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Maria Pereira
Pereira invented a surgical glue which may eventually replace the need for sutures and the resulting chance of tearing and infection.
Annie Jean Easley
Annie Easley was given literacy tests. Annie Easley was told she didn't go to a good enough school. Annie Easley became a goddamn rocket scientist. Annie Easley did not listen to the haters.
Hailey Fort
Fort constructs mobile shelters and grows food to help out the homeless.
Kitty O'Neil
This strong-willed stuntwoman barreled through measles, mumps, smallpox, meningitis, deafness, and cancer to become the fastest woman alive.
Parinya Charoenphol
This transgender kickboxer helped revolutionize the image of LGBT people in her native country of Thailand in the best way she knew how - winning bouts.
Helly Luv
Helly Luv is a pop singer whose songs against the terrorist group have earned her its ire, and several death threats.
Kára McCullough
In case you missed it, a nuclear scientist won the Miss USA pageant two weeks ago.
Fernande Grudet
In the 1960s she was known as the world’s most exclusive madam, whose clients were said to include John Kennedy, de Gaulle, Onassis, and multiple Rothschilds.
Lumchuan
While browsing a book of woman warriors, I came across an entry that stopped me cold. You have to read this.
Marielle Franco
When she was assassinated for her critiques of the police, protests broke out across Brazil.
The Cholita Climbers of Bolivia
These women in top hats and colorful clothes scale mountains in skirts.
Holly Maniatty
Famous for her spirited interpretation of profanity-heavy rap songs, this woman has gone viral many times for her performances.
Kiara Nirghin
The 16-year-old high schooler invented a polymer from orange peel and avocado skins, capable of storing massive reserves of water.
Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro had a double mastectomy. She's mostly known for a half-hour standup routine she did about her breast cancer. So when a heckler catcalled her during her set, she ripped her shirt off and did the rest of the set without it.
Cora Strayer
Miss Cora M. Strayer ran a detective agency on the South Side of Chicago in the early 1900s. She was awesome.