The raunchy, award-winning British comedy transcends tired antiheroine tropes through its flawless navigation of an individualized, painful and unruly female existence.

A longstanding misogynistic decree that banned women from driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted on September 26, 2017 by King Salman, but anyone who thinks that this decree won’t be met with active resistance is fooling themselves.

In order of age, here is a list of incredible women of the past 50 years. Their contributions to feminist movements around the world have been invaluable.