11 Powerful Women We Met Around the World in 2017
1. Manal al-Sharif
Manal al-Sharif is best known for challenging laws and mores that keep women down in her native country.
2. Emma Morano
Emma Morano's singular achievement in life may have been perseverance. She lived for 117 years, crediting her longevity to raw eggs and her lack of a husband. She died on April 15.
3. Margot Wallstrom
As foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, who broke free from a violent relationship in her 20s, is challenging assumptions in a traditionally male sphere.
4. Olive Yang
Born to royalty in Burma, Olive Yang, who died on July 31, rejected her birthright to become a cross-dressing warlord and opium trafficker.
5. Asli Erdogan
Asli Erdogan, a novelist of the "dark, pessimistic," is struggling to process her own grim experience: months in prison.
6. Letizia Battaglia
Letizia Battaglia chronicled Palermo's Mafia wars in the 1970s and '80s for a local newspaper. Now, her images appear in museums and retrospectives.
7. Alice Schwarzer
Alice Schwarzer, who has battled for women's rights for years, is stunned that "an old-school sexist" like Donald J. Trump could win the United States presidency.
▍生词好句
mores /ˈmɔːriːz/ /ˈmɔːreɪz/: n. 习俗
keep sb. down: 压制某人
perseverance /pəːsɪˈvɪər(ə)ns/: n. 坚持不懈
longevity /lɒnˈdʒɛvɪti/: n. 长寿
credit A to B: 把 A 归功于 B
break free from: 从……当中摆脱出来
sphere /sfɪə/: n. 领域；阶层
cross-dressing: adj. 着异装的 (本文指女扮男装)
warlord /ˈwɔːlɔːd/: n. 军阀
opium /ˈəʊpɪəm/: n. 鸦片
grim /ɡrɪm/: adj. 令人沮丧的
stun /stʌn/: vt. 使……惊呆
old-school: adj. 传统的；老套的
presidency /ˈprɛzɪd(ə)nsi/: n. 总统的职位
