Women Who Did What They Wanted

[ysabetwordsmith]

... a reading list.  :D 

Awesome theme!  Sappho and Hypatia leap readily to mind.



What are some of your favorites?

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[acelightning]

Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
Maria Sklodovska Curie
Amelia Earhart
Annie Oakley
Tallulah Bankhead
Margaret Chase Smith
Julian of Norwich
Pamela Coleman Smith
Buffy Sainte-Marie
(and I don't have time to type the rest of the my role models)

[cmcmck]

Aphra Behn, one of my most awesome 17th century women- playwright, poet and spy, although Lucy Hutchinson and Brilliana Harley are also special.

[erulisse]

Grainne O'Malley! Rather a fan of pirates.

[(Anonymous)]

Ellen Annette Matrin
Boudicca
Joan of Arc
One-Eyed Charlie*
Madmoiselle du Maupin*
Trung sisters
Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Fry
Dr. Hawa Abdi
Malala Yousafzai
The elderly schoolteachers who use themselves as human shields against mysoginistic suicide bombers
An 80yr-old lady I knew in childhood who so annoyed the millitary recruiters while protesting, that she got arrested (along with her posse. Did I mention she was in a wheelchair?)
Hoelun (mother of Temujin, aka Genghis Khan)
Empress Theodora
There was a nun who tried to trade herself for some of the Boko Haram hostages
Mamie Till Bradley (mother of Emmett Till, insisted on open-casket funeral)
Edna Adan
Pope Joan, if she existed

*Not sure if they'd identify as female if born into our contemporary culture, but I'm listing them here anyway.