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Grace Humiston
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.
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Do you like interesting historical ladies? Then you might be interested in this anthology of short stories about "cranky ladies of history".
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Esther Morris
Fifty years before women got the federal right to vote, this legal agent became “the terror of all rogues.”
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Five animated shorts shown at the Annecy film festival pay tribute to some female forerunners: Mary Blair, Evelyn Lambart, Lotte Reiniger, Claire Parker, and Alison de Vere.
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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.
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Mary Bowser
Brilliant undercover spy who posed as a slave to spy on - and attempt to burn down - the Confederate…
Sarah Biffin
Born without arms or legs, this artist learned to write, sew, and paint with her mouth - and came to work for kings and queens.
Tsuruhime Ohori
When invaders threatened her island home, she declared herself a living god, raised an army, and fought them tooth, nail, and occasional grenade.
Marjana
The actual hero of the Ali Baba myth, this slave girl saves the titular character by singlehandedly dispatching the forty thieves - without him even knowing.
Banu Goshasp
This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
Khutulun
This undefeated warrior princess refused to marry unless her suitor could defeat her in wrestling - if he lost, he owed her 100 horses. In the end, she had 10,000 horses and no husband.
Black Agnes
When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
Zelia Nuttall
This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
Arwa al-Sulayhi
The greatest ruler of Yemeni history, she defeated her numerous foes to usher the country into its golden age.
Riina
When flying cannibal ghosts kidnapped two women, there was no man that could save them. But there was a woman.