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Athena Ives
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Lioness Warriors
Until 2013, women were not allowed to serve in ground combat units, but due to the necessity for women in these units, the military...
Athena Ives
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Lozen Apache Warrior
Lozen was a female warrior of the Chiricahua Apaches (known also as the Members or Warm Springs Apache) who lived during the 19th...
Athena Ives
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Viking Shield Maiden Lagertha
DNA finally proves that female Viking warriors, like Lagertha, existed. In the 1880s, a massive gravesite was found in the Swedish town...
Athena Ives
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Pirate Queen of Ireland Grace O'Malley
Vilified by her English adversaries as ‘a woman who hath imprudently passed the part of womanhood’, Grace O’Malley was ignored by...
Athena Ives
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Medal of Honor Recipient Dr. Mary Walker
Meet Dr. Mary Walker, a former POW, spy, and the only female awarded the Medal of Honor. When the Civil War broke out, she attempted to...
Athena Ives
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Odette Legendary WWII Spy
By Athena Ives Odette Samson Hallowes (1912-1995) was a courageous agent for the United Kingdom’s Clandestine Special Operations...
Athena Ives
Oct 14, 20202 min read
Nachtehexen: The Night Witches
By Athena Ives In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa and the Red Army was struggling. Women were banned from serving in...
Athena Ives
Sep 30, 20207 min read
Women Warriors Paving the Way
Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star, along...
Athena Ives
Sep 5, 20202 min read
Wang Cong'er, the Real Mulan?
I've seen a lot of people post about the new Mulan movie. I am excited to see it. Even though historians aren't sure if she was real or...
Athena Ives
May 2, 20204 min read
Marathon Warrior Queen Abbie Johnson
This months current female Warrior is the empowering Abbie Johnson. Abbie served in the Navy from 2012 to 2016 and was a musician in the...
Athena Ives
May 2, 20202 min read
Warrior Queen Artemisia
Queen Artemisia, I of Halicarnassus lived from C. 520–460 BCE. She ruled over the city of Halicarnassus during the Persian Wars against...
Athena Ives
Mar 21, 20205 min read
Grappling Warrior Queen Sergeant First Class Laree Callihan
“Laree ‘Cali’ Callihan belongs to an elite class of warriors driven by love that live by loyalty and are humbly fueled by a constant...
Athena Ives
Mar 21, 20203 min read
Revolutionary War Queen of Artillery Molly Pitcher
“While in the act of reaching a cartridge and having one of her feet as far before the other as she could step, a cannon shot from the...
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