Amba/Sikhandi
Random Princesses

Anacaona
When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.

Princess Caraboo
This phony Asian royalty fooled rural England for some time - but the truth she was hiding was far darker.

Man-deok Kim
When famine hit Jeju island, where she'd been exiled since birth, this prostitute-turned-businesswoman spent her fortune to feed everyone.

Ilona Zrinyi
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.

Nitocris
When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.

Zenobia
3rd century Rome had a major woman problem. Her name was Zenobia, and she took over a huge chunk of their empire in her brief and tumultuous career as rebel queen.

Sacajawea
One of the most famous women in American history, this hyper-capable Shoshone woman walked across America with a baby strapped to her back, in order to map it.

Anahit
This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.

The Night Witches
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.

Takeko Nakano
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.