Princess Diana was and still is an excellent example of the many things that women today are doing.  As a Princess she didn't have to do all the charity work that she did.   It was all a volunteer idea that she did for herself.  Because of her name she made many people aware of what was going on in places around the world.  Without her it's very doubtful that we would have known about things like the mine fields in Travnic, Sarajevo and Zenezica or how bad things are for the homeless and people with AIDS and HIV.   These are just some of her accomplishments.

During her marriage, the Princess was president or patron of over 100
charities. The Princess did much to publicise work on behalf of homeless
and also disabled people, children and people with HIV/Aids. In
December 1993, the Princess announced that she would be reducing the
extent of her public life in order to combine 'a meaningful public role with
a more private life'. After her separation from The Prince, the Princess
continued to appear with the Royal family on major national occasions,
such as the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in
Europe) and VJ (Victory over Japan) Days in 1995.

Following her divorce, the Princess resigned most of her charity and
other patronages, and relinquished all her Service appointments with
military units. The Princess remained as patron of Centrepoint
(homeless charity), English National Ballet, Leprosy Mission and National
Aids Trust, and as President of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great
Ormond Street and of the Royal Marsden Hospital. In June 1997, the
Princess attended receptions in London and New York as previews of the
sale of a number of dresses and suits worn by her on official
engagements, with the proceeds going to charity. The Princess spent
her 36th and last birthday on 1 July 1997 attending the Tate Gallery's
100th Anniversary celebrations. Her last official engagement in Britain
was on 21 July, when she visited Northwick Park Hospital, London
(children's accident and emergency unit).

In the year before her death, the Princess was an active campaigner for
a ban on the manufacture and use of land mines. In January 1997, she
visited Angola as part of her campaign. in June, the Princess spoke at
the landmines conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London,
and this was followed by a visit to Washington DC in the United States on
17/18 June to promote the American Red Cross landmines campaign
(separately, she also met Mother Teresa in The Bronx). The Princess's
last public engagements were during her visit to Bosnia from 7 to 10
August, when she visited landmine projects in Travnic, Sarajevo and
Zenezica. It was in recognition of her charity work that representatives of
the charities with which she worked during her life were invited to walk
behind her coffin with her family from St James's Palace to Westminster
Abbey on the day of her funeral.