Tag: Lyudmila Pavlichenko

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt: The First Lady Who Refused to Pour the Tea In 1942, a twenty-five-year-old woman with 309 confirmed kills walked into the White House, and the First Lady of the United States looked at her, took her measure, and thought: I want to take you on a road trip. Hold that image. We are…

  • Lyudmila Pavlichenko

    Lyudmila Pavlichenko

    They Called Her “Lady Death” Bad-Ass Women in History — Lyudmila Pavlichenko, 1916–1974 309 Confirmed Kills • Undefeated • Unsilenced She had 309 confirmed kills. The Nazis put a bounty on her head. American journalists asked her about her nail polish. Kyiv → Odessa → Sevastopol • 1941–1942 • Bad-Ass Women in History Introduction Here…