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Where'd You Go?
I've had some pretty wild depression the past couple years. I'm finally starting to work through it - with art.
Julie d'Aubigny
Sword-slinging, opera-singing bisexual rock star of the 17th century - who burnt down a convent to romance a nun and had to be pardoned by the king of France TWICE.
Strong is the New Pretty
Photographer Kate T. Parker has been documenting her girls' childhood so they can remember how fierce they were, and the results are stunning.
Lady Colin: The Lady Whom the Butler Saw
The divorce proceedings of this Victorian woman scandalized London -- and proved the origin of the phrase "what the butler saw."
Zeinab Mokalled
This 81-year-old Lebanese woman organized her own all-female recycling team, partly to empower the women, and "partly because she thought they would do a better job."
Book Tour Update
I've got more details on where you can see me in Durham, Atlanta, Louisville, Chicago, DC, NYC, and Boston!
The Women Who Conquered Whooping Cough
On their own time, on a tiny budget, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering perfected the vaccine, saving untold childrens' lives.
Women tell Twitter what engineers look like
Responding to sexist assumptions about, and from, people in tech fields, Isis Anchalee started the Twitter hashtag #ilooklikeanengineer.
Congress approves Arlington cemetery burials for female WWII pilots
In 2015, the US Army revoked the right of Women Airforce Service Pilots to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In response, Congress passed a law ensuring that right.
Pausing to say thanks
6 months ago, I started this website as a fun little side project. Now it's taken over my life, I couldn't be happier, and it's thanks to all of you.
Random Princesses
Tirgatao
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.
Wu Zetian
The only female emperor of China in history, her ruthless rise to power makes Game of Thrones look like a day at the beach.
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.
Beloved
The ghost of a tragically-murdered young child come back to haunt her mother in post-slavery America.
Irena Sendler
This Polish nurse sacrificed her safety, her marriage, her very family to save 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Marjana
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.
Grace O'Malley
Irish pirate queen who led decades of rebellions against England, met face-to-face with Elizabeth I, and got official license to…
Labotsibeni Gwamile LaMdluli
When her husband inadvertently sold the country to colonial forces, this queen spent the rest of her life getting it back.
Anita Garibaldi
This heroine of South America and Italy fought in numerous civil wars alongside her husband, Giuseppe Garibaldi, often while pregnant…
Manuela Sáenz
This revolutionary heroine of South America kept a pet bear, a disembodied moustache, and a lifestyle that defied every convention possible.