Rejected Princesses | History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

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.

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.

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Freydís Eiríksdóttir

When attacked by Native Americans, this pregnant viking bared her chest, brandished a sword, and took them on by herself. And she won.

Soraya Tarzi

1920s Afghanistan was a progressive and rapidly-modernizing country in large part to the most powerful, empathic, and maligned queen it had ever seen.

Mary Patten

When her husband became deathly ill, this pregnant teen took the reins to become America's first female boat commander - all while fighting off a mutiny and keeping her husband alive.

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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.

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: WW2 >

Irena Sendler

This Polish nurse sacrificed her safety, her marriage, her very family to save 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.

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.

Mariya Oktyabrskaya

When her husband was killed in WW2, she sold all their belongings, bought a tank, named it Fighting Girlfriend, and started killing Nazis.

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.

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.

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: Athletes >

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.

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.

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.

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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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