropy, Sarah Palin, Wangari Maa, World News

58 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Lauriate Roly
Margaret Thatcher
By Lauriate Roly on 10/27/2008 11:05 am
DeBúrca obj
“The Iron Lady”
By DeBúrca obj on 10/31/2008 9:13 pm
Joan Stallard
I voted for Medea Benjamin because she works every day for peace and justice and uses a huge amount of courage doing it. She is frequently leading a small group into the fray (followed often by police) and she confronts the powerful with humor and imagination. She combines leadership with keen knowledge of world issues and amazing courage. The others I know on the list are safer and are not taking such personal chances.
By Joan Stallard on 10/27/2008 11:11 am
DeBúrca obj
A problem with the Palin part “…make her a lightning rod for scorn on the left and rabid devotion on the right.” What do you mean by “left”? Palin’s criticism and ‘scorn’ is as much from conservatives (ie. George Will, David Brooks, etc. in the media, and many Republican and Independent voters who have said Palin is their reason for not voting for McCain) as it is from Liberals or whoever it is that is considered “left” these days.
By DeBúrca obj on 11/03/2008 12:04 pm
Wine Warrior
All are terrific, with the exception of Palin who is a pathetic joke and does NOT belong on that list, she can’t tie any of those women’s shoe laces. She is a MORON. I like all the other women very much, all are achievers, all role models. Medea Benjarmin and Angela Jolie are my favorites which is silly to say because they are all outstanding women, excepting Palin.
By Wine Warrior on 11/03/2008 5:18 pm
DJ Shaffner
Hillary in the Obama administration is as much a mandate as will tonight’s decisive CHANGE in America. The America I can love AGAIN. We the People insist on it. Just as we can accept a Joe the Vice President. Joe the Artist
By DJ Shaffner on 11/04/2008 12:39 pm
Ruth McKendree Treen
Where is Maya Angelou? I can’t begin to understand a list that includes Sarah Palin and excludes her! She has inspired and changed the lives of every African-American who has heard her speak or read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, including all the rest of us. Ruth McKendree Treen, Chatham MA
By Ruth McKendree Treen on 11/04/2008 1:00 pm
Meg Rafferty
The best women I’ve known are Mom’s. If you can love kid’s, you give our world a wonderful gift.
By Meg Rafferty on 11/16/2008 8:24 am
frankie bru
well it is tool late to vote for obama’s grandmother and mother, obama’ds mother gave birth to this man, who became our president and did not have an abortion because his father was black. obama’s mother gave birth to a biracial child before civil rights passed in 1965. this is the woman of the year obama’s mom. thank you
By frankie bru on 01/14/2009 10:06 am
Marcia Reynolds
The list consists of amazing women of service…however I can’t agree with Sarah Palin being on the list. She may be a strong woman but I don’t see her stepping out to help anyone but herself. Other than Palin, it is hard to vote for only five from this list of incredibly bold and bighearted women.
By Marcia Reynolds on 01/27/2009 5:01 pm
Cat Baker
ok fp i’m convinced, melinda gates gets my vote too.
By Cat Baker on 01/30/2009 12:05 am
Di Lee
Everyone listed are outstanding except for Palin.that surely was added for comedy.
By Di Lee on 02/08/2009 6:06 pm
Deborah Mulholand
Just because Gov. Sarah Palin has faith does not make her a racist religious nut. That is an atheist point of view. Our country was started be deeply religious people. Don’t they teach that in Elementary School any more? People of faith have as much of a right to their opinions as anyone else. Modern religious women love Pope Benedict XVI and his stand on protecting unborn babies in the womb. The liberal opinion isn’t any more holy than the conservative opinion. If women had any self-respect they’d not have sex until they were married. Having sex is not a rite of passage to the Big Boys’ or Big Girls’ Club. Liberal women, you’ve been duped!
By Deborah Mulholand on 03/01/2009 10:15 am
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