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Afghan rapper escaped forced marriage by singing about it
Sonita Alizadeh is a rapper from Afghanistan whose song "Brides for Sale" convinced her parents that she didn't have to marry.
The Strong Women Of Mongolia Are Ready To Take On The Patriarchy
They're better educated than men and have lower rates of unemployment. Yet they still run up against the patriarchy. A group called Women for Change wants to change that.
Michele Roberts
Michele Roberts, N.B.A. Union’s New Leader, Confronts Gender Barriers 'My past,' she told the room, 'is littered with the bones…
“Two Female Moonshiners arrested by Federal Agents near St. Paul," 1921
You can tell they are contrite from their expressions. ;)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
After lingering in development hell for years, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies released its first trailer.
Alondra de la Parra
When she steps up in 2016, she will be one of fewer than twelve women worldwide to lead a major orchestra.
Jolly Good Fellers
A 1942 video of Scottish women lumberjacks.
RP on Entertainment Weekly!
The RP book got covered by EW!
The Woman who Defended a Castle for Three Years
With a scant handful of helpers, this woman held off hundreds of attackers for THREE YEARS.
The 1920s Women Who Fought For the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names
They weren't okay with being listed "and wife."
Random Princesses
Mary Patten
When her husband became deathly ill, this pregnant teen took the reins to become America's first female boat commander - all while fighting off a mutiny and keeping her husband alive.
Tatterhood
This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.
Khutulun
This undefeated warrior princess refused to marry unless her suitor could defeat her in wrestling - if he lost, he owed her 100 horses. In the end, she had 10,000 horses and no husband.
Irena Sendler
This Polish nurse sacrificed her safety, her marriage, her very family to save 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Ada Blackjack
The lone survivor of an ill-fated scientific expedition, this Inuit woman persevered for two years on a remote arctic island in order to get money to treat her ill son.
Gudit
This Jewish-Ethiopian warrior queen took the throne, ended a millennium-old biblical dynasty, and caused a break in Ethiopia's history that has not healed to this day - or did she...?
Mandukhai Khatun
Destined to be a mere political pawn, this Mongol queen rode into battle while pregnant, united the warring tribes, and was considered to be the second coming of Genghis Khan.
Pope Joan
This pope was largely assumed to be male until she gave birth in the midst of a procession - and largely assumed to be factual until the 13th century.
Fredegund
Possibly the most cartoonishly evil woman to have ever existed, this Merovingian queen was an endless source of assassination attempts - including, on one memorable occasion, her own young daughter.
Beloved
The ghost of a tragically-murdered young child come back to haunt her mother in post-slavery America.