Badass Bitches Archives - Museum Hack

Elinor Powell: The African-American Nurse Who Fell in Love with a German POW

Alex Johnson — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:00:28 +0000

Sometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.

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The Worst Banquet Of All Time

Kayla Mahoney — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:00:59 +0000

If you think your last Thanksgiving was bad, be glad you weren't a guest at Nitocris' banquet.

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Mariya Oktyabrskaya: The Fighting Girlfriend

Alex Johnson — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:00:22 +0000

When the Nazis killed her husband, Mariya Oktyabrskaya killed 'em right back.

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Kate Warne: America’s First Official Female Spy

Kayla Mahoney — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:00:15 +0000

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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The Real Story of Coit Tower

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:00:28 +0000

Lillie Hitchcock Coit was her name and gamblin’ was her game.

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Olga of Kiev: The One Saint You Don’t Want to Mess With

Alex Johnson — Wed, 30 May 2018 13:00:36 +0000

Hell hath no fury like a woman whose husband got ripped in half by birch trees.

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Violet Jessop: The World’s Most Unsinkable Woman

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 02 May 2018 13:00:02 +0000

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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Cleopatra: How One Woman Nearly Destroyed Two Civilizations

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:28 +0000

Cleopatra wasn’t just some incredibly beautiful woman hellbent on having affairs with Roman rulers. She was closer to Cersei Lannister: a ruthless military and political leader that Rome was absolutely terrified of.

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Life Is What You Make It: Leadership Lessons from Eleanor of Aquitaine

Taylor Gmahling — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:00:20 +0000

By turns both Queen of France and England, Eleanor of Aquitane was beautiful, intelligent, and took no prisoners. We can learn a lot about female leadership from her.

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The Real Story of Big Alma Spreckels

Kayla Mahoney — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:24:35 +0000

Big Alma Spreckels was a big woman with an even bigger story. But who was this larger than life lady who graced the golden gated city by the bay?

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