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Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974)
The Deadliest Female Sniper in History
When her beloved college of history was bombed by the Germans, this woman began a dark path that would see her become history's deadliest female sniper -- and one of Eleanor Roosevelt's best friends.
Taytu Betul (c.1851-1918)
The Bad Cop Empress of Ethiopia
This stubborn empress led her native Ethiopia to do the unthinkable - defeat one of the major European powers in war.
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.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

When her beloved college of history was bombed by the Germans, this woman began a dark path that would see her become history's deadliest female sniper -- and one of Eleanor Roosevelt's best friends.

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.
Kate Shelley (1863-1912)
The Girl Who Saved a Train
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.
The Mirabal Sisters (1924/27/35-1960)
The Sisters Who Toppled a Dictatorship
When a cruel dictator ruined this Dominican Republic family, these sisters gave their lives to end his.
Jackie Mitchell (1913-1987)
The Teen Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
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.
Collection: Women of STEM >

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.

Marie Equi

Once upon a time, there was a lesbian Wild West abortion doctor. She once horsewhipped a guy in the face and was tossed in San Quentin Prison for sedition. To the surprise of no one, she lived in Portland.

Amaridevi

To ensnare the scheming ministers who were ruining her life, this princess used guile, cunning, and a sophisticated knowledge of civil engineering.
Sophie Morigeau (1836-1916)
Hard-Living, Hard-Bargaining Frontier Woman
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.
Juleidah
The Princess in the Leather Burqa
When her father decided to marry her, this leather-clad princess embarked on one of the most bonkers Cinderella tales ever told.
Micaela Almonester (1795-1874)
The Survivor Baroness of New Orleans
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.
Collection: Politicians >

Boudica

This legendary warrior queen killed 70,000 Romans, burnt London to the ground, and became the most famous headhunter of all time - and to this day, Britain loves her for it.

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.

Tomyris

When the most powerful man in the world made plans on her country, she: turned down his marriage proposal, destroyed his armies, and defiled his head so famously that she became legend for centuries thereafter.
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Isabel Godin des Odonais (1728-1792)
The Woman Who Lived
To reunite with her husband, she went on a months-long trek through the jungle -- and was the only survivor.
Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)
The Overlooked Discoverer of DNA
The three men who accepted the Nobel Prize for "the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century" neglected to mention one thing: they owed much of their success to one brash, brilliant, and overlooked female scientist.
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    The reluctant royal who became the Maori's greatest leader.
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    When Byzantine forces captured her brother, this warrior poet donned the outfit of a black knight and went on a bloody rescue mission.

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