Historical Badasses


Babe Didrikson Zaharias preparing to throw a javelin during the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The greatest athlete you have probably never heard of

Sabeena Wahid
Two pictures of Tarabai Shinde on a yellow background

Have you heard of India’s first feminist writer Tarabai Shinde?

Hannah Rachel Abraham
[Image description: A painting of Savitribai Phule, an Indian social reformer.] Via India Today

Savitribai Phule was the feminist teacher from the 1850s we wish we had in high school

Advaita Chaudhari

Maryville Museum

The real story behind the term “Sugar Daddy” is sweeter than you think

Helena Ong
Two photos: one photo of a group of warriors holding weapons, and another of the Dora Milaje, a group of women dressed in red, holding spears

N’Nonmiton: Meet the real Dora Milaje, the most feared women in history

Simi Segun
Madam J. Walker driving a car with three other black women in the car.

Madam C.J. Walker was the first Black female millionaire

Tatayana Allen

Image description: oil painting of historical figure Ada Lovelace.] via Wikimedia Commons

Ada Lovelace: the mathematical genius who pioneered computer programming in the 1800s

Luale Monze
[Image Description: Mizuo Peck playing Sacagawea in the 2006 fantasy comedy film, ‘Night at the Museum.’] via Pinterest

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Sacagawea, the ultimate working mother

Safa Shoaib
A collage of firsts in history.

21 firsts in history that show how far some courage can get you

Tamia Adolph

[Image description: painting of Anne Lister wearing a long black dress.] via Wikimedia Commons

Anne Lister is the iconic soul behind the chronicles of the first modern lesbian

Luale Monze
[Image description: Statue of Queen Mọ́remí] via Face2FaceAfrica

Meet Queen Mọ́remí, today’s leaders could learn a thing or two from her

Bashirat Oladele
Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.

WASPs: the women who flew ahead of their time (and that the USA decided to forget)

Helena Ong