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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.
A Chocolate Holiday for the Woman Who Saved Geneva
Woman Who Saved Geneva Honored in Chocolate “At 2 a.m. she was doing typical female drudgery, preparing soup, and she…
Madam C.J. Walker
America's ostensible first female self-made millionaire was a black beauty magnate who did it all for her daughter.
Maria Toorpakai Wazir
Toorpakai, from the Waziristan region of Pakistan, pretended for years to be a boy named Genghis Khan so she could play sports. She's now an internationally-ranked squash player.
DeDe Phillips
She was attacked while putting up a “Women who behave rarely make history” bumper sticker on her truck. No, seriously.
The next Doctor Who: a woman
In case you missed it, Dr. Who fans got some awesome news over the weekend.
Elisabeth Bathory
Possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history, a primary inspiration for Dracula, one of the most reviled women in history, and, I argue, innocent.
Nine proto-feminists worth knowing
The first wave of feminism is considered to have started in the 19th century. But here are some women who were championing women's rights far earlier than that.
"Queens of Africa" dolls outsell Barbie
A Nigerian man's project -- to make dolls that better reflect the life of girls in his country -- has taken off, surpassing sales of Mattel's Barbie dolls. And they're only growing.
The Woman Who Thwarted Her Own Assassination
This Chechen woman foiled a Russian assassin using a hidden handgun and *bottle of blood-clotting agent*.
Malinche
Sold into sexual slavery to Hernan Cortes, this maligned woman became his interpreter, and it was with her words that…
Random Princesses
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
This leader of the labor movement suffered imprisonment, defamation, and untold misery to battle against forces that most of us just take for granted.
Amanirenas
When Rome set its eyes on her country, this one-eyed queen fought them tooth and nail, until they left her alone.
La Llorona
Mexico's infamous "weeping ghost" has many incarnations: a jilted widow, a slave princess, a milk addict, a coffee bag, and a pair of panties.
Zelia Nuttall
This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
When her beloved college of history was bombed by the Germans, this woman began a dark path that would see her become history's deadliest female sniper -- and one of Eleanor Roosevelt's best friends.
Bella Abzug
Loud, proud, uncompromising: this bold politician helped bring about Title IX, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Equal Rights Amendment - as well as much more.
Beloved
The ghost of a tragically-murdered young child come back to haunt her mother in post-slavery America.
Toregene Khatun
Although her tribe was destroyed and she was forced into an unwanted marriage, this indomitable woman came to run the world's largest empire - with a woman as her companion.
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.
Li Chi
When a monster demanded teenage girl sacrifice, Li Chi saved herself, and was crowned princess for her troubles.