Tag: Women in History
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Eva Perón
The Saint, the Demagogue, and the Body That Wouldn’t Stay Buried Bad-Ass Women in History — Eva Perón | 1911 – 1952 First Lady • Labor Advocate • Political Icon She made power look down and notice the poor. Eva Perón turned fame into a weapon for Argentina’s workers, women, and forgotten poor. Loved like…
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Anna Komnene
Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153) was a Byzantine princess and historian who chronicled the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I, in her significant work, the “Alexiad.” Despite being born to rule, she faced societal limitations as a woman, eventually finding her power through writing rather than the throne, asserting her place in history.
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Hand a Woman is a Pen Bad-Ass Women in History — Tsitsi Dangarembga, c. 1959 – Present Writer • Filmmaker • Truth-Teller She wrote the wounds colonialism wanted buried. Tsitsi Dangarembga gave Zimbabwean women a voice the world could not ignore. Her books exposed race, gender, power, and survival…
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Ana Betancourt
Ana Betancourt asked an army of revolutionaries to free their women too. They said “maybe later.” She didn’t live to see it. Here’s why that still matters.
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Dolley Madison
She Set the Table & Washington Ate From Her Hand Bad-Ass Women in History — Dolley Madison, 1768–1849 Held No Office • Cast No Vote • Ran the Room Anyway She held no office, cast no vote, and signed nothing into law. For half a century she was the closest thing the American Republic had…