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Alex Johnson
Elinor Powell: The African-American Nurse Who Fell in Love with a German POW
Sometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.
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Hayley Milliman
5 Things Betsy Ross Did That Weren’t Sewing a Flag
Turns out, Betsy Ross did a whole lot more than just sew a flag.
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Kayla Mahoney
The Worst Banquet Of All Time
If you think your last Thanksgiving was bad, be glad you weren’t a guest at Nitocris’ banquet.
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Alex Johnson
Sarah Edmonds: The Canadian Chameleon of the American Civil War
Sarah Emma Edmonds’ dad was such a d*ck that she ran away from Canada to join the United States’ most self-destructive war.
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Alex Johnson
Mariya Oktyabrskaya: The Fighting Girlfriend
When the Nazis killed her husband, Mariya Oktyabrskaya killed ’em right back.
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Kayla Mahoney
Kate Warne: America’s First Official Female Spy
It’s 1861. A plot has been uncovered to assassinate everyone’s favorite top-hatted president, Abraham Lincoln. Who you gonna call? The answer my friends is Kate Warne; trailblazer, spy, and all around Badass Bitch.
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Kayla Mahoney
The Real Story of Coit Tower
Lillie Hitchcock Coit was her name and gamblin’ was her game.
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Alex Johnson
Olga of Kiev: The One Saint You Don’t Want to Mess With
Hell hath no fury like a woman whose husband got ripped in half by birch trees.
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Kayla Mahoney
The Name Is Hall…Virginia Hall
We don’t have any actual way of proving this, but we’re pretty sure the inspiration for James Bond came from this one-legged, prison-breaking badass bitch.
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Kayla Mahoney
Violet Jessop: The World’s Most Unsinkable Woman
This is the story of Violet Jessop, an Irish woman who survived not one, not two, but three of the most catastrophic ship disasters of the 20th century.
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