Comics Nancy Wake (1912-2011) The Spy With The 5 Million Franc Bounty This most-wanted WW2 spy rescued Jews and POWs, blew up Nazi trains, and used an X-rated radio rhyme to identify herself to Britain.
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.
July 27, 2018 in Modern Worthies Inge Ginsberg Death Metal Grandma As a Holocaust survivor, her poetry was too dark for some, but it was perfect for death metal.
July 25, 2018 in Modern Worthies Jess Wade Academic Who Writes Wikipedia Pages for Female Scientists She wrote 270 Wikipedia articles in a single year -- “I had a target for doing one a day, but sometimes I get too excited and do three.”
Comics Cornelia Sorabji (1866-1954) Protector. Reformer. Lawyer. One of the first Indian women to practice law, she fought against -- and inside of -- a system that held no room for her.
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.
June 11, 2018 in Modern Worthies Piera Aiello Mafia Informant Turned Politician Forced to marry a mobster, she escaped, ran for parliament and won -- while obscuring her face. But now, she's showing it freely.
May 31, 2018 in Modern Worthies Esther Morris America's First Female Justice of the Peace Fifty years before women got the federal right to vote, this legal agent became “the terror of all rogues.”
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.
May 7, 2018 in Modern Worthies Maureen Mancuso The Teen Who Shattered a Running Record Without training, this 13-year-old shattered world records for running in 1967 -- unfortunately, it happened shortly after Kathrine Switzer's headline-making Boston marathon entry, and Mancuso's feat was all but forgotten.