100 Nasty Women of History by Jewell, Hannah -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Wonderful ancient weirdos

1. Hatshepsut – c. 1507–1458 BC 2. Brigid of Kildare – ?–524 3. Sappho – c. 640–570 BC 4. Seondeok of Silla – ?–AD 647 5. Khayzuran – ?–AD 789 6. Subh – ?–999 7. Hildegard von Bingen – 1098–1179 8. Margery Kempe – c. 1373–1438

Women with impressive kill counts

9. Artemisia I of Caria – 5th century BC 10. Æthelflæd – c. AD 870–918 11. Ælfthryth – c. AD 945–c. 1000 12. Zenobia – c. AD 240–274 13. Tomoe Gozen – c. 1157–1247 14. Sorghaghtani Beki – ?–1252 15. Wǔ Méi – 16th/17th century AD 16. Kosem Sultan – c. 1589–1651 17. Empress Wu – AD 624–705 18. Laskarina Bouboulina – 1771–1825 19. Ching Shih – 1775–1844

Women who were geniuses despite the fact that they were girls

20. Hypatia – c. AD 355–415 21. Fatima al-Fihri – c. AD 800–880 22. Wáng Zhēnyí – 1768–1797 23. Jang-geum – 15th–16th centuries AD 24. Artemisia Gentileschi – 1593–c. 1653 25. Raden Ajeng Kartini – 1879–1904 26. Emmy Noether – 1882–1935 27. Nana Asma’u – 1793–1864 28. Jean Macnamara – 1899–1968 29. Annie Jump Cannon – 1863–1941 30. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – 1900–1979 31. Hedy Lamarr – 1914–2000 32. Louisa Atkinson – 1834–1872 33. Laura Redden Searing – 1839–1923 34. Gabriela Brimmer – 1947–2000

Women who wrote dangerous things

35. Murasaki Shikibu – c. AD 978–1014 36. Ulayya bint al-Mahdi – c. AD 777–825 37. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – c. 1651–1695 38. Tarabai Shinde – 1850–1910 39. Phillis Wheatley – c. 1753–1784 40. Nellie Bly – 1864–1922 41. Elizabeth Hart – 1772–1833 42. Jovita Idár – 1885–1946 43. Louise Mack – 1870–1935 44. Beatrice Potter Webb – 1858–1943 45. Julia de Burgos – 1914–1953 46. Marie Chauvet – 1916–1973 47. Zabel Yesayan – 1878–1943 48. Mirabal Sisters – Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes 1924–1960 49. Mary Wollstonecraft – 1759–1797 50. Ida B. Wells-Barnett – 1862–1931 51. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper – 1825–1911 52. Ethel Payne – 1911–1991

Women who wore trousers and enjoyed terrifying hobbies

53. Annie Smith Peck – 1850–1935 54. Jean Batten – 1909–1982 55. Khutulun – c. 1260–1306 56. Pancho Barnes – 1901–1975 57. Julie D’Aubigny – c. 1670/1673–1707 58. Lilian Bland – 1878–1971 59. Lotfia Elnadi – 1907–2002

Women who fought empires and racists

60. Queen Nanny of the Maroons – c. 1686–1755 61. Njinga of Angola – c. 1583–1663 62. Rani Chennamma – 1778–1829 63. Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi – 1828–1858 64. Yaa Asantewaa – c. 1840–1921 65. Jind Kaur – 1817–1863 66. Lozen – 1840–1889 67. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti – 1900–1978 68. Queen Liliuokalani – 1838–1917 69. Fanny Cochrane Smith – 1834–1905 70. Lillian Ngoyi – 1911–1980 71. Miriam Makeba – 1932–2008 72. Te Puea Herangi – 1883–1952 73. Whina Cooper – 1895–1994 74. Susan La Flesche Picotte – 1865–1915 75. Sojourner Truth – c. 1797–1883

Women who knew how to have a good-ass time

76. Empress Theodora – c. AD 500–548 77. Wallada bint al-Mustakfi – c. 994–1091 78. Nell Gwynn – 1650–1687 79. George Sand – 1804–1876 80. Lucy Hicks Anderson – 1886–1954 81. Mercedes de Acosta – 1893–1968 82. Gladys Bentley – 1907–1960 83. Coccinelle – 1931–2006 84. Umm Kulthum – 1898/1904–1975 85. Josephine Baker – 1906–1975

Women who punched Nazis

86. Sophie Scholl – 1921–1943 87. Hannah Arendt – 1906–1975 88. Noor Inayat Khan – 1914–1944 89. Nancy Wake – 1912–2011 90. Dorothy Thompson – 1893–1961 91. Irena Sendler – 1910–2008

Your new revolutionary role models

92. Olympe de Gouges – 1748–1793 93. Policarpa Salavarrieta – 1795–1817 94. Sofia Perovskaya – 1853–1881 95. Alexandra Kollontai – 1872–1952 96. Juana Azurduy – 1781–1862 97. Rosa Luxemburg – 1871–1919 98. Constance Markievicz – 1868–1927 99. Luisa Moreno – 1907–1992 100. Jayaben Desai – 1933–2010

Conclusion Old People Glossary Acknowledgements Bibliography Picture Acknowledgements Footnotes