Pailadzo Captanian
Random Princesses

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Through years of unrelenting protest, this Nigerian teacher felled a king, won women the right to vote, and taught all of Africa how to protest.

The Valiant Ladies of Potosi
Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza, two sword-and-gun-toting lesbian teen vigilantes - 17th century Bolivia's answer to Batman.

Savitribai Phule
In fighting the bias of the caste system to spread education, this woman brought knowledge to girls across India.

Sophie Morigeau
The only use this Canadian badass had for pretty pink bows was to adorn her own rib — which she amputated from her own body after an accident.

Theodora
Sex worker who became empress of the Byzantine Empire, and used her political power to safeguard her interests, and her…

Ilona Zrinyi
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.

Joan of Arc
The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France - but do you know how…

Nitocris
When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.

Ida B. Wells
One of the first anti-lynching advocates, she risked her life for decades to report on the truth when nobody would believe her.

Emmy Noether
Revolutionized the field of mathematics, yet was persecuted for being Jewish and paid a pittance for her visionary teaching work.