Time magazine chooses the 100 most important women of the last century

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(CNN Spanish) - For years women have tried to seek gender equality. At present, there are many successful women in politics, high corporate positions, the sports world, entertainment and those who fight for the next generations to have a better future.

Time magazine decided to highlight the 100 most important women of the last 100 years. The publication indicates that for 72 years Time chose the Man of the Year. By 1999, the magazine changed the Person of the Year, but still most of the time they chose men.

Times decided to create this project to highlight the work of women that was often overshadowed by men, they say. The magazine chose 89 women to be on the new covers of more than 600 nominations. They left the covers of the 11 women who had already been chosen as Person of the Year.

Outstanding artists worked on the development of the new covers. The first is that of the suffragists in 1920.

Meet the Women of the Year from the 1920s https://t.co/SUFltRabNn pic.twitter.com/WyBYvGiM2E

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Women fighting for the right of women to vote. Following the ratification of Amendment 19 in 1920, a debate began on how these rights would be guaranteed to women and the deprivation of rights of women of color.

Another of the outstanding women is the aviator Amelia Earhart, who made an unprecedented flight across the Pacific Ocean in 1935.

“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. ”

Amelia Earhart is one of TIME's 100 women who defined the last century #womenoftheyear https://t.co/TJFWTXbMut

- TIME (@TIME) March 5, 2020

He challenged those who still thought that women's work was to stay at home. He left on January 11 of Hawaii and after traveling almost 4,000 kilometers in 18 hours landed in Oakland, California, becoming the first person to achieve that feat.

Within the group of 100 women, 3 Hispanics stand out.

Frida Kahlo is the cover of 1938

1938: Frida Kahlo #womenoftheyear https://t.co/u3IOzpxYtL pic.twitter.com/sa885uzPfM

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In that year, the Mexican artist made her first solo exhibition, but the press release for the exhibition described her as Diego Rivera's wife before Kahlo could show the caliber of her art.

The artist became famous in the world for her vivid self-portraits, but that is not all she painted.

He approached still life, as in "Tunas." He also painted strange and dark scenes. “What the water gave me” represents figures and landscapes floating in a bathtub.

He was often inspired by painful personal experiences, such as his stormy marriage, miscarriages and medical procedures. Many of his self-portraits showed physical and psychological injuries, according to the Frida Kahlo Foundation.

His paintings also incorporated themes of female empowerment and willpower.

Kahlo intentionally mixed Western fashion with traditional indigenous dress to make a political statement about cultural identity, nationalism and feminism.

His anticolonial style included modern dresses adorned with patterns with Mayan influences, rebozos and traditional necklaces, among other accessories.

At present, her husband is the one who remained in the shade. His work “El marco” that he painted in 1938 made him the first Mexican artist of the twentieth century to have a painting purchased by the Louvre museum.

Eva Perón is the cover of 1946

Evita, as Argentines call their most famous First Lady Eva Perón, was in showbiz long before the Broadway musical about her life. But parts in radio plays gave way to a more pivotal role: shaping Argentina's political future #womenoftheyear https://t.co/EcJiwX0fwl

- TIME (@TIME) March 5, 2020

Evita, as the Argentines call the country's most famous former lady, used her influence to allocate money to massive social programs, to finance schools, orphanages and hospitals.

His support was also crucial for the approval of women's suffrage in 1947.

His story began in 1930, when with only 15 years, Eva Duarte moved from his family's humble house to Buenos Aires with the aim of becoming an actress, without knowing that he would shape the political future of Argentina.

After marrying General Juan Domingo Perón, she began campaigning for her husband for the presidential elections. Their struggle for the working social class became fundamental pillars of Peronism, which today, continues to divide the country's politics.

Rita Moreno, cover of 1961

The Puerto Rican-born actress almost left acting in 1961 when she worked on the musical "West Side Story." She felt that her accent "made no sense" and her skin was made up to make her look darker. In addition, he managed to change the lyrics of the song "America" ​​that had sentences denigrating Puerto Rico and that she should sing.

Rita Moreno continues to fight against typecasting and a fair representation of Latinos in her almost 70 years of artistic career. She grew up in poverty and faced discrimination in her first roles in Hollywood. His mother was a seamstress and his father a farmer.

At 88, Moreno continues to reap victories with television roles on "Bless This Mess" and "One Day at a Time."

The Puerto Rican actress was the first Latina to win an Oscar in 1962. She also won an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony, a feat that only 15 artists have accomplished.

Among the other women recognized by Time magazine are activists Dolores Huerta (1961), Simon de Beauvoir (1949), Malala Yousafzai (2009) and Greta Thunberg (2019).

There are also the former ladies Eleanor Roosevelt (1948), Jaqueline Kennedy (1962), Michelle Obama (2008) and Hillary Clinton (2016).

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