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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: Monster Slayers >

Li Chi

When a monster demanded teenage girl sacrifice, Li Chi saved herself, and was crowned princess for her troubles.

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.
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.
Comics
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.
Comics
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: Disabilities >

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.

Annie Jump Cannon

This astronomer threw off all the social conventions of her day to pursue her one true calling: the stars.
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: Rebels >

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...?

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.

Nzinga Mbande

When the Portuguese took the throne from her, this Angolan queen made a new one: out of her own servant. She then fled to the jungle, conquered a tribe of cannibals, and waged war on the Portuguese for so long that they gave up and left.
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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Random Princesses

    Jackie Mitchell

    Jackie Mitchell

    In 1931, a seventeen-year-old girl struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in front of a crowd of thousands -- and then was benched into obscurity.
    Mekatilili wa Menza

    Mekatilili wa Menza

    When colonial powers went too far, she rebelled in the most stylish way possible: dancing from town to town. It was surprisingly effective.
    Bella Abzug

    Bella Abzug

    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.
    Gouyen

    Gouyen

    When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
    Alice B. Clement

    Alice B. Clement

    Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.
    Mercadera

    Mercadera

    When this Spanish merchant went out to pick cabbages, she stumbled upon an unusual kind of pest: a French knight.
    Sophie Morigeau

    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.
    Olga of Kiev

    Olga of Kiev

    Brutal princess-turned-Christian saint who burnt down enemy towns using pigeons.
    Juleidah

    Juleidah

    When her father decided to marry her, this leather-clad princess embarked on one of the most bonkers Cinderella tales ever told.
    Kurmanjan Datka

    Kurmanjan Datka

    A clever woman who rose from obscurity to become a political force, playing nations against each other to protect her people.
    Anacaona

    Anacaona

    When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
    Petra Herrera

    Petra Herrera

    Mexican revolutionary who bombed bridges, led hundreds of women into battle, and was instrumental in turning the tide of the war for the revolutionaries.
    Anahit

    Anahit

    This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
    Vera Peters

    Vera Peters

    When she was told to "go do women's work" after upstaging the medical community in her treatment of Hodgkin's disease, Dr. Vera Peters revolutionized breast cancer treatment through years of painstaking, meticulous work.
    Theodora

    Theodora

    Sex worker who became empress of the Byzantine Empire, and used her political power to safeguard her interests, and her…

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