History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

Rating: PG-13

The Valiant Ladies of Potosi (17th century)

Teen Vigilantes of the 1600s

Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza, two sword-and-gun-toting lesbian teen vigilantes – 17th century Bolivia’s answer to Batman.

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)

Edwardian England's Loudest Advocate for Iraq

Tossed off the expectations of Victorian society to become an expert mountaineer and archaeologist, traveled the Middle East by herself – later teaching Lawrence of Arabia how it’s done – and became one of the most influential women in the English empire, advocating loudly for Iraq’s self-governance.

Yaa Asantewaa (c.1830-1921)

Queen Mother of the Golden Stool

As an old woman, led an incredibly successful rebellion against British colonialism, known as The War of the Golden Stool, or the Yaa Asantewaa War.

Trung Trac and Trung Nhi (1st century)

The Sisters Who Stomped China

Sisters who led an army on elephant-back to overthrow oppressive Chinese rule and establish a short-lived Vietnamese kingdom.