“I don’t wear men’s clothes, I wear my own clothes.” 822: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker The Only Woman to Ever Receive the Medal of Honor (United States) Born: 26 November 1832, Oswego, New York, United States of America Died: 21 February 1919, Oswego, New York, United States of America Mary was an abolitionist, women’s rights…
“I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.” 821: Frances Burney Satirical Novelist, Diarist, and Playwright Born: 13 June 1752, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 6 January 1840, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Also Known As: Fanny Burney or Frances d’Arblay Frances is also known for having had a…
“I have been thought mad—ridiculed and abused; but it is out of the power of man to change my way of thinking upon any subject.” 820: Hester Stanhope The Queen of the East Born: 12 March 1776, Chevening, Kent, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 13 June 1839, Djoun, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Joun, Lebanon) Hester became…
819: Charlotte Badger The First European/Australian Female Pirate Born: c.1778, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died After: 1816 Charlotte was also one of the first two white female settlers in New Zealand. Charlotte was banished to Australia after a petty theft conviction in her native Britain. She stole a silk handkerchief and a few guineas. Since…
818: Onake Obavva Yeah, she was a Badass Born: c.1750, Most Likely India Died: 1777, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India Onake is her people’s term for the weapon she most famously wielded; while Obavva was her actual name. Obavva is remembered for fighting off rival forces with a pestle (which in this case is a huge wooden…
817: Catalina de Erauso The Lieutenant Nun Born: c.1585-1592, San Sebastian, Basque, Spain Last Known Sighting: c.1650, Veracruz or Cuitlaxtla, New Spain (Present-day Veracruz, Mexico) Also Known As: La Monja Alferez or Antonio de Erauso Before she was born, Catalina’s father was wounded in battle. He made a vow, that if he were to survive…
816: Noor Inayat Khan Radio Operator and Spy in Occupied France Born: 1 January 1914, Moscow, Russian Empire (Present-day Moscow, Russia) Died: 13 September 1944, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany Noor was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan (making her kind of a princess). She was raised to be a pacifist; her father was a Sufi…
815: Naziq al-Abid Joan of Arc of the Arabs Born: 1898, Damascus, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Damascus, Syria) Died: 1959, Syria Also Spelled: Nazik Full Name: Nazik Khatim al-ʿAbid Bayhum Naziq was a Revolutionary and Suffragette born into a wealthy family. She spoke five languages, started the Syrian Red Crescent and Noor-al-Fayha (Light of Damascus, the…
814: Mai Bhago Sikh Saint who Fought the Mughal Empire Born: c.1666, Jhabal Kalan, Punjab, Majha Region, India Died: c.1750, Present-day Janwada, India Also Known As: Mata Bhago Kaur or Mai Bhag Kaur Mai’s childhood was spent being educated by her dad on how to be a good Sikh, how to ride a horse, and…
“If even the withdrawal of this hero from public life has failed to calm your rage and you have chosen me as your target, I can say to you: you can do whatever you want to me, you can threaten my very existence, cowards that you are, but you cannot make me betray my respect…