This document discusses people who have changed the world through advancing civil rights and women's suffrage. It summarizes that Martin Luther King Jr. defended human rights for Black people when they did not have equal rights, and that Emmeline Pankhurst fought for women's right to vote. The document also notes how medicine, transportation, roads, and technology have significantly advanced over the past 100 years. While some gender differences still exist in jobs due to pregnancy, it asserts that men and women have equal rights in the writer's country now, though this was not always the case. It provides Bill Gates as an example of a wealthy person who donates money to help people worldwide. Finally, it expresses a dream of eliminating poverty globally