A cikin al'adun da yawa, mata sun zama shugabannin siyasa, kamar Cleopatra a tsohuwar Masar da sarauniya Elizabeth da ke cikin Ingila.
A karni na 19, Susan B. Anthony da Elizabeth Cady Stanton ya jagoranci kungiyar zaben mace a Amurka.
Akwai adadi mai yawa na mata waɗanda suka ci lambobin Nobel a cikin fannoni daban-daban, ciki har da Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, da wannari maathzai, da wannari maathan.
A cikin yakin duniya na II, mata da yawa sun shiga cikin sojojin da suka yi aiki yayin yakin.
Akwai masana kimiyyar mata da yawa waɗanda suka sami mahimmancin bincike, ciki har da Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClintock, da kuma alheri hopper.
A karni na 20, mata da yawa sun jagoranci wani motsi na mata wanda ya yi gwagwarmaya don daidaito na mata da haƙƙin mata.
Akwai mata da yawa da suka jagoranci kasar, ciki har da Indira Gandhi a Indiya, Margaret Thatcher a Ingila, da Angela Merkel a Jamus.
A karni na 19, mata da yawa sun jagoranci motsi da ya hana a kawar da bautar.
Akwai marubutan mata da yawa waɗanda suka rubuta sanannen littattafai, gami da Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, da Toni Morrison.
A karni na 21, mata da yawa sun jagoranci ƙungiyoyin muhalli waɗanda ke gwagwarmayar kare tauraron mu da haɓaka dorewa.
