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Alexandra Elbakyan
Random Princesses
Marjana
The actual hero of the Ali Baba myth, this slave girl saves the titular character by singlehandedly dispatching the forty thieves - without him even knowing.
Joan of Arc
The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France - but do you know how…
Olga of Kiev
Brutal princess-turned-Christian saint who burnt down enemy towns using pigeons.
Constance Markievicz
Socialite turned sniper turned socialist politician - Ireland's first woman elected to office had quite a life.
Thákane
When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.
Rebecca Lukens
First her father died. Then her sons. Then her husband. Pregnant, saddled with debt, a failing company, and an overbearing mother, Rebecca Lukens rolled up her sleeves and showed the world what she was made of: iron.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The godmother of rock and roll, this black bisexual singer fused gospel and pop to blaze her own way across the Jim Crow-era south.
Takeko Nakano
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
Man-deok Kim
When famine hit Jeju island, where she'd been exiled since birth, this prostitute-turned-businesswoman spent her fortune to feed everyone.
Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.