Benazir Bhutto
Random Princesses

Pailadzo Captanian
After escaping the Armenian Genocide (by walking across the Syrian desert while pregnant), this woman went back into Armenia to rescue her sons, then made her way to America -- where she invented the recipe for Rice-a-Roni.

Angela Jimenez
Tomboy, daughter, spy, soldier, foster mom, innkeeper, gold miner, nurse, activist; veteran: Angela Jimenez doesn't need a movie so much as a mini-series.

Savitribai Phule
In fighting the bias of the caste system to spread education, this woman brought knowledge to girls across India.

Tirgatao
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.

Ida Laura Pfeiffer
Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.

Tatterhood
This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.

Marsha P. Johnson
This cheery godmother of trans civil rights masked a dark past of abuse.

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

Trinidad Tecson
Turned into a revolutionary in middle age, this mother became one of the Philippines most heralded women.

Ida B. Wells
One of the first anti-lynching advocates, she risked her life for decades to report on the truth when nobody would believe her.