History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Trilogy of Films on Ancient Women Warrior Tribes Announced

Kazakh filmmakers are making a trilogy of documentaries about the Scythian/Saka warrior women of the ancient world, out in 2017!

October 30, 2016

The RSS feed is now full-text

Thanks to the support of Patreon backers, RP hit its first stretch goal!

October 28, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Shamim Akhtar

Pakistan's First Female Truck Driver

"Someone once said, 'A lady cannot drive, she is weak'. Well, it's not like I have to carry the truck on my head."

October 27, 2016 in Press

RP on Refinery29!

Refinery29's piece on the RP book reveals the illustrations for several of the book-only entries, including by far the most elaborate one of all.

October 27, 2016

Elderly Kenyan women learning self-defense

In the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, a group of older women have organized a weekly self-defense class so they can fight off rapists.

October 26, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Gertrude Sanford Legendre

The Socialite Spy Who Played So Dumb She Outsmarted the Nazis

Legendre worked for the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the CIA, during World War II. When she was captured by the Nazis, she managed to trick her captors and keep her knowledge secret.

October 25, 2016 in Press

RP on Bustle!

The RP book got covered by Bustle!

October 25, 2016

Got the book? Now get what got left out.

There's plenty of notes and side stories that didn't make the book. Lucky for you, there's the website.

October 25, 2016 in Press

RP on Entertainment Weekly!

The RP book got covered by EW!

October 24, 2016 in Press

RP AMA

I did an AMA on Reddit's /r/books.