DID YOU KNOW

Hello ladies and gents this is the viking telling you that today we are talking about

FACTS ABOUT AMAZING WOMEN

In The Right(s)

Komako Kimura was a Japanese suffragist, and marched on Fifth Avenue in New York to demand the right to vote for women. Komako did this in 1917, when xenophobia was still a big problem in America. Way to go Komako!

Brainiac

Sofia Ionescu was a Romanian neurosurgeon who worked in the field of neurosurgery for over 47 years, performing every single procedure known to medical science in that time. She is considered one of the first ever female neurosurgeons in the world.

Bulletproof

Stephanie Kwolek was an American chemist who invented Kevlar, the material used in most bulletproof vests and body armor. In 1995, she became the fourth ever woman to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall Of Fame. Kevlar isn’t just used for bulletproof armor though, and is often used to make tennis rackets, boats, planes, skis, ropes, cables, and tires.

Royal Pain

Rani Lakshmi Bai was the Queen of Jhansi and one of the most important heroines of the first war for Indian freedom from British rule. She rebelled when the British tried to annex her territory, and met her oppressors on the battlefield on horseback, with her child strapped to her back. Though she was eventually killed in battle, she fought to her last breath for something she believed in.

Asian Sensation

Ching Shih was a prostitute that was captured by pirates in the early 1800s. She soon married the pirate’s captain, Cheng I. When Cheng died she maneuvered herself into a leadership position, and soon was the captain of her own fleet which she grew to over 1800 ships. She commanded 40,000 to 80,000 pirates throughout her career and is known as one of the most successful pirates of all time. She was so good at what she did, the Chinese Imperial Navy, Portuguese Navy, and the Royal British Navy were helpless against her.

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