Anacaona (c.1474-1503) Poet Queen of Haiti When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
January 3, 2018 in Modern Worthies Suzelle Poole 77-Year-Old Ballerina "Life is too short not to do what you want to do... It's never too late. So start doing what you love doing now."
December 28, 2017 Woman finishes final while in labor While this is a dystopian nightmare that should never have happened, her fortitude is still stunning.
December 12, 2017 in Modern Worthies Amla Ruia The Grandmother Who Built Dams This nonagenerian entrepreneur helps out villages across Rajasthan, India, by building dams.
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.
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.
July 21, 2017 in Modern Worthies “Uncle” Olive Yang Royal turned opium warlord So here's a wild story: lesbian (possibly trans) Burmese princess becomes opium-trading warlord to escape arranged marriage.
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.