Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) The Countess Who Rebelled Socialite turned sniper turned socialist politician - Ireland's first woman elected to office had quite a life.
September 29, 2015 Teenager sings Michael Jackson song in Quechua to raise awareness of the language Renata Flores covers American pop songs in Quechua as part of the project ‘Las juventudes tambien hablamos Quechua‘ (the youth, we speak Quechua too).
September 28, 2015 If Disney movies were way more feminist Gena-mour Barrett of BuzzFeed reimagines Disney movies to be more feminist.
September 25, 2015 Gisele Marie, burqa-clad heavy metal musician "People do not expect to see a Muslim woman who uses a Burqa, practices the religion properly and is a professional guitarist who plays in a Heavy Metal band, so many people are shocked by it."
September 24, 2015 Nevada’s only female bounty hunter VICE interviewed Uyen Vu, who professes to be Nevada's only active, licensed female bounty hunter, about her job.
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.
September 22, 2015 in Modern Worthies Margaret E. Knight The Paper Bag Queen At 12 years old, she observed an accident at a cotton mill where she worked, and designed her first invention: a safety design for looms. By her death she had 90 inventions and 22 patents.
September 21, 2015 in Teaching Resources Shajar al-Durr lesson plan! Ashley B strikes again, sharing a lesson plan based on the story of Shajar al-Durr! The skills practiced include: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and Listening, and Note Taking.
September 21, 2015 Women’s professions… of the future! (as imagined in 1902) In 1902, a French artist produced a collection of trading cards entitled "Women of the Future." No-one tell him that women had already been doing most (if not all) of these things before then.
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