Badass Women of History Series

Hell Hath No Fury.....

In honor of the movie Wonder Woman, entering its 3rd record breaking week, I introduce to you the Badass Woman of History Series. At least once a month, possibly twice depending on the length of other posts, one of my posts here on Ancient Allen will bring to light the story of one of the myriad of remarkable women that defied convention and picked up the sword (or gun, or cannon,....) to become fearsome warriors as formidable on the battlefield as any of their male contemporaries. From either being cunning strategist, master swordsman, or sharpshooters, these ladies proved their mettle.

From the angelic Valkyrie of Norse legends to the stoic Amazons of Greek myth, there is precedent in the collective ideals of human civilizations of women warriors. This ideal has been put into practice again and again throughout all of history and across the world. And in varies aspects of warrorism; from armored maidens like Joan of Arc and Tomoe Gozen, warrior queens like Boudica and K'abel, to ruthless scoundrels like Sadie the Goat and Anne Bonny. Women so fierce, so powerful, and so numerous that even Joss Whedon and his writers would have a hard time keeping up. These women prove that sexism does not hold water, especially in the art of war.

So far I have a pretty expansive and diverse line-up, as listed below. The first up will be the Celtic Queen Boudica (top left in the above picture), who challenged the might of Rome and even had Emperor Nero questioning the empires future in the province known as Britannia, modern day England. From there the order is pretty fluid so if there is any particular one you would like to read about next or one you don't see on this list please let me know at ancientallen1014@gmail.com.

Tomoe Gozen - Samurai (top right)
Joan of Arc - French Knight (center)
Lozen - Apache warrior prophet (top center)
Rani Lakshmi Bai - Queen of India (middle left)
K'abel - Mayan Queen (middle right)
Pearl Hart - American Old West Outlaw (bottom left)
Nakano Takeko - Samurai (middle bottom)
Freydis Eirikdottir - Viking Explorer (bottom right)
Pantea Arteshbod - Persian Commander
Fu Hao - Queen of the Shang Dynasty
Grace O'Mally - Pirate
Trieu Thi Trinh - Vietnamese General
Nzinga - African Queen

and many more.....So stay tuned!