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Ladies That Defined a Century: Time Magazine Unveils Alternative Covers Featuring Influential Women

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Time Magazine has launched a project to select an influential woman representing each year from 1920 to 2019, making a cover for each of them in order to give them the spotlight that they were unable to receive before.

Until 1999, the magazine had printed "Man of the Year" covers, with a few exceptions, but later Time changed the title to "Person of the Year". However, for the past two decades, mostly men have been featured on the cover of the periodical. 

To get a peek at the women that Time Magazine thinks should epitomise each year for the past century, check out Sputnik's photo gallery that has been prepared for you.

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Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg
2 / 18
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa
3 / 18
The "Silence Breakers", who spoke about sexual abuse
4 / 18
Former US Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton
5 / 18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
6 / 18
US singer Beyoncé
7 / 18
Black Lives Matter founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi
8 / 18
Yemeni journalist Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman
9 / 18
52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
10 / 18
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai
11 / 18
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama
12 / 18
Women's equality activist Lilly Ledbetter
13 / 18
Former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
14 / 18
American philanthropist Melinda Gates
15 / 18
US TV host Oprah Winfrey
16 / 18
American tennis player Serena Williams
17 / 18
Whistleblowers Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins
18 / 18
Kenyan political activist Wangari Maathai
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