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Takeko Nakano (1846-1868)
The Samurai Who Refused to Die Quietly
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
Two Big Announcements (and One Smaller One)
There's going to be a second book. :) But that's not the only treat you're getting!
Collection: Magicians and Shamans >

Nana Miriam

When a firebreathing shapeshifting hippo menaced her people, this shaman faced it down in a magic battle - and then hurled it into space.

Osh-Tisch

The last Crow nation baté (Two Spirit mystic) in history, she earned her name -- which means "Finds Them and Kills Them" -- by tirelessly fighting to preserve her way of life.

Sarraounia

The "panther queen" of the Azna defeated some of the greatest villains of French colonial history through wits, cunning -- and possibly magic.
Comics
Anahit (Armenian Folktale)
The Queen Who Made the King Get a Job
This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
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Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968)
The Human Rights Queen of Afghanistan
1920s Afghanistan was a progressive and rapidly-modernizing country in large part to the most powerful, empathic, and maligned queen it had ever seen.
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Amanirenas (c.60 BCE - c.10 BCE)
The One-Eyed Queen Who Fought Rome Tooth and Nail
When Rome set its eyes on her country, this one-eyed queen fought them tooth and nail, until they left her alone.
Collection: Pirates >

Charlotte Badger

The first European woman to end up in New Zealand, Charlotte Badger was part pirate, part adopted Maori, and part mom. Which part is which is somewhat lost to history.

Ching Shih

Headed a squadron of 80,000 pirates, ruled the Chinese seas for two decades, and actually retired happily - but not before extorting a nice pension from the Chinese government.

Jeanne de Clisson

When her husband was unjustly executed, this French noblewoman-turned-pirate became the terror of France.
Comics
Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine (1881-1964 and 1900-1970)
The Queens of the Sydney Underworld
America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
Vasilisa Vasilyevna (Russian Folktale)
The Gender-Nonconforming Heroine Who Kept the Tsar Guessing
When the Tsar became hellbent on nailing down her gender, this clever gender-nonconforming heroine kept him guessing to the end.
The RP Store is Now Open!
Just in time for the holidays, I've updated the RP store with all manner of posters, t-shirts, and the like!
Collection: LGBT Figures >

Marsha P. Johnson

This cheery godmother of trans civil rights masked a dark past of abuse.

Julie d’Aubigny

Sword-slinging, opera-singing bisexual rock star of the 17th century - who burnt down a convent to romance a nun and had to be pardoned by the king of France TWICE.

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.
Nafanua
The Goddess Who Killed With Courtesy
When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.
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Janequeo (16th century)
The Rebel Spain Never Caught
When her husband was killed by conquistadors, this native Chilean showed the Spanish what "fight like a woman" really means.
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    The ghost of a tragically-murdered young child come back to haunt her mother in post-slavery America.
    Mai Bhago

    Mai Bhago

    This Sikh warrior saint led 40 deserters back into battle and in so doing, possibly saved her entire religion from extinction.
    Banu Goshasp

    Banu Goshasp

    This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
    Eréndira

    Eréndira

    When horse-riding Spaniards invaded, she defied her tribe to befriend one of the abandoned horses, using her new bond to fight off the Spanish.
    Trung Trac and Trung Nhi

    Trung Trac and Trung Nhi

    Sisters who led an army on elephant-back to overthrow oppressive Chinese rule and establish a short-lived Vietnamese kingdom.
    Laskarina Bouboulina

    Laskarina Bouboulina

    Born in a prison cell, this revolutionary financed and led a large chunk of Greece's navy to victory in their fight for independence.
    Tirgatao

    Tirgatao

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

    Micaela Bastidas

    The strident partner of the eponymously-named Tupac Amaru Rebellion of native peoples against the Spanish, she handled army and bureaucratic…
    Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)

    Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)

    This leader of the labor movement suffered imprisonment, defamation, and untold misery to battle against forces that most of us just take for granted.
    Mkabayi kaJama

    Mkabayi kaJama

    One of the most powerful women in Zulu history, this cursed princess did what was necessary to protect the realm.
    Sermerssuaq

    Sermerssuaq

    An Inuit woman so strong nobody could even beat her lice in arm-wrestling, her story just gets stranger the closer you look.
    Calafia

    Calafia

    Black, Muslim warrior queen of a tribe of griffin-riding Amazons - and the honest-to-god namesake of California.
    Hypatia

    Hypatia

    The first female mathematician in recorded history, and one of the luminaries of the ancient world - but her grisly death at the hands of a mob was only the start of her troubles.
    Sarraounia

    Sarraounia

    The "panther queen" of the Azna defeated some of the greatest villains of French colonial history through wits, cunning -- and possibly magic.
    La Llorona

    La Llorona

    Mexico's infamous "weeping ghost" has many incarnations: a jilted widow, a slave princess, a milk addict, a coffee bag, and a pair of panties.

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