Malala Yousafzai

Became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient in history for her advocacy for female education in Pakistan. She used her Nobel Peace Prize money to help rebuild 65 schools in Gaza. Living in Pakistan's Swat valley, a hotbed of Taliban activity, she began writing a blog about her experiences and her thoughts about being forbidden from going to school. By October 2012, she became more outspoken in her views; she was shot and seriously wounded in a failed Taliban assassination attempt. She se