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Marguerite de la Rocque (mid-16th century)
The Woman Who Survived Years On An Abandoned Island
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.
Kharboucha (19th century Moroccan legend)
The Poet Who Sang Truth to Power
This legendary pockmarked poet sang truth to power and was killed for it, becoming an enduring symbol of resistance.
Collection: Jews >

Vitka Kempner

Spy, smuggler, saboteur, partisan: this Jewish woman refused to go like a lamb to the slaughter, and fought the Nazis tooth and nail... even after the war, when she, alongside others, poisoned thousands of Nazi POWs in a revenge plot.

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...?

Sonya Golden Hand

Russia's greatest female thief was so slippery that even once she was re-captured after escaping from a Siberian prison, nobody was totally sure it was her.
Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
The Maid of Orleans
The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France – but do you know how she got to such prominence? This book has an answer, and it involves another powerful woman, operating behind the scenes…
The Night Witches (1942-1945)
The Civilian Pilots Who Became the Nazis' Worst Nightmare
This all-female civilian volunteer unit of the WW2 Soviet military overcame a lack of training, equipment, and faith to pull off one of the greatest underdog feats in human history and in so doing become Germany's worst nightmare.
Yoshiko Kawashima (1907-1947)
The Traitor Princess of Manchuria
Bisexual cross-dressing spy princess of the Qing dynasty – a hero to some and unspeakable villain to others.
Collection: Disabilities >

Sophie Morigeau

The only use this Canadian badass had for pretty pink bows was to adorn her own rib — which she amputated from her own body after an accident.

Virginia Hall

This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."

Sarah Biffin

Born without arms or legs, this artist learned to write, sew, and paint with her mouth - and came to work for kings and queens.
Qiu Jin (1875-1907)
The Heroine Who Wrote Her Own Destiny
This revolutionary martyred herself to help rid China of the Qing dynasty.
Jezebel (9th century BCE)
The Most Maligned Woman in the Bible
Roundly-despised and unfairly-maligned seductress of the bible who ran afoul of the wrong priests.
Marie Mancini (1639-1715)
Divorce Pioneer of the Renaissance
Joined her sister Hortense Mancini in escaping from an equally abusive marriage, making headlines (and trouble) all across Europe in the process.
Collection: Elders >

Masako Hojo

When her shogun husband cheated on her, she raised an army and destroyed the other woman's house. Later she deposed her incompetent son to become the first nun to rule Japan.

Ida Laura Pfeiffer

Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.

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.
Hortense Mancini (1646-1699)
Divorce Pioneer of the Renaissance
One of the most infamous libertines of the Renaissance, she cavorted all over Europe to flee her abusive marriage, lived a hedonistic life, and wrote memoirs under her own name – all in an attempt to win herself a divorce.
Marjana (Arabian myth)
The Slave Girl Who Killed Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
The actual hero of the Ali Baba myth, this slave girl saves the titular character by singlehandedly dispatching the forty thieves - without him even knowing.
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