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People have changed history, so can you!

Hey Hannah here,
Over the years people have done great things. We have discovered, we've learnt, we've lost, we've changed or adapted to certain changes in our environment or lives, we've fought, we've loved, we've done things we never could have fathomed we could, we've written, we've saved and have changed the world to become ours. It gets to a time that we have to stop and celebrate the people that have aided our achievements. That made mistakes, learnt from it ad have helped the world become better. These people have fought and some won while others lost. Whether they won or lost matters very little all that truly matters is that they gave it a try and they learnt. Learn more about these people who made the difference.
This list is in no particular order, it's just random.

*Marie and Pierre Curie: Marie was a Polish born French physicist. She and her husband discovered radioactivity and the radioactive elements: polonium and radium. During Marie's time in Poland, the government was strict and stated that girls couldn't go to school. She attended the "Floating University" which was a secret school, before eventually going to France to study at Sorbonne University. She won two Nobel Prizes for her discoveries. "Nothing in Life is to be feared, it is only to be understood", she once said.

* Ann Makosinswki: Ann is a Canadian inventor. At the age of fifteen she invented a thermoelectric torch that created light using body heat. She presented it at the Google science fair and won first prize. Today, she works on making such torches available for people around the world who are poor and cannot afford good electricity or batteries and is also working on a mug that can charge phones using heat from the liquid inside. "If you are alive, you produce some light", she said.

*Kevin Doe: Kevin is a Sierra Leonian engineer who taught himself engineering at the age of thirteen and and was a finalist in GMin's Innovate Salone competition where he built a generator from scratch. He received an invitation to the united states  and was the youngest person to participate in the visiting program. Today he is one of the most respected young african inventors and is a member of Emergency USA which provides free health care to the poor.

*Eufrosina Cruz: She is an activist and politician. She didn't want to stay at home and cook like other "good women" did. When she told this to her father he told her that she should do whatever she  wanted but was not to expect any help or financial support. She paid for her studies by selling fruit and earned a degree in accounting. She began to teach the young indigenous girls of Mexico so that they too, could find the strength and build their own lives. She ran for mayor of her town but the townsmen canceled the election saying they could not have a woman as a mayor. This event only fueled her and she founded QUIEGO, an organisation to fight for womans rights and a few years later she became the first indigenous female to be elected president of the state congress. She once siad,"When a woman decides to change, everything around her changes"
*Maya Angelou: She was a writer who wrote about her childhood in a racist community and her writing became the voice of the Civil  Rights Movement and spoke that everyone, whether black or white, male or female has equal rights. She said once,"My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive: and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style."

*Malala Yousafzai; A young girl who thought it was unfair that girls were not allowed to go to school and wrote online about it. She also went on TV and spoke on it too. She recieved a headshot by some Taliban men who were against female education but recovered and become the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. " They thought bullets would silence us but they failed" she said, "Let us pick our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One teacher, one child, one pen and one book can change the world"

*Chimamanda Adichie: She is a Nigerian. And is the bestselling author of  Purple Hibiscus, The thing around your neck, Americanah, The shivering and many more novels. She uses her voice to speak for female rights, against racism and also to inspire other young African writers.

*Easton LaChappelle made a robotic hand at 14 using LEGO and fishing wire. He was later inspired by a girl he met at a science fair who had a prosthetic hand that could only open and close yet cost around 52, 000 pounds and was inspired. He decided to create a more functional prosthetic limb that cost under 650 pounds. At seventeen NASA offered him to work on their Robonaut team. How amazing is that? Today he works on creating cheaper, more functional prosthetics for people. 

Many more amazing people have done their part to make the world a better place, whether through their voices, their brains, their pens or however, these people made a difference, they changed the world and so can you.
 You can be  that change, be  that difference that you want, because change starts from you. It starts from the little things we say and do. These things that start off as small but become so much more.
 It starts from there. It starts from deciding that enough is enough. That something has to be done. That you want to be that difference, to be that change and that you will stop at nothing until you achieve them. Be prepared to do whatever it takes and trust me you will  achieve the change you want. Chose to be strong. Chose to be stubborn. Chose to be you. Chose to be bold and fearless. Chose to be the difference. 
You are never too young ( I'm trying my best to do my part, too) nor too old. You are never too coloured nor too white. Never too female (that sounds incorrect but I don't want to change the format, so please bear with me) nor too male. You are never too anything. I've had people tell me I was too young, then there's the "your feminism is too much"that people say (I think I prefer to identify as an equalist, although I'm actually not sure what they are called. The reason for this is because I disagree with some actions that are carried out under the "feminist" label but I still do believe in power to the women and equality for all no matter their gender)  and although I have not actually experienced racism, I have experienced friends and I know what it feels like to be stigmatized for something as unimportant as skin colour. I also understand the feelings of fear of speaking, I've been through it my self but is the fear really worth the circumstance? Are you prepared to suffer in silence? Would you rather yourself or others be in pain and suffering than speak for what you believe? Is it better to be oppressed?  Think about those questions.
Don't forget to comment and follow. Be back soon for more blog posts. Some other posts you can read are "a teenage boys guide to growing up" which is, if you ask me, a sad attempt at humour (I'm not funny, just highly sarcastic), "Let's talk about the D"," Death and the afterlife'', "Life in the little things" or "The secret of successful people". Thanks!
I'm Hannah Kay and I'm a just a teenager sharing the world the way she views it.

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