May 17, 2016 in Modern Worthies Milla Bizzotto The Youngest Competitor in a 24-Hour Obstacle Course Race At 9 years old, Bizzotto was the youngest person to participate in--and complete--the BattleFrog Xtreme 24-hour race, running six 8-kilometer laps and numerous obstacles.
May 16, 2016 in Modern Worthies Cheryl Perera A Fighter Against Child Prostitution When she was 16, Perera took several months off from school to investigate child prostitution in Sri Lanka, even participating in a police sting. At 19, she founded OneChild to raise awareness of and combat the issue.
May 13, 2016 Get your own deck of Woman Cards A new crowdfunded project illustrates women in American history on a deck of playing cards.
The Mirabal Sisters (1924/27/35-1960) The Sisters Who Toppled a Dictatorship When a cruel dictator ruined this Dominican Republic family, these sisters gave their lives to end his.
May 10, 2016 in Modern Worthies Maria Toorpakai Wazir The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight Toorpakai, from the Waziristan region of Pakistan, pretended for years to be a boy named Genghis Khan so she could play sports. She's now an internationally-ranked squash player.
May 9, 2016 in Modern Worthies Ma Rainey The Mother of the Blues Ma Rainey made dozens of recordings, wore diamond tiaras and beaded gowns, and was once arrested for an intimate party involving several other women.
May 6, 2016 Sukeban, the schoolgirl street gangs of ’70s Japan When all-male gangs wouldn't let them join, Japanese schoolgirls started their own. At their peak, the largest (Kanto's Women Delinquent Alliance) was rumored to have 20,000 members.
May 5, 2016 Lydia Pinkham, the first woman to user her image to sell merchandise In 1879, the Pinkham family started an advertising campaign for Lydia Pinkham's vegetable compound which used a portrait of its creator. Surprising no-one familiar with internet comments, the public responded with jeers and harassment.
Jackie Mitchell (1913-1987) The Teen Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig In 1931, a seventeen-year-old girl struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in front of a crowd of thousands -- and then was benched into obscurity.
May 3, 2016 in Modern Worthies Neetu Child Bride Turned National Wrestler Married off at age thirteen, Neetu has since taken up wrestling, winning a bronze medal in the 2015 National Games of India. She's currently aiming for the 2020 Olympics.
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