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Sisa Abu Daooh
Random Princesses
Cornelia Sorabji
One of the first Indian women to practice law, she fought against -- and inside of -- a system that held no room for her.
Tirgatao
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.
Savitribai Phule
In fighting the bias of the caste system to spread education, this woman brought knowledge to girls across India.
Sarraounia
The "panther queen" of the Azna defeated some of the greatest villains of French colonial history through wits, cunning -- and possibly magic.
Nana Asma'u
Massively educated princess who started all-female gang of itinerant teachers, who would roam the land and educate unsuspecting passersby.
Katie Sandwina
Champion weightlifter, suffragette, mom - this "Lady Hercules" did it all.
Truganini
The "Last of the Aboriginal Tasmanians" (she wasn't) used brains, brawn, and sheer will to carve a place for herself, even as the world was collapsing around her.
Anacaona
When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
Malinche
Sold into sexual slavery to Hernan Cortes, this maligned woman became his interpreter, and it was with her words that…
Thákane
When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.