<p>Women have beer fighting for their rights to be equal to men for decades, and the fight is far from over.</p>
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<p>There have been many changes and improvements over the years, steps taken to ensure that women are not being treated as properties or second-rate citizens.</p>
<p>Even so, in some countries a women can still be severely punished for wearing revealing clothes or be with a man before getting married. Pursuing a career is out of the question.</p>
<p>Still, there are plenty of women throughout history that can serve as role models for every one member of the female population.</p>
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<p>And as strange as it may seem, some of the greatest influences don&#8217;t come from the fields of science and politics, but from the media. Especially the movies.</p>
<p>If you think that there are plenty of strong women characters on the movie screens today, you should take a look at those who started the ball rolling and made way for this to happen.</p>
<p>Here are some of the most empowering quotes from strong, sassy and independent women portrayed in the movies from the Golden Age Of Hollywood.</p>
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<p><strong>1.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120148" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r553uc2mo5_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r553uc2mo5_540" width="752" height="555" /></p>
<p><strong>2.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120147" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc244mo9_540-1.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc244mo9_540-1" width="752" height="796" /></p>
<p><strong>3.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120143" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo7_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo7_540" width="752" height="833" /></p>
<p><strong>4.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120138" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo3_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo3_540" width="752" height="560" /></p>
<p><strong>5.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120142" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo6_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo6_540" width="752" height="728" /></p>
<p><strong>6.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120137" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo2_40550.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo2_40550" width="752" height="713" /></p>
<p><strong>7.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120132" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/53a2e731339a735c8e635237fd91f2b7.jpg" alt="53a2e731339a735c8e635237fd91f2b7" width="752" height="1175" /></p>
<p><strong>8.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120146" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mso6_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mso6_540" width="752" height="325" /></p>
<p><strong>9.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120141" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo5_540.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo5_540" width="752" height="492" /></p>
<p><strong>10.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120136" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo2_400.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo2_400" width="752" height="743" /></p>
<p><strong>11.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120145" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo10_500.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo10_500" width="752" height="1451" /></p>
<p><strong>12.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120140" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo4_540-551.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo4_540-551" width="752" height="548" /></p>
<p><strong>13.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120135" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_mw8tpjmWw11qipmx5o1_1280.jpg" alt="tumblr_mw8tpjmww11qipmx5o1_1280" width="752" height="565" /></p>
<p><strong>14.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120144" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo9_540-1.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo9_540-1" width="746" height="796" /></p>
<p><strong>15.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120139" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_njqewyKuga1r3uc2mo3_52240.jpg" alt="tumblr_njqewykuga1r3uc2mo3_52240" width="752" height="453" /></p>
<p><strong>16.</strong></p>
<p><em><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120134" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec34c93606a73e0c73fed832266f46df.jpg" alt="ec34c93606a73e0c73fed832266f46df" width="752" height="565" /></em></p>
<p><strong>17.</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120133" src="http://www.explosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/272cf9121c27dd1c319bda6e9fc8940e.jpg" alt="272cf9121c27dd1c319bda6e9fc8940e" width="752" height="751" /></p>
<p>There should be more women like these, not only in movies, but in every aspect of life.</p>
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