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    Lioness Warriors
    Athena Ives
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 2 min

    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...
    Lozen Apache Warrior
    Athena Ives
    • Jul 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
    Viking Shield Maiden Lagertha
    Athena Ives
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
    Pirate Queen of Ireland Grace O'Malley
    Athena Ives
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    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...
    Medal of Honor Recipient Dr. Mary Walker
    Athena Ives
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
    Odette Legendary WWII Spy
    Athena Ives
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Odette Legendary WWII Spy

    By Athena Ives Odette Samson Hallowes (1912-1995) was a courageous agent for the United Kingdom’s Clandestine Special Operations...
    Nachtehexen: The Night Witches
    Athena Ives
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Women Warriors Paving the Way
    Athena Ives
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 7 min

    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...
    Wang Cong'er, the Real Mulan?
    Athena Ives
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Marathon Warrior Queen Abbie Johnson
    Athena Ives
    • May 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
    Warrior Queen Artemisia
    Athena Ives
    • May 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    Grappling Warrior Queen
Sergeant First Class Laree Callihan
    Athena Ives
    • Mar 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    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...
    Revolutionary War Queen of Artillery 
Molly Pitcher
    Athena Ives
    • Mar 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...