Comics Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) The Activist Arrested For Wearing Pants In 1915, this rowdy Puerto Rican activist was arrested for wearing pants in public. It wouldn't be the last time she wore pants, or got arrested.
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.
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 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.
April 14, 2017 in Modern Worthies The Society of Woman Geographers The 1920s All-Female Exploration Society When they weren't allowed to join the men-only Explorers Club, these intrepid women started their own.
March 17, 2017 in Modern Worthies Caramel Curves New Orleans Only All-Female African American Motorcycle Club They dye the rubber in their tires to burn out bright pink smoke. (SO. COOL.)
Comics Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine (1881-1964 and 1900-1970) The Queens of the Sydney Underworld America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
December 23, 2016 in Modern Worthies Freddie Oversteegen Nazi-Seducing Teen Assassin (Turned Nonagenarian) When she was a teen, this now-90-year-old woman would seduce and kill Nazis. Now she plays a mean game of Scrabble.
Vasilisa Vasilyevna (Russian Folktale) The Gender-Nonconforming Heroine Who Kept the Tsar Guessing When the Tsar became hellbent on nailing down her gender, this clever gender-nonconforming heroine kept him guessing to the end.