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Miss Hokusai
Miss Hokusai is an animated movie that focuses on the life of painter Ouei Katsushika.
America's first female sheriff
When a rich and powerful man damaged her car, she sued for payment. When he started threatening her to drop it, she took up carrying a gun and ended up becoming appointed Under Sheriff.
Spain is renaming its streets to honor women instead of fascists
Spain is going through efforts to ensure gender parity in its street names.
Stephanie St. Clair to get her own HBO movie!
Harlem mob boss (and previous RP) Stephanie St Clair is set to get her own HBO movie! Ahh, exciting!
Linda Brown, center of Brown v. Board case, dies at 75
Rest in Power.
Zainabu Hamayaji
In order to save her kids from Boko Hara, she went to extraordinary lengths: including stripping naked and pretending to be crazy.
"Bicycle Face": an 1800s health problem to scare women from biking
In the 1890s, bicycles were seen as an instrument of feminism - so the powers that be "discovered" a health condition called Bicycle Face, to get women to stay put.
Transformers to introduce an all-female team
After running polls for fans to design a new character, Hasbro and IDW Publishing announce they will be creating six new female characters that combine into one giant woman.
New film about Hedy Lamarr!
A new documentary about actress, inventor, and all-around rebel Hedy Lamarr is coming out!
Muslim women use Twitter to show how #TraditionallySubmissive they aren't
When a newspaper reported that David Cameron complained about the "traditional submissiveness of Muslim women", a rebuking hashtag was born.
Random Princesses
Emmeline Pankhurst
This unassuming middle-aged woman became one of Britain's most notorious terrorists in her unyielding quest to win women the right to vote.
Chiyome Mochizuki
Recruited widows, orphans, and prostitutes into an all-woman ninja spy group, the largest in Asia at the time.
Wilma Rudolph
Overcame polio, poverty, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, racism, whooping cough, and teenage pregnancy to make Olympic history by winning three…
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.
Princess Pyeonggang
This princess held her father to his word in the most unexpected way: by demanding to marry the stupidest man in Korea.
Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine
America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
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.
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.
Marjana
The actual hero of the Ali Baba myth, this slave girl saves the titular character by singlehandedly dispatching the forty thieves - without him even knowing.
Matilda of Tuscany
Fiery defender of the pope who made kings kneel before her.