@realChaim_Rubin@BadderThanSwift The 588th Night Bomber Regiment, aka the Night Witches. An all-female regiment of the Soviet Air Force who flew nighttime bombing raids against Nazi invaders during WWII, using obsolete biplanes.
@BadderThanSwift My SIL who had a child at 16, got her college degree, beat cancer, left an abusive husband and now is the director of a federal program that provides affordable housing for those who need it.
Voting only once every four years to keep leaders accountable is a crude algorithm. Our industrial-era institutions move at the speed of paper, but those feedback loops could be sped up.
Boudica - a Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in AD 61, and died shortly after its failure. She is considered a British folk hero.
Sergeant Mariya Oktyabrskaya - When her husband was killed, she sold all her possessions to fund and build a T-34 tank which she commanded. She fought valiantly against Nazi invaders, leaving her tank under fire to repair it repeatedly. Killed in battle, hero of the Soviet Union.
Anne Kopchovsky - She accepted a wager to be the first woman to cycle around the World in 1894. Anne was a Jewish in a very anti-Semitic era, 5ft 3 and hadn’t ridden a bicycle until a few days before the trip. She made it in 15 months, self-funded.
Ching Shih - a Pirate in middle Qing China, who terrorized the China Sea in the 19th century. She commanded over 300 Chinese sailing ships manned by 20-40,000 pirates. She entered into conflict with the existing Empires of the time, such as the British & Portuguese Empires.
Teresa Magbanua - Called the Joan of Arc of Visayas. She was a school teacher from Portia , Iloilo. She led Visayan Katipunero troops during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-Americans War. With a pistol, she braved the frontline on horseback. #badbitch
Lyudmila Pavlichenko - Russian sniper who killed over 300 Nazis, including dozens of officers. When on a tour of the US, she was asked how many men she had killed, and responded, ‘No men, just fascists’.
Citi Siti Wan Kembang - 16th Century Malaysian Queen who led an army of female warriors on horseback to defend her territories when called for, wielding a sword and mystical powers. She refused to marry... instead she adopted a daughter, Puteri Saadong, to rule after her.
Boudica - a Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in AD 61, and died shortly after its failure. She is considered a British folk hero.
Khutulun - The great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan. She was a strong fighter and insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling, but any man who she beat must give her a horse. She wound up with 10,000 horses...
Sergeant Mariya Oktyabrskaya - When her husband was killed, she sold all her possessions to fund and build a T-34 tank which she commanded. She fought valiantly against Nazi invaders, leaving her tank under fire to repair it repeatedly. Killed in battle, hero of the Soviet Union.
Anne Kopchovsky - She accepted a wager to be the first woman to cycle around the World in 1894. Anne was a Jewish in a very anti-Semitic era, 5ft 3 and hadn’t ridden a bicycle until a few days before the trip. She made it in 15 months, self-funded.
Ching Shih - a Pirate in middle Qing China, who terrorized the China Sea in the 19th century. She commanded over 300 Chinese sailing ships manned by 20-40,000 pirates. She entered into conflict with the existing Empires of the time, such as the British & Portuguese Empires.
Teresa Magbanua - Called the Joan of Arc of Visayas. She was a school teacher from Portia , Iloilo. She led Visayan Katipunero troops during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-Americans War. With a pistol, she braved the frontline on horseback. #badbitch
Lyudmila Pavlichenko - Russian sniper who killed over 300 Nazis, including dozens of officers. When on a tour of the US, she was asked how many men she had killed, and responded, ‘No men, just fascists’.
Citi Siti Wan Kembang - 16th Century Malaysian Queen who led an army of female warriors on horseback to defend her territories when called for, wielding a sword and mystical powers. She refused to marry... instead she adopted a daughter, Puteri Saadong, to rule after her.