Why are the silence breakers named 'Person of the Year'?

<p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;"><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201811/08113640210b.png" title="微信截图_20171208151003.png" alt="微信截图_20171208151003.png" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none; border: 0px none; display: inline-block;"/></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;"><img src="https://imedia-peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn/up/cms/www/201811/08113641tsdz.jpg" title="636481430122635664-Time.jpg" alt="636481430122635664-Time.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none; border: 0px none; display: inline-block;"/></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Photo: Time magazine</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">&quot;The Silence Breakers&quot; ,referring to women who triggered a national outcry over sexual harassment, were named the 2017 &quot;Person of the Year&quot; by the Time magazine.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal revealed the cover on Wednesday morning&#39;s Today show, which features Ashley Judd, Taylor Swift, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler and a woman whose face is obscured, intended to represent the women who haven&#39;t yet come forward.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Watch the video to listen to the voices that launched the movement against sexual harassment.&nbsp;</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style: none; border: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Microsoft YaHei&quot;, 微软雅黑, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">(Compiled by Han Xiaomeng)</p><p><br/></p>