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.
Comics Black Agnes (c.1312-1369) Defender of Dunbar Castle When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
May 10, 2017 in Modern Worthies V Nannamal World's Oldest Female Yoga Teacher This 98-year-old yoga master continues to practice yoga, teaching students and performing poses like a woman a quarter her age.
May 5, 2017 in Modern Worthies Um Hanadi The "Housewife" Who Fought ISIS She lost 2 husbands, 3 brothers, and a father to her enemy. Now she's striking back.
Comics Sutematsu Oyama (1860-1919) Japan's First College-Educated Woman The first Japanese woman to go to college didn't have a choice. But the experience changed her - and she changed Japan in return.
May 3, 2017 in Modern Worthies Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker Mother of the Sea When Japan's seaweed production suffered a crippling year, this scientist's work on commercial cultivation helped save the entire nation.
May 2, 2017 in Modern Worthies Rena Kanokogi The Woman Who Got Judo Into The Olympics 50 years after she won a judo championship while posing as a man, she finally got the gold medal owed to her.