History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

Rating: PG

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723-1787)

The Lady Who Became a Colonel

When the true king of the Scots came to reclaim the throne, this spirited woman went up against her husband to back her chosen sovereign.

March 26, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Millie Veasey

One of the Last of the All-Black, All-Woman WW2 Unit

Part of a WW2 unit that untangled a logistics nightmare, she lived to a hundred and helped run a chapter of the NAACP.

Mary Patten (1837-1861)

The First American Woman to Command a Ship

When her husband became deathly ill, this pregnant teen took the reins to become America's first female boat commander - all while fighting off a mutiny and keeping her husband alive.

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.

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.