100 POINTS! Write a paper that explores the lives and influences of six significant women in history, including Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Indira Ghandi, Golda Meir, and Mother Teresa, and one of today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Include in your essay how each of these women rose to power and influence, the obstacles they faced as a result of their gender, and the historical impact they have made or are making. How has the world changed as a result of their leadership? What role did the issue of gender equality play? The project essay on Margaret Thatcher is an example of elements that could be included in the essay.

Read the following passages. passage a: we who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. they may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way. passage b: for as long as political life has existed in germany, there has never been a movement such as ours. created from nothing and embracing people of all regions, all classes, all professions, all heritages. they can oppress us; they can even kill us. but we will never surrender. passage c: who am i? they also tell me/ i bore the days of misfortune/ equably, smilingly, proudly, /like one accustomed to win. passage d: a democratic government did nothing to stem the flow of high inflation and unemployment that seemed to grow worse week by week. people grew desperate for change. which passage offers the truest belief of nazism in germany? passage b passage d passage a passage c