Google Celebrates 13 Remarkable Women This Women’s Day
Celebrating 13 firebrands from around the world this International Women’s Day.
Google’s doodle on Wednesday is celebrating International Women’s Day. But this time Google has something new to offer. Yes. Quite like social media platforms, its doodle has come up in a picture gallery and each of these illustrations is extremely inspiring. This time, Google is taking us through a little girl’s imagination as she listens to a bedtime story of some of high-achieving women in the world.
Thirteen women who made it to the doodle through art are Lotfia ElNadi, Ida B Wells, Ada Lovelace, Sally Ride, Lina Bo Bardi, Cecilia Grierson, Frida Kahlo, Miriam Makeba, Olga Skorokhodova, Halet Cambel, Lee Tai-young, Rukmini Devi Arundale and Suzanne Lenglen.
Rukmini Devi Arundale, a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer and a choreographer is the only Indian in the illustration. She was awarded with the Padma Bhushan for her art form in 1956.
International Women's Day celebrations can be dated back to an incident in 1908, when a group of women took to the streets of New York City in 1908 to demand a fair pay, better working conditions and the right to vote. In 1911, the first official International Women's Day march took place in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
More power to women!
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