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14 Boss Ladies That Are Better Role Models Than Barbie Will Ever Be

It's the year of the woman.

Skyler Waugh

Oct 23, 2018

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14 Boss Ladies That Are Better Role Models Than Barbie Will Ever Be

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For generations, the children's toy industry has flooded the store shelves with dolls that were designed to give young girls the empowerment and self-confidence to be the boss ladies they were born to be. But as the societal and political environment began to change, the once favored toys started to become less of role models and more of an unrealistic expectation of what women were supposed to look, dress, and act like. Now that we are in the midst of the sexist and vulgar society filled with power-hungry men, it is really important for young girls to grow up with role models that demonstrate what it really means to be a strong woman. Here are 14 women that have become important role models with their brilliance, confidence, and strength.

1. Former First Lady Michelle Obama.

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2. Marie Curie.

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3. Audrey Hepburn.

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4. Robin Roberts.

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5. Jackie O.

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6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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7. Rosa Parks.

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8. Gabby Giffords.

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9. Princess Diana.

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10. Billie Jean King.

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11. Amal Clooney.

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12. Malala Yousafzai.

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13. Emma Gonzalez.

14. Angelina Jolie.

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Now let's go shatter the glass ceiling, smash the patriarchy, and who them who's boss.

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As college students, we are all familiar with the horror show that is course registration week. Whether you are an incoming freshman or selecting classes for your last semester, I am certain that you can relate to how traumatic this can be.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

Bonus points if it is more than two.

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Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

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Raising the minimum wage to a livable wage would not only benefit workers and their families, it would also have positive impacts on the economy and society. Studies have shown that by increasing the minimum wage, poverty and inequality can be reduced by enabling workers to meet their basic needs and reducing income disparities.

I come from a low-income family. A family, like many others in the United States, which has lived paycheck to paycheck. My family and other families in my community have been trying to make ends meet by living on the minimum wage. We are proof that it doesn't work.

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13 Times April Ludgate Perfectly Explained College

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

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Every college student knows and understands the struggle of forcing themselves to continue to care about school. Between the piles of homework, the hours of studying and the painfully long lectures, the desire to dropout is something that is constantly weighing on each and every one of us, but the glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel helps to keep us motivated. While we are somehow managing to stay enrolled and (semi) alert, that does not mean that our inner-demons aren't telling us otherwise, and who is better to explain inner-demons than the beloved April Ludgate herself? Because of her dark-spirit and lack of filter, April has successfully been able to describe the emotional roller-coaster that is college on at least 13 different occasions and here they are.

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14 Boss Ladies That Are Better Role Models Than Barbie Will Ever Be

It's the year of the woman.

In This Article:

1. Former First Lady Michelle Obama.

2. Marie Curie.

3. Audrey Hepburn.

4. Robin Roberts.

5. Jackie O.

6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7. Rosa Parks.

8. Gabby Giffords.

9. Princess Diana.

10. Billie Jean King.

11. Amal Clooney.

12. Malala Yousafzai.

13. Emma Gonzalez.

14. Angelina Jolie.

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

What is the current minimum wage at the federal level?

What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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