Comics Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) The Activist Arrested For Wearing Pants In 1915, this rowdy Puerto Rican activist was arrested for wearing pants in public. It wouldn't be the last time she wore pants, or got arrested.
Comics Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) The Artist Who Painted With Her Mouth Born without arms or legs, this artist learned to write, sew, and paint with her mouth - and came to work for kings and queens.
Comics Alakhai Beki (c.1191-[post 1230]) Princess Who Runs the State This Mongol stood up to the most fearsome man in the world and in so doing, prevented a genocide.
Comics Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723-1787) The Lady Who Became a Colonel When the true king of the Scots came to reclaim the throne, this spirited woman went up against her husband to back her chosen sovereign.
Comics Virginia Hall (1906-1982) The Most Dangerous Spy of All This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."
Mary Patten (1837-1861) The First American Woman to Command a Ship 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.
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.
Comics Mercadera (c.1245-1300) The Farmer Who Caught a Knight When this Spanish merchant went out to pick cabbages, she stumbled upon an unusual kind of pest: a French knight.
Comics Black Agnes (c.1312-1369) Defender of Dunbar Castle When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
Comics Anahit (Armenian Folktale) The Queen Who Made the King Get a Job This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.