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Theodora (c.497-548)
The Concubine Who Conquered Constantinople
Sex worker who became empress of the Byzantine Empire, and used her political power to safeguard her interests, and her husband’s reputation.
Tomoe Gozen (c.1157-1247)
The Samurai Who Made Samurai Flee
Fearsome undefeated samurai warrior who was “a match for any god or demon,” and is one of Japan’s greatest heroines to this day.
Collection: Vikings >

Freydís Eiríksdóttir

When attacked by Native Americans, this pregnant viking bared her chest, brandished a sword, and took them on by herself. And she won.

Sigrid the Haughty

When some scrubs hit on her, she burnt them alive. When a king slapped her across the face, she obliterated his kingdom. Sigrid the Haughty was not to be messed with.

Alfhild

Viking princess who decided she'd rather be a pirate than get married.
Xtabay (Mesoamerican myth)
Siren of the Yucatan
Chaste and virtuous woman spends life assuming she’s better than her more sex-positive neighbor, and for this haughtiness becomes in death a demonic woman who lures wayward men to their death – a stunning indigenous inversion of the Madonna/whore complex.
Nanny of the Maroons (c.1680-1750)
The Mother of Us All
Led colony of escaped slaves and protected them from the English using borderline supernatural abilities.
Nana Asma’u (1793-1864)
The Princess Who Loved Learning
Massively educated princess who started all-female gang of itinerant teachers, who would roam the land and educate unsuspecting passersby.
Collection: Goddesses >

Nafanua

When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.

Tsuruhime Ohori

When invaders threatened her island home, she declared herself a living god, raised an army, and fought them tooth, nail, and occasional grenade.

Sita

After being saved from demonic forces, this legendary Indian princess is then subjected to endless purity tests by her own husband. She eventually puts an end to his questions in a manner that surprised everyone.
Chiyome Mochizuki (16th century)
The Widow Who Ran a Ninja Academy
Recruited widows, orphans, and prostitutes into an all-woman ninja spy group, the largest in Asia at the time.
Josefina Guerrero (1918-1996)
Leper Spy of the Philippines
Let her leprosy go untreated for years to make herself the perfect spy in the Japan-occupied Philippines - soldiers wouldn't touch her, so she could slip right through.
Mary Lacy (1740-1801)
The First Female Shipwright
This self-described “undutiful daughter” posed as a man to become the world’s first female shipwright.
Collection: Spies >

Isabelle Eberhardt

This undefinable adventurer's life burnt bright but short: a wildcard of the Algerian revolution, she survived an assassination attempt by sabre, and died in a freak desert flood.

Manuela Sáenz

This revolutionary heroine of South America kept a pet bear, a disembodied moustache, and a lifestyle that defied every convention possible.

Noor Inayat Khan

Pacifist Indian princess who gave up everything of herself to hold the line in occupied Paris during World War 2.
Nwanyeruwa (Early 20th century)
Instigator (and Peacekeeper) of the Igbo Women's War
Instigated a massive "women's war" against British taxation, the effect of which was one part protest movement, one part comedy roast, and one part block party.
Pope Joan (9th century)
The Pope Who Gave Birth
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.
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