History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

Collection: Defenders

Caterina Sforza (1463-1509)

The Tigress of Forli

The illegitimate daughter of a minor noble, after losing her husband, she became one of the most powerful and fierce women in Italy - commanding troops, insulting Machiavelli, and fighting Cesare Borgia with unmatched ferocity.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

The Maid of Orleans

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…

The Night Witches (1942-1945)

The Civilian Pilots Who Became the Nazis' Worst Nightmare

This all-female civilian volunteer unit of the WW2 Soviet military overcame a lack of training, equipment, and faith to pull off one of the greatest underdog feats in human history and in so doing become Germany's worst nightmare.

Marjana (Arabian myth)

The Slave Girl Who Killed Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

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.

Khawlah bint al-Azwar (7th century)

Warrior Poet of Early Islam

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

Alice B. Clement (1878-1926)

Detective. Movie Star. Suffragist.

Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.

Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)

The American Moses

Escaped slave turned slave rescuer turned plantation-torching Union spymaster, she was part Moses, part Joan of Arc, part Spider-Man.

Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825)

Heroine of the Greek War of Independence

Born in a prison cell, this revolutionary financed and led a large chunk of Greece's navy to victory in their fight for independence.

Yael (13th century BCE)

The Lady With The Hammer

Saved the Jewish people by hammering a tent spike through an unsuspecting house guest's head.

Rani Lakshmibai (1828-1858)

The Rebel Queen of Jhansi

Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.