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Where'd You Go?
I've had some pretty wild depression the past couple years. I'm finally starting to work through it - with art.
Josephine Baker
Rose from dire poverty and violence to become the greatest black entertainer of all time - Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie all rolled into one.
Poll: how often would you like new RP entries, and in what format?
The new "comic" format is taking a toll. Could you take a second and let me know what you think of it?
First female Rangers in the US Army
Kristen Griest and Shaye Haver became the first women to graduate from the US Army's Ranger School.
Jeanne de Clisson: vanished, or faded?
In which I'm called out regarding the later life of Jeanne de Clisson, and I define the scope of the project.
Woman gives birth, fights off bees, starts wildfire
A woman who got stranded in the woods had to give birth alone in her car. Things went downhill from there.
Vera Atkins gets her own movie!
The woman who led dozens of female WW2 spies is getting her own movie!
The Pirate Grace
Check out this Kickstarter campaign for a stop-motion animated film about 16th century Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley.
Getting the Mughals right - plus, Reddit!
Notice of an update where I give a more well-rounded portrayal of the Mughal Empire.
Princess post up next week - but you get something even cooler this week
In which I unveil my master plan, two years in the making.
Palestinian Girls Invent a Smart Cane For The Blind
Two Palestinian teenagers created a cane for the visually impaired that has sensors to detect obstacles and warn the user.
Random Princesses
Mahendradatta
This Indonesian queen ruled wisely and justly in life, and was deified as the embodiment of all evil after her death. The story of why gets a bit complicated.
Banu Goshasp
This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
Christine de Pizan
When her husband unexpectedly died, she rolled up her sleeves and became one of the greatest authors of the age to keep food on the table. She wrote passionate defenses of her gender (and military treatises!) that were centuries ahead of their time.
Annie Jump Cannon
This astronomer threw off all the social conventions of her day to pursue her one true calling: the stars.
Zenobia
3rd century Rome had a major woman problem. Her name was Zenobia, and she took over a huge chunk of their empire in her brief and tumultuous career as rebel queen.
Gertrude Bell
Tossed off the expectations of Victorian society to become an expert mountaineer and archaeologist, traveled the Middle East by herself…
Fannie Lou Hamer
This uneducated, impoverished activist suffered unbelievable abuse in her journey to be able to vote -- but that did not stop her.
Olga of Kiev
Brutal princess-turned-Christian saint who burnt down enemy towns using pigeons.
Marie Mancini
Joined her sister Hortense Mancini in escaping from an equally abusive marriage, making headlines (and trouble) all across Europe in…
Ilona Zrinyi
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.