Comics Ani Pachen (1933-2002) Tibetan Warrior Nun When China invaded her native land, this would-be monk put down her pacifist dreams and took up arms.
Comics Marguerite de Bressieux (15th century legend/pseudohistory) The Black Knight Who Hunted Rapists When soldiers sexually assaulted her and others, this woman donned armor and got revenge.
September 29, 2017 in Modern Worthies Kakenya Ntaiya The Woman Who Demanded School At the age of seven, Kakenya Ntaiya made a bargain with her father: she would undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if he agreed to let her finish her education.
September 12, 2017 in Modern Worthies Hailey Dawson The baseball pitcher with the 3D-printed hand Major League Baseball Teams Come Together to Help 7-Year-Old Girl with 3D-Printed Hand Fulfill her Dream – sometimes Twitter does alright by people. More on the making of Hailey hand right here. You can follow her Instagram here.
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.
June 28, 2017 in Modern Worthies Amy Dickman The Conservationist Who Saved Lions With Dogs She turned lion hunters to lion defenders, was slept on by a lion, and got a dentist to work on a leopard - quite a story!
June 13, 2017 in Modern Worthies Zeinab Mokalled The Octagenarian Who Inspired Lebanon to Recycle 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."
June 1, 2017 in Modern Worthies The Cholita Climbers of Bolivia The Ladies Who Scale Mountains in Skirts These women in top hats and colorful clothes scale mountains in skirts.
May 26, 2017 in Modern Worthies Holly Maniatty Awesome Sign Language Interpreter Famous for her spirited interpretation of profanity-heavy rap songs, this woman has gone viral many times for her performances.