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3 women explorers you probably don't know
Never heard of Katherine Routledge, Delia Akeley, or Marianne North? Now you have!
Aïcha Mekki
Moroccan journalist Aïcha Mekki tirelessly devoted herself to advocating for the downtrodden, but it was only after her suspicious death that her colleagues learned the truth - that she was one of the slum residents, herself.
World champion bodybuilder comes out as genderfluid transgender
The world record holder for weightlifting in her weight class recently came out as transgender.
Kathmandu's Kung Fu Nuns Spring Into Action After the Earthquake
After the devastating earthquake in Nepal, a group of nuns trained in kung fu has stepped forward to help rebuild.
Willie Murphy
Willie Murphy is 105 pounds. 105 pounds of pure rippling muscle that can deadlift 215 pounds and her own groceries, thank you very much. Not gonna lie. You kinda suck compared to Willie Murphy.
Lady Jane Franklin
Lady Jane Franklin was “a tenacious, well-traveled woman who fueled a series of polar missions to locate the expedition and find out the fate of her husband. As one newspaper of the era put it, ‘What the nation would not do, a woman did.’”
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.
This Girls' Soccer Team Who Played in a Boys League - and Won
“I always try to show that soccer isn’t just for boys, If you’re technically better, you can compensate for being perhaps physically weaker.”
Meet the Ethiopian Superheroes Fighting for Girls' Rights
The Tibeb Girls are Ethiopia's answer to the Powerpuff Girls, fighting Africa's greatest social issues.
Fatu Kekula
When her family became infected with Ebola, the 22-year-old nursing student donned trash bags and began treating them.
Random Princesses
Te Ao-Kapurangi
Abducted from her tribe, this Maori woman managed to save her kinsmen and stop a war - by straddling a roof and cramming the house underneath.
Dhat al-Himma
Sword-slinging Arabian heroine who stars as the heroine of an extremely long and entertaining epic tale.
Qiu Jin
This revolutionary martyred herself to help rid China of the Qing dynasty.
Olympias of Macedon
The much-maligned woman fought tooth and nail to position her son, Alexander, to become "the Great" - and herself in the process.
Arawelo
Somalia's ballsiest queen, she took power from men either figuratively or literally - by ordering much of the gender castrated.…
Molly Craig
The daughter of an aboriginal woman and a white man, her race led her to be kidnapped by the Australian government - only for her to escape and walk across the continent to get home... twice.
Marguerite de la Rocque
Stranded by her cruel relative on an abandoned Canadian island (literally named the Isle of Demons), she survived for two years by hunting animals and eventually made it back to France.
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.
Jeanne de Clisson
When her husband was unjustly executed, this French noblewoman-turned-pirate became the terror of France.
Alakhai Beki
This Mongol stood up to the most fearsome man in the world and in so doing, prevented a genocide.