36) Brigid Kosgei of Kenya wins the #ChicagoMarathon and beats Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-standing world record by 71 seconds!
Two hours.
14 minutes.
04 seconds.pic.twitter.com/eBoybJLlWr
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36) Brigid Kosgei of Kenya wins the #ChicagoMarathon and beats Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-standing world record by 71 seconds!
Two hours.
14 minutes.
04 seconds.pic.twitter.com/eBoybJLlWr
37) Bernadine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize for her novel Girl, Woman, Other.
She said: "These are unprecedented times for black female writers"
pic.twitter.com/erhB8fgnjY
38) Upskirting is now a criminal offence in England and Wales after a campaign led by activist, Gina Martin.
@ginamartinuk said: "I decided I could either get angry or change things."
And that, she did
pic.twitter.com/kjzdS24mFG
39) Jordan Marie Daniel ran the 2019 Boston marathon with ‘MMIW’ painted on her body to honour missing and murdered indigenous women.
@_NativeInLA marked each of the 26.2 miles with a prayer for those who became victims of violence.pic.twitter.com/Mwqt2rFh9y
40) 34-year-old @MarinSanna is the new Prime Minister of Finland.
The youngest person to ever hold this post AND the youngest currently sitting PM in the world
Finland’s government is now made up of a coalition of five parties - all run by women.pic.twitter.com/TtYhvQDF6k
41) Syrian film-maker Waad al-Kateab showed the female experience of war and her personal journey through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria.
She was awarded Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Film by @BIFA_film for 'For Sama'.pic.twitter.com/3hGajdaHoW
42) Hundreds of thousands of women across Switzerland protested to demand equal pay.
The movement was described as a 'purple wave'.
Powerful
pic.twitter.com/zLv9VRhmSW
43) Following a campaign led by activists Nanna-Josephine Roloff and Yasemin Kotra, Germany eliminated its tampon tax
Tampons will no longer be taxed as luxury items, following the landmark German vote.pic.twitter.com/TjBX3Heeeu
44) The inspirational 3.8 million #WASPI women who are fighting an injustice for their pensions.pic.twitter.com/gkhhV9EdzZ
Thread updated on 09/12/2019!
Thanks for all of your suggestions 
I would add: Thousands of women in the UK stood up to say to politicians & the powerful trying to redefine the word woman, and remove protections for women's sports and single sex spaces that sex matters, women matter, women's rights matter.
@Womans_Place_UK @fairplaywomenpic.twitter.com/5nbhPeMtdj
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