International Women’s Day

Indira Gandhi
 Indira Gandhi was
The daughter of
Jawaharlal
Nehru, the first
Prime minister
of India.
 Indira Gandhi
 She served as Prime Minister
from January 1966 to March
1977 and again from
January 1980 until her
assassination in October 1984,
making her the second
longest
serving Indian Prime
Minister,
after her father.
 Jayalalithaa
• Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24th February 1948 –
5th December 2016) was an Indian politician
and film actress who served six times as the
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for over
fourteen years between 1991 and 2016.
 Jayalalithaa
• Jayalalithaa became the
first woman to become the
leader of the opposition in
the Tamil Nadu Assembly
and took over the reins of
the unified AIADMK and
restored the “two leaves”
symbol, which had been
frozen by the Election
Commission following the split.
 Jayalalithaa
She had appeared
as a lead actress
in various films in
Tamil, Kannada
and Telugu
languages.
 Kalpana Chawla
 Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003)
was an American astronaut of Indian origin.
She was the first
Indian-American astronaut
and the first Indian woman
to go into space.
 Kalpana Chawla
She got married to flight
instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison.
She first flew in 1997 on the
STS-87.
 P.T.USHA
 Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (born 27 th
June 1964) is a retired Indian track
and field athlete.
 She has been associated
with Indian athletics since 1979.
 She is called the
"queen of Indian track
and field".
 P.T.USHA
 She won 18 gold medals
 13 Silver Medals
 3 Bronze Medals
 101 International medals
 She won her first
gold medal in the Asian
Track and Field
Championship, in Kuwait.
 Mary Kom
 Mary Kom is an Indian boxer from the northeast state of
Manipur, born on 1st March 1983, 
 Mary Kom is famed as a
five-time World Boxing Champion
and the only boxer to win a
medal in every one of the six
world championships.
 Mary Kom
 She has also been felicitated with Padma Bhushan,
Arjuna Award,
 Padma Shri
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
 and many more.
• Florence Nightingale, byname Lady with the Lamp,
(born May 12, 1820, Florence 
 British nurse, statistician,
 Social reformer who was
the Foundational Philosopher
of modern nursing.
 Florence Nightingale 
• Florence and her nurses greatly improved the
conditions and many more soldiers
survived. She earned the name “The Lady
with the Lamp” because she would visit
soldiers at night with a small lantern in her
hand.
• 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Florence
Nightingale
 She chose to become a nurse
despite the stigma
 Her nickname was “Lady with the Lamp”
 She Had Political Influence