May 26, 2017 in Modern Worthies Holly Maniatty Awesome Sign Language Interpreter Famous for her spirited interpretation of profanity-heavy rap songs, this woman has gone viral many times for her performances.
May 22, 2017 in Modern Worthies Pili Hussein The Miner Who Posed As A Man This Tanzanian miner has a 70-person-strong company, but she built it by pretending to be a man for many years.
May 10, 2017 in Modern Worthies V Nannamal World's Oldest Female Yoga Teacher This 98-year-old yoga master continues to practice yoga, teaching students and performing poses like a woman a quarter her age.
May 8, 2017 in Modern Worthies Chandro Tomar aka ‘Shooter Dadi’ The World's Oldest Female Sharpshooter "She once defeated a deputy superintendent of police and he refused to come for the presentation ceremony saying he’d been slighted by an old woman,"
May 5, 2017 in Modern Worthies Um Hanadi The "Housewife" Who Fought ISIS She lost 2 husbands, 3 brothers, and a father to her enemy. Now she's striking back.
May 3, 2017 in Modern Worthies Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker Mother of the Sea When Japan's seaweed production suffered a crippling year, this scientist's work on commercial cultivation helped save the entire nation.
May 1, 2017 in Modern Worthies Florence Finch Unsung Filipina War Hero During World War II, this woman quietly undermined Japan's occupation of the Philippines, and was tortured for it. Then she quietly raised a family in the United States.
April 21, 2017 in Modern Worthies Grace Humiston America's First Female Chief Federal Prosecutor America’s first female chief federal prosecutor not only put herself in harm’s way to end abusive labor practices, she later became a PI and solved murders.
April 14, 2017 in Modern Worthies The Society of Woman Geographers The 1920s All-Female Exploration Society When they weren't allowed to join the men-only Explorers Club, these intrepid women started their own.
April 11, 2017 in Modern Worthies Susanna Salter America's First Female Mayor Men nominated her to make fun of her. Then she won.