Comics Bessie Stringfield (1911-1993) The Motorcycle Queen of Miami 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.
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.
La Jaguarina (1859~1864 - ?) Queen of the Sword This undefeated half-Spaniard fencer was a household name in the 1800s - only to vanish into retirement (and obscurity) when she ran out of people to fight.
Julie d’Aubigny (1670-1707) Princess of the Opera 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.
Khutulun (1260-1306) The Wrestler Princess This undefeated warrior princess refused to marry unless her suitor could defeat her in wrestling - if he lost, he owed her 100 horses. In the end, she had 10,000 horses and no husband.
Velu Nachiyar (1730-1796) The Mom Who Made a Bomb 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.
Katie Sandwina (1884-1951) Lady Hercules Champion weightlifter, suffragette, mom – this “Lady Hercules” did it all.
Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) The Fiancee of Danger Ludicrously over-accomplished athlete who invented flying ambulances and won the only gold medal ever awarded by the French Academy of Sports for "all sports" - yes, all of them.
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) The Olympic Runner Who Beat Polio Overcame polio, poverty, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, racism, whooping cough, and teenage pregnancy to make Olympic history by winning three gold medals.