May 31, 2018 in Modern Worthies Esther Morris America's First Female Justice of the Peace Fifty years before women got the federal right to vote, this legal agent became “the terror of all rogues.”
May 31, 2018 in Modern Worthies Esther Morris America's First Female Justice of the Peace 50 years before women got the federal right to vote, Esther Morris became America's first female justice of the peace. A contemporary newspaper called her “the terror of all rogues” and said she offered “infinite delight to all lovers of peace and virtue."
Comics Toregene Khatun (?-1246) Empress of the Mongols Although her tribe was destroyed and she was forced into an unwanted marriage, this indomitable woman came to run the world's largest empire - with a woman as her companion.
May 21, 2018 Why isn’t there a birth control emoji? The campaign for a birth control emoji is a grassroots one from two women as a small counter-protest to the movement to limit birth control rights.
Comics Alakhai Beki (c.1191-[post 1230]) Princess Who Runs the State This Mongol stood up to the most fearsome man in the world and in so doing, prevented a genocide.
May 10, 2018 The women who stopped a shady nuclear deal “It is important that this campaign is led by women... Others were shit-scared. But we’ve been through so much that we were willing to take the risk.”
May 9, 2018 in Modern Worthies Lee Meng The Malayan Mata Hari When Singaporean guerrillas tried overthrowing British rule, they turned to this gangster to run their communications. The cat-and-mouse game in which she was caught by a female police officer is riveting stuff.
May 8, 2018 in Modern Worthies Gertrude Jeannette New York's First Female Cabbie New York's first licensed female cabbie didn't let racism, sexism, or a speech impediment slow her down.
May 7, 2018 in Modern Worthies Maureen Mancuso The Teen Who Shattered a Running Record Without training, this 13-year-old shattered world records for running in 1967 -- unfortunately, it happened shortly after Kathrine Switzer's headline-making Boston marathon entry, and Mancuso's feat was all but forgotten.
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