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In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction
Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war
Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric
In 2003 the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace began protests calling for peace
The secret street photography of a US nanny in the 1950s and 1960s
In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes
In 1977, in the former East Germany, tens of thousands of women and girls were abused
The start, in 2015, of a movement to stop violence against women in Argentina
In 1997, a Gambian woman started an environmental initiative
In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.
In 1992, Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
In 2005, Dr Katalin Karikó published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize
In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book
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
