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Jigonhsaseh (12th century CE)
Mother of Nations
This Native American clan mother brought together 5 tribes under the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - and helped make the document that inspired the United States Constitution.
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
Mother of the Children of the Holocaust
This Polish nurse sacrificed her safety, her marriage, her very family to save 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Collection: Monster Slayers >

Riina

When flying cannibal ghosts kidnapped two women, there was no man that could save them. But there was a woman.

Thákane

When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.

Banu Goshasp

This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
Ilona Zrinyi (1643-1703)
The Mom Who Held a Castle
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)
The Mom Who Deposed a King
Through years of unrelenting protest, this Nigerian teacher felled a king, won women the right to vote, and taught all of Africa how to protest.
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)
The Mother Who Marched
This uneducated, impoverished activist suffered unbelievable abuse in her journey to be able to vote -- but that did not stop her.
Collection: Survivors >

Tirgatao

Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.

Fannie Lou Hamer

This uneducated, impoverished activist suffered unbelievable abuse in her journey to be able to vote -- but that did not stop her.

Hatshepsut

One of the greatest pharaohs to ever live, she built up Egypt so much that a generations-long sustained effort to erase her from history couldn't do the trick.
Cut Nyak Dhien (1848-1908)
The Mother of Indonesian Revolution
When her (second) rebel husband was killed, this heroine of Indonesian revolution took over the fight against the Dutch.
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977)
The Mother Who Wrote Her Way Out Of Poverty
Brash, funny, and difficult, this mother of three wrote her way out of extreme poverty with her uncompromising look at Brazilian society - and was alternately lauded and berated for it.
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007)
Mother of Pakistan
The exiled daughter of a deposed ruler, she could have been a fairytale bridge between worlds - but fairy tales are not real. Benazir, whose name means "without flaw," was anything but.
Collection: Revolutionaries >

Constance Markievicz

Socialite turned sniper turned socialist politician - Ireland's first woman elected to office had quite a life.

Juana Azurduy de Padilla

This revolutionary (and mother of five) should have been the namesake of Bolivia - and that's the opinion of Simon Bolivar, the actual namesake of Bolivia!

Pingyang

This unlikely heroine created her own Woman's Army of 70,000 soldiers through good manners and political savvy - and then used it to overthrow one of China's greatest douchebags.
Bella Abzug (1920-1998)
The Mother Who Went to Washington
Loud, proud, uncompromising: this bold politician helped bring about Title IX, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Equal Rights Amendment - as well as much more.
Arwa al-Sulayhi (c.1048-1131)
The Mother of Yemen's Golden Age
The greatest ruler of Yemeni history, she defeated her numerous foes to usher the country into its golden age.
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