The Most Influential Women of Our Time

The extraordinary lives of fifty women who have defeated centuries of prejudice and rewritten the rules of society, conquering power with a disruptive force and inserting themselves with grace and pride in a story that has always been exclusively for men. Queens, artists, explorers and scientists, stylists and politicians, economists and sportsmen: from Rosa Parks to Eva Perón, Mata Hari, Peggy Guggenheim, Estée Lauder, Grace Kelly, Zaha Hadid, Malala Yousafzai and many others.