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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.
Vasilisa Vasilyevna
When the Tsar became hellbent on nailing down her gender, this clever gender-nonconforming heroine kept him guessing to the end.
Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh
When the true king of the Scots came to reclaim the throne, this spirited woman went up against her husband to back her chosen sovereign.
Princess Rap Battles
A YouTube rap battle series starring famous princesses - this one is Galadriel versus Leia. Starts slow, but some good stuff starting in the second verse.
Kyra Poh
The video of this 14-year-old Singaporean competing in the solo freestyle event at the Wind Games 2017 – which she won! – is beautiful, hypnotic stuff.
Compositions by Mozart's sister discovered?
An Australian scholar claims to have discovered pieces composed by Anna Maria Mozart, Wolfgang's older sister, in a notebook that Wolfgang used to learn how to play the piano.
Shajar al-Durr
Muslim sultan who took the throne, defeated Louis IX in battle, ransomed him back to France for 30% of their GDP --- and did it all in secret.
Sexagenarians take down carjacker
Miriam Ben-Shalom and Karen Weiss were on a date when they encountered the assailant. Ben-Shalom, a former drill sergeant, quickly subdued him.
Gouyen
When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
Annie Edson Taylor
Annie Taylor marked her 63rd birthday in uncommon fashion: going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive
About time. Kudos to activists like Manal al-Sharif for keeping up the pressure and making this happen.
Random Princesses
Labotsibeni Gwamile LaMdluli
When her husband inadvertently sold the country to colonial forces, this queen spent the rest of her life getting it back.
Vitka Kempner
Spy, smuggler, saboteur, partisan: this Jewish woman refused to go like a lamb to the slaughter, and fought the Nazis tooth and nail... even after the war, when she, alongside others, poisoned thousands of Nazi POWs in a revenge plot.
Takeko Nakano
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
Cut Nyak Dhien
When her (second) rebel husband was killed, this heroine of Indonesian revolution took over the fight against the Dutch.
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.
Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.
Yaa Asantewaa
As an old woman, led an incredibly successful rebellion against British colonialism, known as The War of the Golden Stool,…
La Jaguarina
This undefeated half-Spaniard fencer was a household name in the 1800s - only to vanish into retirement (and obscurity) when she ran out of people to fight.
Fredegund
Possibly the most cartoonishly evil woman to have ever existed, this Merovingian queen was an endless source of assassination attempts - including, on one memorable occasion, her own young daughter.
Zenobia
3rd century Rome had a major woman problem. Her name was Zenobia, and she took over a huge chunk of their empire in her brief and tumultuous career as rebel queen.