This International Women’s Day Google Doodle Honours Women’s Historical Firsts
As always Google has come up with yet another delightful and captivating Doodle to celebrate the strength of womanhood this International Women’s Day.
As always Google has come up with yet another delightful and captivating Doodle to celebrate the strength of womanhood this International Women’s Day.
The attractive Doodle features several women raising their hands high adorned with bracelets and bangles.
The raise of hand is to represent all women in the past, present, and future while the theme is “Women Firsts.”
Hands of various shades have been shown in the montage representing women from varied races and communities across the globe.
Users can enjoy some background music too while viewing this 41-second animated clip!
The engaging video affirms that women have cast their magic spell in every sphere of life be it science, music, arts, literature, sports, politics, education and she has even conquered space.
Describing the Doodle, Google wrote, “From the first woman astronaut to the first woman to climb Mount Everest, in the past year, the world searched for 'the first woman' more than ever before. See how Google is celebrating the women who have achieved historical firsts, as well as the many who have come after them.”
“Today’s annual International Women’s Day Doodle takes a journey through a series of firsts in women’s history—highlighting female pioneers who have challenged the status quo and paved the way in education, civil rights, science, art, and so much more. (sic)”, they added.
The doodle particularly pays homage to all those women who transcended barriers and had to “overcome obstacles to create a legacy. These women pioneers have opened up the doors for the women of today, who are in turn carrying their legacy forward facing their own set of challenges.
The woman behind this animation is Helene Leroux who is a French animator based in San Francisco.
Helen acknowledges that she has included a short clip of her animation profession in the Doodle.
She admits that she learned the art of drawing from her grandmother who was not allowed to pursue her dream professionally.
“I eventually became the first woman in my family to pursue art studies and create a profession from drawing”, she revealed.
“When I started, it was a field dominated by men, and I’m proud to see so many women animators and directors now”, she added.
International Women’s day is being celebrated world over today with the powerful theme #ChooseToChallenge. The campaign emphasizes that we can choose to challenge gender bias and inequality. “From challenge comes change so let’s all #ChooseToChallenge”, reads the IWD campaign theme.