Female Badasses in History

Nellie McClung
was one of the most important leaders of Canada's first wave of feminism, and she is still remembered for her role in the famous "Person's Case" which saw Canadian women declared persons in 1929.

Do you want inspiring or real bad ass? For bad, there are Charles Manson's followers, Bonnie Parker, Ma Barker.

Then, good, Indira Ghandi, Golda Mier, Mother Theresa, Margaret Thatcher -

more recent badass, Ann Richardson

Good one... and Molly Ivins!

actually, I'm embarrassed, it's Ann RICHARDS

wait -- no one has come up with Rose Will Monroe, aka Rosie the Riveter??

and here is MARGE :

Ann Richardson ... badass.

I'll admit -- I thought she was fictional, sort of an amalgam, used for advertising purposes. I didn't know (or forgot) that she was an actual historical figure.

Ah, seems like there is some of both -- the "Rosie the Riveter" idea came first, then an actual Rosie was found who fit the concept pretty well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter

Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII...

Seriously badass. Fabulous costume opportunity!

seems that the real rosie could not be shown ... it was 1943 ...

Elizabeth I of England? (Very tough, thought not a pioneer of anything.)

Susan B Anthony? (Pioneer of women's rights in America)

Lise Meitner? She was a pioneer of nuclear physics, arguably contributing more for the field than any other single person. Alas, the real world is not a Hollywood morality play. Consequently, Meitner never got the Nobel Prize she deserved more than anyone else. Her career, though okay, remained far behind its potential, given her accomplishments. There isn't a single good reason for this; the only plausible reason was a bad one: Meitner was a woman. Definitely recommended if Sozlet is in feminist-avenger mode.

I swear I didn't see that, Eva! Great minds ....

Love Molly Ivins -- a badass with a sense of humor!

Nellie Bly?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

Do they have to be from the US?


Mary Wollstonecraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

George Sand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand

Collette

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand

Lizzie Borden

Ada Lovelace, the first programmer! Probably more badass than we'll ever know.

Kateri Tekakwitha

Aphra Behn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn