The Queen, Margaret Thatcher and J.K. Rowling have been celebrated in a list of the top 40 women who changed the world.

　　在“全球40位改变世界的女性”榜单中，英女王、前首相撒切尔夫人和作家J·K·罗琳均获得提名。

　　The list, which also includes Marilyn Monroe and 17-year-old girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai, was topped by pioneering Polish chemist Marie Curie, who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize – and won it twice.

　　British nurse Florence Nightingale came second and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was third.

　　Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and Mother Teresa completed the top five.

　　这份榜单中，位列第一的是曾两获诺贝尔奖的波兰裔先驱化学家居里夫人（Marie Curie）。紧随其后的，是开创了护理事业的英国护士南丁格尔（Florence Nightingale）。有“铁娘子”之称的前首相撒切尔夫人位居榜单的第三位，并列第五的是为争取妇女选举权奋斗终身的埃米琳·潘克赫斯特（Emmeline Pankhurst)和特蕾莎修女。除此之外，性感影星玛丽莲·梦露和争取妇女受教育权遭塔利班枪击的17岁巴基斯坦活动家马拉拉·优素福扎伊也跻身榜单。

　　17-year-old girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai