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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.
Ani Pachen
When China invaded her native land, this would-be monk put down her pacifist dreams and took up arms.
Tatterhood
This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.
Ranavalona I
This brutal sovereign's reign saw her outlaw clapping, pioneer death by feet-kissing, and design giant weaponized scissors - but are we only getting one side of the story...?
Moll Cutpurse
Cross-dressing Queen of Thieves who flouted social norms and had plays written about her.
Yaa Asantewaa
As an old woman, led an incredibly successful rebellion against British colonialism, known as The War of the Golden Stool,…
Yennenga
An unbeatable warrior princess who just wanted to have kids - and founded a new nation in her quest to…
Kate Shelley
To save an oncoming passenger train, this 15-year-old girl climbed across a collapsing bridge, with nothing but flashes of lightning to keep her from falling to her death in the flooding river below -- a river that had already killed her father.
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Brash, funny, and difficult, this mother of three wrote her way out of extreme poverty with her uncompromising look at Brazilian society - and was alternately lauded and berated for it.
Keumalahayati
The first naval admiral of modern times, she protected her country from foreign invaders with aplomb.