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Jesse Jane McParland
When asked how she got started with martial arts, she explained "I used to do ballet ... but I didn't like it."
Phylis Latour Doyle
From A Mighty Girl: Wartime spy finally accepts she is a French heroine - Telegraph At age 23, British secret…
Piera Aiello
Forced to marry a mobster, she escaped, ran for parliament and won -- while obscuring her face. But now, she's showing it freely.
The One-Eyed Princess Nun
Once upon a time, in the 1500s, there was a Spanish princess with one eye. She had a pet monkey and became a nun. No, really.
Tanya Smith
Tanya Smith practices Historical European Martial Arts--like fencing, but instead of a lightweight rapier she uses a three-pound longsword that's almost as tall as she is. To entice more women into the sport she organized a tournament by women, for women, called Fecht Yeah.
An interview with Jasmine Twitty, the youngest judge in Easley, SC
Judge Twitty is the youngest person to earn a judgeship in Easley, South Carolina. She granted an interview to Amy Poehler's Smart Girls about her career path.
Mariam Ibrahim Yusuf
Yusuf migrated to the UK from Somalia in 2008. Eight years later, still homeless and trapped in the asylum system, she's working to make sure other refugees don't face the same troubles she did.
RP on Pajiba!
Got a great writeup in Pajiba, an awesome website well worth following.
Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley
In the 60s, this pioneering businesswoman fought - and won - endless battles to carve out a living for her 300+ female programmer employees.
Amy Dickman
She turned lion hunters to lion defenders, was slept on by a lion, and got a dentist to work on a leopard - quite a story!
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Alakhai Beki
This Mongol stood up to the most fearsome man in the world and in so doing, prevented a genocide.
Gracia Mendes Nasi
Jewish businesswoman who saved thousands of Jews from the Inquisition by smuggling them out of the country.
Rani Lakshmibai
Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.
Josefina Guerrero
Let her leprosy go untreated for years to make herself the perfect spy in the Japan-occupied Philippines - soldiers wouldn't touch her, so she could slip right through.
Marie Mancini
Joined her sister Hortense Mancini in escaping from an equally abusive marriage, making headlines (and trouble) all across Europe in…
Matilda of Tuscany
Fiery defender of the pope who made kings kneel before her.
Wu Zetian
The only female emperor of China in history, her ruthless rise to power makes Game of Thrones look like a day at the beach.
Iara
When this indigenous Brazilian warrior mermaid proved too awesome for her tribe, she just took up residence in the water, and started an aquatic harem of passers-by.
Alice B. Clement
Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.
Jigonhsaseh
This Native American clan mother brought together 5 tribes under the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - and helped make the document that inspired the United States Constitution.