Dung Ha (c. 1965-2000) was a powerful Vietnamese gangster who challenged the “Godfather of Saigon.” She broke gender expression...

Veleda (c. 100 CE) was a seeress venerated by Germanic tribes for her prophecies and diplomatic gifts. She was considered a...

Tomyris (unknown – 520 BCE) was the fierce queen who defended her kingdom against an invasion by Cyrus the Great, the king...

Ursula Southeil (c. 1488-1561), better known as “Mother Shipton,” was an English prophetess and seeress known for her...

Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer (c.1526 – 1588) embodied what it meant to be a heroine. As the owner of a shipyard, she...

Katharine “Kay” Way was a nuclear physicist who worked at multiple Manhattan Project sites. She was an expert in radioactive...

Scheherezade is the storyteller of the frame story for Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights, a collection of stories...

María Remedios del Valle (unknown – 1847) was a real woman whose story of fierce fighting and selfless sacrifice made her...

Etta Place (c. 1880s) is a mystery. The rifle-toting bandit of the Old West ran with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as part...