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Pingyang (c.600-623)
The Princess Who Toppled a Dynasty
This unlikely heroine created her own Woman's Army of 70,000 soldiers through good manners and political savvy - and then used it to overthrow one of China's greatest douchebags.
Nana Miriam
The Shaman Who Hurled Hippos
When a firebreathing shapeshifting hippo menaced her people, this shaman faced it down in a magic battle - and then hurled it into space.
Collection: Africans >

Ranavalona I

This brutal sovereign's reign saw her outlaw clapping, pioneer death by feet-kissing, and design giant weaponized scissors - but are we only getting one side of the story...?

Nitocris

When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.

Mekatilili wa Menza

When colonial powers went too far, she rebelled in the most stylish way possible: dancing from town to town. It was surprisingly effective.
Mekatilili wa Menza (c.1860-c.1925)
The widow who beat the British through ecstatic dance
When colonial powers went too far, she rebelled in the most stylish way possible: dancing from town to town. It was surprisingly effective.
Princess Pyeonggang (6th century)
The Weeping Princess
This princess held her father to his word in the most unexpected way: by demanding to marry the stupidest man in Korea.
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RP Halloween Cosplay for Charity!
A reader wrote in to let us know about an awesome project: using RP cosplay to teach kids about badass women, supporting a Kenyan orphanage in the process!
Collection: Martyrs >

Cut Nyak Dhien

When her (second) rebel husband was killed, this heroine of Indonesian revolution took over the fight against the Dutch.

Anacaona

When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.

Mariya Oktyabrskaya

When her husband was killed in WW2, she sold all their belongings, bought a tank, named it Fighting Girlfriend, and started killing Nazis.
Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797-1857)
The Travelogue Queen
Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.
Sonya Golden Hand (1846ish - 1902ish CE)
Russia's Princess of Crime
Russia's greatest female thief was so slippery that even once she was re-captured after escaping from a Siberian prison, nobody was totally sure it was her.
Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933)
The Queen of Mexican Archaeology
This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
Collection: Adventurers >

Ida Laura Pfeiffer

Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.

Catalina de Erauso

After escaping from a convent, this swashbuckler had the strength to chase her dreams: which were apparently to drink, fight, and womanize.

Banu Goshasp

This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
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Sarraounia (late 1800s - early 1900s)
The Sorceress Queen of the Azna
The "panther queen" of the Azna defeated some of the greatest villains of French colonial history through wits, cunning -- and possibly magic.
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    Zelia Nuttall

    Zelia Nuttall

    This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
    Elizabeth Bisland

    Elizabeth Bisland

    Rose from poverty to become a respected journalist who raced Nellie Bly around the world.
    Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

    One half of the odd couple of Crimean nursing - the by-the-book Victorian rebel who revolutionized the field of medicine who stood in stark to Mary Seacole's jolly reliance on folk remedies and home comforts.
    Princess Pyeonggang

    Princess Pyeonggang

    This princess held her father to his word in the most unexpected way: by demanding to marry the stupidest man in Korea.
    Sutematsu Oyama

    Sutematsu Oyama

    The first Japanese woman to go to college didn't have a choice. But the experience changed her - and she changed Japan in return.
    Andamana

    Andamana

    Indigenous lawmaker who united warring tribes under a unified code of laws that she made herself.
    Labotsibeni Gwamile LaMdluli

    Labotsibeni Gwamile LaMdluli

    When her husband inadvertently sold the country to colonial forces, this queen spent the rest of her life getting it back.
    Nia Ngao Zhua Pa

    Nia Ngao Zhua Pa

    This Hmong morality tale shows how to be a good person, but it certainly takes some twists getting there.
    Corn Maiden

    Corn Maiden

    This mythical Native American woman saved her loved ones from starvation with delicious magical leprosy - a fact that led to, shall we say, complications.
    Caterina Sforza

    Caterina Sforza

    The illegitimate daughter of a minor noble, after losing her husband, she became one of the most powerful and fierce women in Italy - commanding troops, insulting Machiavelli, and fighting Cesare Borgia with unmatched ferocity.
    Sigrid the Haughty

    Sigrid the Haughty

    When some scrubs hit on her, she burnt them alive. When a king slapped her across the face, she obliterated his kingdom. Sigrid the Haughty was not to be messed with.
    Rani Lakshmibai

    Rani Lakshmibai

    Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.

    "Stagecoach" Mary Fields

    Pistol-packing, liquor-swigging, 6'2" black postal carrier/babysitter of the Wild West.
    Anahit

    Anahit

    This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
    Nwanyeruwa

    Nwanyeruwa

    Instigated a massive "women's war" against British taxation, the effect of which was one part protest movement, one part comedy roast, and one part block party.

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