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Wungala (Indigenous Australian Myth)
The Mom Who Beat the Devil with Bread
When she came face-to-face with a great monster, this mother saved her child and herself through bravery, quick thinking, and great culinary skills.
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Nitocris (22nd century BCE pseudohistory)
The 6th Dynasty's Worst Banquet Host
When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.
Collection: Adventurers >

Bessie Stringfield

Motorcycling across America, making her living doing stunts and transporting secret government documents, this stand-out woman found family in places she didn't expect.

Sacajawea

One of the most famous women in American history, this hyper-capable Shoshone woman walked across America with a baby strapped to her back, in order to map it.

Catalina de Erauso

After escaping from a convent, this swashbuckler had the strength to chase her dreams: which were apparently to drink, fight, and womanize.
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Announcing the full Table of Contents – and the contest winner!
At long last, the remainder of the table of contents are revealed!
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Isabella of France (c.1295-1358)
The She-Wolf of France
After years of neglect and abuse from her husband, this queen raised an army and took over England for herself.
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Mary Anning (1799-1847)
The Princess of Paleontology
When her father died, leaving her lower-class family in debt, this indomitable woman worked tirelessly and became one of history's greatest fossil collectors.
Collection: Goddesses >

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.

Étaín

Mythological Irish princess who was turned into a worm, butterfly, and a pool of water; who induced the strangest pregnancy since Jesus; and who may hold the key to understanding Ireland's history.
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Gouyen (c.1857-1903)
Wise Woman of the Apache
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.
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Jeanne de Clisson (1300-1359)
The Lioness of Brittany
When her husband was unjustly executed, this French noblewoman-turned-pirate became the terror of France.
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Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz (1651-1695)
The Phoenix of Mexico
This brilliant poet rose from illegitimacy and poverty to become one of the luminaries of her age - until she flew too close to the sun.
Collection: Mistresses of Disguise >

Corn Maiden

This mythical Native American woman saved her loved ones from starvation with delicious magical leprosy - a fact that led to, shall we say, complications.

Noor Inayat Khan

Pacifist Indian princess who gave up everything of herself to hold the line in occupied Paris during World War 2.

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.
RP Theatre
RP Theatre: Negotiation Tactics!
In which the RPs teach you how to negotiate!
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Tirgatao (5th century BCE)
The Princess Whom Walls Could Not Hold
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.
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    Isabella of France

    Isabella of France

    After years of neglect and abuse from her husband, this queen raised an army and took over England for herself.
    Christine de Pizan

    Christine de Pizan

    When her husband unexpectedly died, she rolled up her sleeves and became one of the greatest authors of the age to keep food on the table. She wrote passionate defenses of her gender (and military treatises!) that were centuries ahead of their time.
    Hester Stanhope

    Hester Stanhope

    100 years before Lawrence of Arabia, this British woman traveled the Middle East by herself, surviving shipwrecks, plagues, and Bedouin attacks in the process.
    Artemisia Gentileschi

    Artemisia Gentileschi

    One of the greatest painters of the baroque, she revenged herself on her rapist both in the court of law…
    Kate Shelley

    Kate Shelley

    To save an oncoming passenger train, this 15-year-old girl climbed across a collapsing bridge, with nothing but flashes of lightning to keep her from falling to her death in the flooding river below -- a river that had already killed her father.
    Pailadzo Captanian

    Pailadzo Captanian

    After escaping the Armenian Genocide (by walking across the Syrian desert while pregnant), this woman went back into Armenia to rescue her sons, then made her way to America -- where she invented the recipe for Rice-a-Roni.
    Keumalahayati

    Keumalahayati

    The first naval admiral of modern times, she protected her country from foreign invaders with aplomb.
    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.
    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.
    Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

    Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

    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.
    Nwanyeruwa

    Nwanyeruwa

    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.
    Ilona Zrinyi

    Ilona Zrinyi

    When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.
    Mahendradatta

    Mahendradatta

    This Indonesian queen ruled wisely and justly in life, and was deified as the embodiment of all evil after her death. The story of why gets a bit complicated.
    Shajar al-Durr

    Shajar al-Durr

    Muslim sultan who took the throne, defeated Louis IX in battle, ransomed him back to France for 30% of their GDP --- and did it all in secret.
    Chiyome Mochizuki

    Chiyome Mochizuki

    Recruited widows, orphans, and prostitutes into an all-woman ninja spy group, the largest in Asia at the time.

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