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The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World

By InStyle Staff
Jan 10, 2019 @ 9:00 am
Welcome to InStyle’s second Badass 50 Women list. After we launched our first Badass Women issue (starring Serena Williams) to great success last August, we decided there are just too many amazing women out there for one annual special alone. The women featured below consistently show up, speak up, and get the job done. Here, we honor these ladies for their badass contributions to science, social justice, law, politics, and many more industries.

Find Out More About Instyle’s 50 Badass Women

The InStyle 2019 List of 50 Badass Women:

  1. Michelle Obama
  2. Hannah Gadsby
  3. Naomi Wadler
  4. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
  5. Anne de Carbuccia
  6. Simone Biles
  7. Sylvia Acevedo
  8. Ariana Grande
  9. Stella McCartney
  10. Gitanjali Rao
  11. Sen. Mazie Hirono
  12. Dr. Leana Wen
  13. Rebecca Traiste
  14. Angela Davis
  15. Padma Lakshmi
  16. Wanuri Kahiu
  17. Lydia Villa-Komaroff
  18. Emily Sioma
  19. Tolulope Lewis-Tamoka
  20. Kayla Morris
  21. Nadia Murad
  22. Meher Tatna
  23. Aly Wagner
  24. Gayle King
  25. Ana Maria Archila
  26. Aaron Philip
  27. Freida Pinto
  28. Elizabeth Colomba
  29. Nina Shaw
  30. Jacinda Ardern
  31. Victoria Tsai
  32. Viola Davis
  33. Nadya Okamoto
  34. Blythe Hill
  35. Whitney Wolfe Herd
  36. Lynzy Lab
  37. Farah Alibay
  38. Kim Petras
  39. Dr. Michelle Oakley
  40. 1st Lt. Marina Hierl
  41. Betty White
  42. Samantha Farr
  43. Helen Mirren
  44. Rachel Maddow
  45. Natalie Massenet
  46. Lucy McBath
  47. Pat McGrath
  48. Nicole Maines
  49. Jane West
  50. Alina Morse