Courageous, plucky, determined – these 10 women are the definition of ‘gutsy’. 

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Hillary and Chelsea Clintonu2019s favourite gutsy women

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton’s favourite gutsy women

Astronaut Sally Ride on the space shuttle challenger in 1983.

Margaret Bourke-White with American soldiers on assignment during WWII.

Ela Bhatt at home in Ahmedabad, India in 2008.

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh aims to empower Muslim women.

Self-taught scholar Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.

Virginia Johnson performing in Agon in 1974.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai in 2005.

Hillary Rodham Clinton with Joyce McCartan in 1995.

Junko Tabei at the top of Mount Everest in May 1975.

10 women who have more than lived up to the dictionary definition of ‘gutsy’