Malala is a Pakistani education advocate who, at the age of 17, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. Surviving a shot to the head, Malala now travels all over the world to speak out on the importance of education for women. She has published her own book, I Am Malala, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” -Malala
Noor Inayat Khan
Nicknamed The Spy Princess, Noor was a descendant of Indian royalty raised in Britain and France. The elite Special Operations Executive recruited her in 1942 to work as a radio operator because of her bilingual abilities. Serving as a spy during World War II, she faced imprisonment, torture, and was eventually killed at Dachau concentration camp. Considered a British heroin of World War II, a statue of her is located in Gordon Square Gardens, London, to commemorate her bravery and service.
