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DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
HOLD UP A SECOND!
Khutulun (1260–1306, MONGOLIA)
Tatterhood (NORWEGIAN FAIRY TALE)
Agnodice (4TH CENTURY BCE, GREECE)
Te Puea Herangi (1883–1952, NEW ZEALAND)
Moremi Ajasoro (12TH CENTURY, NIGERIA)
Sybil Ludington (1761–1839, UNITED STATES)
Kurmanjan Datka (1811–1907, KYRGYZSTAN)
Andamana (C. 14TH CENTURY, CANARY ISLANDS)
Mary Seacole (1805–1881, JAMAICA/CRIMEA) and Florence Nightingale (1820–1910, ENGLAND/CRIMEA)
Gráinne “Grace O’Malley” Ní Mháille (1530–1603, IRELAND)
“Stagecoach” Mary Fields (1832–1914, UNITED STATES)
Yennenga (EARLY 12TH CENTURY, BURKINA FASO/GHANA)
Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941, UNITED STATES)
Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994, UNITED STATES)
Alfhild (5TH CENTURY, DENMARK)
Calafia (16TH-CENTURY SPANISH MYTH)
Keumalahayati (16TH–17TH CENTURY, INDONESIA)
Marie Marvingt (1875–1963, FRANCE)
Iara (BRAZILIAN LEGEND)
Jane Dieulafoy (1851–1916, FRANCE/PERSIA)
Tin Hinan (C. 4TH–5TH CENTURY, ALGERIA)
Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BCE, EGYPT)
Emmy Noether (1882–1935, GERMANY)
Ka’ahumanu (C. 1768–1832, HAWAII)
Katie Sandwina (1884–1952, AUSTRIA/UNITED STATES)
Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510–1569, PORTUGAL/ITALY/TURKEY)
Sayyida al-Hurra (C. 1482–1562, MOROCCO)
Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115, ITALY)
Moll Cutpurse (1584–1659, ENGLAND)
Nellie Bly (1864–1922, UNITED STATES) and Elizabeth Bisland (1861–1929, UNITED STATES)
Trung Trac and Trung Nhi (1ST CENTURY CE, VIETNAM)
Yaa Asantewaa (C. 1830–1921, GHANA [ASANTE CONFEDERACY])
Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, IRAQ [MESOPOTAMIA]/ENGLAND)
Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza (1639–C. 1661, BOLIVIA)
Mary Bowser (19TH CENTURY, UNITED STATES)
Pope Joan (9TH CENTURY, VATICAN CITY)
Nwanyeruwa (EARLY 20TH CENTURY, NIGERIA)
Mary Lacy (1740–1801, ENGLAND)
Josefina “Joey” Guerrero (1918–1996, PHILIPPINES)
Chiyome Mochizuki (16TH CENTURY, JAPAN)
Nana Asma’u (1793–1864, NIGERIA [SOKOTO CALIPHATE])
Julie “La Maupin” d’Aubigny (1670–1707, FRANCE)
Nanny of the Maroons (C. 1680–C. 1750, JAMAICA)
Xtabay (MESOAMERICAN MYTH)
Tomoe Gozen (1157–1247, JAPAN)
Empress Theodora (C. 497–548, TURKEY)
Rani Lakshmibai (1828–1858, INDIA)
Mariya Oktyabrskaya (1905–1944, RUSSIA)
Yael (C. 13TH CENTURY BCE, KINGDOM OF ISRAEL)
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (C. 1000–1091, SPAIN [ANDALUSIA])
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852, ENGLAND)
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771–1825, GREECE)
Ching Shih (1775–1844, CHINA)
Christine de Pizan (1364–C. 1430, FRANCE)
Harriet Tubman (1822–1913, UNITED STATES)
Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643, UNITED STATES)
Petra “Pedro” Herrera (LATE 19TH CENTURY–EARLY 20TH CENTURY, MEXICO)
A’isha bint abi Bakr (614–678, SAUDI ARABIA [ARABIA])
Olga of Kiev (890–969, UKRAINE)
Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons (19TH CENTURY, BENIN)
Mata Hari (1876–1917, FRANCE)
Josephine Baker (1906–1975, UNITED STATES/FRANCE)
Dhat al-Himma (8TH-CENTURY ARABIAN MYTH)
Alice Clement (1878–1926, UNITED STATES)
Shajar al-Durr (C. 1220–1257, EGYPT)
Amba/Sikhandi (INDIAN MYTH)
Khawlah bint al-Azwar (7TH CENTURY, SYRIA/JORDAN/PALESTINE [ARABIA])
Princess Caraboo (1791–1864, ENGLAND)
Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849, BRAZIL/URUGUAY/ITALY)
Tomyris (6TH CENTURY BCE, KAZAKHSTAN)
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1929, ENGLAND)
Marjana (ARABIAN MYTH)
Mai Bhago (LATE 17TH CENTURY–MID-18TH CENTURY, INDIA)
Hortense Mancini (1646–1699, FRANCE/ITALY/ENGLAND) and Marie Mancini (1639–1715, FRANCE/ITALY/SPAIN)
Nzinga Mbande (1583–1663, ANGOLA [NDONGO])
Hypatia (350 [370]–415, EGYPT)
Jezebel (9TH CENTURY BCE, KINGDOM OF ISRAEL)
Qiu Jin (1875–1907, CHINA)
Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–1948, CHINA/JAPAN)
Joan of Arc (1412–1431, FRANCE)
Osh-Tisch (LATE 19TH CENTURY–EARLY 20TH CENTURY, CROW NATION/UNITED STATES)
The Night Witches (C. 1940, RUSSIA)
Sita (INDIAN MYTH)
Kharboucha (19TH-CENTURY MOROCCAN LEGEND)
Marguerite de la Rocque (MID-16TH CENTURY, CANADA/FRANCE)
Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944, FRANCE)
Empress Myeongseong (1851–1895, KOREA)
Micaela Bastidas (1744–1781, PERU/BOLIVIA)
Neerja Bhanot (1963–1986, INDIA)
Boudica (C. 20–60 CE, ENGLAND)
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653, ITALY)
Wu Zetian (624–705, CHINA)
Arawelo (C. 15 CE, SOMALIA)
Caterina Sforza (1463–1509, ITALY)
Elisabeth Báthory (1560–1614, HUNGARY)
Malinche (1496 [1501]–1529, MEXICO)
Ida B. Wells (1862–1931, UNITED STATES)
Phoolan Devi (1963–2001, INDIA)
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO STOP HERE!
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