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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: Royalty >

Velu Nachiyar

With a dead husband and a hostile foreign country on her hands, this Indian queen did the unthinkable - turned her loyal servants into some of the first suicide bombers in recorded history.

Hatshepsut

One of the greatest pharaohs to ever live, she built up Egypt so much that a generations-long sustained effort to erase her from history couldn't do the trick.

Black Agnes

When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
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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.

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.

Nafanua

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

Molly Craig

The daughter of an aboriginal woman and a white man, her race led her to be kidnapped by the Australian government - only for her to escape and walk across the continent to get home... twice.

Micaela Almonester

After decades of gaslighting and emotional abuse at the hands of her in-laws, this iron-willed woman survived being shot four times point blank, won a separation from her husband, and became one of the most respected business icons in New Orleans.

Isabel Godin des Odonais

To reunite with her husband, she went on a months-long trek through the jungle -- and was the only survivor.
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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    Susan la Flesche Picotte

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    The first Native American medical doctor endured back-breaking labor, years spent alone, and institutional racism to better the lives of her people.
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    When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.
    Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz

    Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz

    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.
    Chiyome Mochizuki

    Chiyome Mochizuki

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

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

    Zelia Nuttall

    This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
    Truganini

    Truganini

    The "Last of the Aboriginal Tasmanians" (she wasn't) used brains, brawn, and sheer will to carve a place for herself, even as the world was collapsing around her.
    Cornelia Sorabji

    Cornelia Sorabji

    One of the first Indian women to practice law, she fought against -- and inside of -- a system that held no room for her.
    Tamar of Georgia

    Tamar of Georgia

    Saint, sovereign, and fiercely independent woman, she quashed two rebellions from her ex-husband, expanded her nation's borders, and ushered in a golden age.
    Viśpálā

    Viśpálā

    The first prosthetic limb in human civilization went to this ancient warrior queen. Or did it? The story is more complex than you might think.
    Emmy Noether

    Emmy Noether

    Revolutionized the field of mathematics, yet was persecuted for being Jewish and paid a pittance for her visionary teaching work.
    Man-deok Kim

    Man-deok Kim

    When famine hit Jeju island, where she'd been exiled since birth, this prostitute-turned-businesswoman spent her fortune to feed everyone.
    Ching Shih

    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.
    Marguerite de la Rocque

    Marguerite de la Rocque

    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.
    Sita

    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.

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