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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.
#ShePersisted
Maybe you saw that US politician Mitch McConnell silenced fellow US politician Elizabeth Warren from speaking, and gave a quote saying that “she persisted” despite his stern warnings. Many took exception to this. I was one of them. And I tweeted about it. At length.
Gerda Geddes and Sophia Delza
Prior to the "kung fu craze" of the '70s, two women were already spreading tai chi in Europe and America.
The discovery of the "breast cancer gene" has a hell of a backstory
Mary-Claire King (covered here previously) tells a tale of divorce, burglary, cancer, and Joe DiMaggio that must be experienced.
Nergis Mavalvala
Dr. Mavalvala's work helped confirm a prediction Albert Einstein made 100 years earlier.
Marie Colvin
Marie Colvin’s Private War Foreign correspondent Marie Colvin was on the front lines of conflict zones, no matter the physical…
The Forgotten 'Girl Mayors' of the 1920s
In the 1920s, numerous white women became mayors of small American towns--sometimes when they weren't even running for office.
Dolly Shivani Cherukuri
Dolly Shivani Cherukuri has just set a new national archery record in India -- and what's most incredible is that…
#Supersheroes project shows women as superheroes for escaping abusive relationships
The Lithuanian movement Women Speak created a new project for abuse survivors. "Instead of talking about women as victims, we wanted to portray them as #supersheroes. Our movement wanted to empower women who were brave enough to exit violent relationships."
How a Georgian Princess’s Cookbook Helped Build a Celebrated Restaurant
A struggling restaurant came across a cookbook authored by the nation’s beloved feminist princess Barbare Jorjadze, and retooled its menu around her recipes. Now business is booming.
Hypatia
The first female mathematician in recorded history, and one of the luminaries of the ancient world - but her grisly death at the hands of a mob was only the start of her troubles.
Random Princesses
Mata Hari
This amateur dancer escaped a life of abuse by pretending to be an Indonesian princess - and eventually became a victim of the maniacal world of espionage.
Sutematsu Oyama
The first Japanese woman to go to college didn't have a choice. But the experience changed her - and she changed Japan in return.
Constance Markievicz
Socialite turned sniper turned socialist politician - Ireland's first woman elected to office had quite a life.
Tamar of Georgia
Saint, sovereign, and fiercely independent woman, she quashed two rebellions from her ex-husband, expanded her nation's borders, and ushered in a golden age.
Truganini
The "Last of the Aboriginal Tasmanians" (she wasn't) used brains, brawn, and sheer will to carve a place for herself, even as the world was collapsing around her.
Isabelle Eberhardt
This undefinable adventurer's life burnt bright but short: a wildcard of the Algerian revolution, she survived an assassination attempt by sabre, and died in a freak desert flood.
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.
Micaela Almonester
After decades of gaslighting and emotional abuse at the hands of her in-laws, this iron-willed woman survived being shot four times point blank, won a separation from her husband, and became one of the most respected business icons in New Orleans.
Viśpálā
The first prosthetic limb in human civilization went to this ancient warrior queen. Or did it? The story is more complex than you might think.
Rosalind Franklin
The three men who accepted the Nobel Prize for "the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century" neglected to mention one thing: they owed much of their success to one brash, brilliant, and overlooked female scientist.