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Betty Pack
Betty Pack worked for MI6 by seducing men to obtain military secrets, even helping to crack the Enigma code in World War II.
Hanan Al Hroub
On March 13 Al Hroub won the second Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize for her work with children that have been exposed to violence.
7 Tough Women from the Wild West
Most people know of famous men from the Wild West, but here's a list of seven women you might not know.
The Women Resurrecting An Ancient Epic of Women Warriors
Uzbeki women are putting on a stage retelling of the tale "Forty Girls" about a teen girl who rejects marriage in favor of hanging out with 40 horsewomen on an island.
Josephine Baker traveled in style
Josephine Baker and an ostrich cart. You're welcome.
Beatrice Shilling
This engineer fixed a flaw in the allies' planes, allowing them to dive just as well as the Germans' - an innovation instrumental to winning the war.
Dieynaba Sidibe
Dieynaba Sidibe, with an artist name of Zienixx, uses graffiti to promote women's rights.
Halah Al Hamrani
Practicing martial arts since she was 12, Al Hamrani now runs her own gym, Flagboxing (which is an acronym for Fight Like a Girl Boxing).
The Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps
The National Archives recently uncovered dozens of photographs of the Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps, a group of women who designed patterns to disguise soldiers and equipment during World War I.
Lila Kalis
Kalis has an astounding talent and love for driving.
Random Princesses
Nanny of the Maroons
Led colony of escaped slaves and protected them from the English using borderline supernatural abilities.
Vitka Kempner
Spy, smuggler, saboteur, partisan: this Jewish woman refused to go like a lamb to the slaughter, and fought the Nazis tooth and nail... even after the war, when she, alongside others, poisoned thousands of Nazi POWs in a revenge plot.
Jezebel
Roundly-despised and unfairly-maligned seductress of the bible who ran afoul of the wrong priests.
Phoolan Devi
This "untouchable" woman ended decades of abuse by starting a bandit gang and avenging the lower castes. After some time in prison, she got out, ran for parliament, and won.
Janequeo
When her husband was killed by conquistadors, this native Chilean showed the Spanish what "fight like a woman" really means.
Kate Shelley
To save an oncoming passenger train, this 15-year-old girl climbed across a collapsing bridge, with nothing but flashes of lightning to keep her from falling to her death in the flooding river below -- a river that had already killed her father.
Josephine Baker
Rose from dire poverty and violence to become the greatest black entertainer of all time - Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie all rolled into one.
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.
Sita
After being saved from demonic forces, this legendary Indian princess is then subjected to endless purity tests by her own husband. She eventually puts an end to his questions in a manner that surprised everyone.
Jigonhsaseh
This Native American clan mother brought together 5 tribes under the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - and helped make the document that inspired the United States Constitution.