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I've had some pretty wild depression the past couple years. I'm finally starting to work through it - with art.
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After escaping from a convent, this swashbuckler had the strength to chase her dreams: which were apparently to drink, fight, and womanize.
Manuela Sáenz
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Employing and catering only to women, the Pink Taxi service is the first of its kind.
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The changing roles of Cherokee women
Cherokee women traditionally were equal to men, politically, economically, and sexually. As white settlers coerced the tribes to adopt European manners of living, women lost much of the power they originally possessed.
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Marie Wilcox
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Random Princesses
Nafanua
When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.
Tin Hinan
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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Through years of unrelenting protest, this Nigerian teacher felled a king, won women the right to vote, and taught all of Africa how to protest.
Black Agnes
When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
Arwa al-Sulayhi
The greatest ruler of Yemeni history, she defeated her numerous foes to usher the country into its golden age.
The Night Witches
This all-female civilian volunteer unit of the WW2 Soviet military overcame a lack of training, equipment, and faith to pull off one of the greatest underdog feats in human history and in so doing become Germany's worst nightmare.
Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine
America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
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.
Eréndira
When horse-riding Spaniards invaded, she defied her tribe to befriend one of the abandoned horses, using her new bond to fight off the Spanish.
Micaela Almonester
After decades of gaslighting and emotional abuse at the hands of her in-laws, this iron-willed woman survived being shot four times point blank, won a separation from her husband, and became one of the most respected business icons in New Orleans.