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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: Pirates >

Jeanne de Clisson

When her husband was unjustly executed, this French noblewoman-turned-pirate became the terror of France.

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.
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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: Africans >

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...?

Thákane

When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.

Labotsibeni Gwamile LaMdluli

When her husband inadvertently sold the country to colonial forces, this queen spent the rest of her life getting it back.
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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: Saints >

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.

Mai Bhago

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

Joan of Arc

The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France – but do you know how she got to such prominence? This book has an answer, and it involves another powerful woman, operating behind the scenes…
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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    This amateur dancer escaped a life of abuse by pretending to be an Indonesian princess - and eventually became a victim of the maniacal world of espionage.
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    Josephine Baker

    Rose from dire poverty and violence to become the greatest black entertainer of all time - Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie all rolled into one.
    Moll Cutpurse

    Moll Cutpurse

    Cross-dressing Queen of Thieves who flouted social norms and had plays written about her.
    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…
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    Mary Anning

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    Juana Azurduy de Padilla

    This revolutionary (and mother of five) should have been the namesake of Bolivia - and that's the opinion of Simon Bolivar, the actual namesake of Bolivia!
    Jezebel

    Jezebel

    Roundly-despised and unfairly-maligned seductress of the bible who ran afoul of the wrong priests.
    Te Puea Herangi

    Te Puea Herangi

    The reluctant royal who became the Maori's greatest leader.
    Khawlah bint al-Azwar

    Khawlah bint al-Azwar

    When Byzantine forces captured her brother, this warrior poet donned the outfit of a black knight and went on a bloody rescue mission.
    Stephanie St. Clair

    Stephanie St. Clair

    This audacious black gangster fought the Italian mob for control of Harlem and won, taunting them in full-page newspaper ads as she went.
    Hatshepsut

    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.
    Osh-Tisch

    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.
    Mercadera

    Mercadera

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

    "Stagecoach" Mary Fields

    Pistol-packing, liquor-swigging, 6'2" black postal carrier/babysitter of the Wild West.
    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.

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