In Volume lV of Badass Women in Herstory, we’re looking at five unstoppable forces. From battlefields to hidden identities to underground networks, these women weren’t just ahead of their time — they bent time to their will. We’re talking about Queen Amanirenas of Kush, the one-eyed warrior queen who humiliated the Roman Empire and made sure they never forgot it. And Dr. James Barry..? Born Margaret Anne Bulkley, this trailblazer lived in stealth as a man for decades, performing the first successful C-section in the British Empire and leaving the patriarchy shooketh when the truth came out!!
We’ll also meet Princess Khutulun, the Mongol warrior who literally wrestled her way out of every forced marriage proposal, Ida B. Wells, the fearless journalist who made lynching impossible to ignore, and Irena Sendler, the Polish social worker who risked her life to smuggle over 2,000 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto under Nazi rule.
Tap in to hear how these women rewrote the rules, subverted empires, and left history trying to catch up. BISH YASS!!
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