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December 2016

December 29, 2016

Free glaciology and marine programs for girls seeking applications

Applications due January 31, open to girls ages 16 and 17.

December 28, 2016

Saikal: animated short of Kyrgyzstan’s original nomad warrior woman

The BBC funded an animated short of Kyrgyz heroine Saikal, intercut with traditional folk singing. Worth watching!

December 27, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Vera Rubin

The Astrophysict Who Shined a Light on Dark Matter

Pioneering dark matter astrophysicist and trailblazing feminist icon, Rubin once wrote "There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman."

December 27, 2016 in Corrections

The Highest Compliment

The best holiday present I got this year was messages like these.

December 26, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Bow Sim Mark

Pioneering Wushu Master (and Donnie Yen's super cool mom)

Donnie Yen is cool, but his mother is MUCH cooler - she started the first Wushu school in the United States, and is one of the grandmasters of the art form.

December 23, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Freddie Oversteegen

Nazi-Seducing Teen Assassin (Turned Nonagenarian)

When she was a teen, this now-90-year-old woman would seduce and kill Nazis. Now she plays a mean game of Scrabble.

December 22, 2016 in Corrections

Catching up on Corrections

In which I finally have some time to sit down and hand out prizes for corrections - with updated art! Corrections and thanks are laid out for Wu Zetian, Ching Shih, Gudit, Isabel Godin, Mata Hari, Mai Bhago, and Vasilisa Vasilyevna.

December 22, 2016

Teen girls design Africa’s first private satellite

"I want to show to fellow girls that we don't need to sit around or limit ourselves. Any career is possible -- even aerospace."

Vasilisa Vasilyevna (Russian Folktale)

The Gender-Nonconforming Heroine Who Kept the Tsar Guessing

When the Tsar became hellbent on nailing down her gender, this clever gender-nonconforming heroine kept him guessing to the end.

December 20, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Paige Sullivan

Young Superhero Helping Other Children Become Superheroes

When Sullivan had surgery to correct a heart defect, her mother gave her a superhero cape. Sullivan loved it so much she decided other children should have them, too.