25 women who were warned, given an explanation, but nevertheless persisted.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was silenced by an obscure rule after reading parts of a letter Coretta Scott King wrote to Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1986 in which King opposed the nomination of Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship.   Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explained: "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted." He didn't realize it , but he had just coined a new feminist rallying cry. What he presented as a rebuke of Warren's behavior quickly picked up steam on social media, where people used it to highlight powerful women from history who refused to be silenced. Here are some of the strong, badass women who nevertheless persisted, against all odds:

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