Athena IvesJul 31, 20212 minLioness 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 IvesJul 31, 20211 minLozen Apache WarriorLozen was a female warrior of the Chiricahua Apaches (known also as the Members or Warm Springs Apache) who lived during the 19th...
Athena IvesJul 29, 20211 minViking 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 IvesJul 29, 20212 minPirate Queen of Ireland Grace O'MalleyVilified by her English adversaries as ‘a woman who hath imprudently passed the part of womanhood’, Grace O’Malley was ignored by...
Athena IvesJul 29, 20211 minMedal 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 IvesNov 19, 20203 minOdette Legendary WWII SpyBy Athena Ives Odette Samson Hallowes (1912-1995) was a courageous agent for the United Kingdom’s Clandestine Special Operations...
Athena IvesOct 14, 20202 minNachtehexen: The Night WitchesBy Athena Ives In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa and the Red Army was struggling. Women were banned from serving in...
Athena IvesSep 30, 20207 minWomen Warriors Paving the WaySgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star, along...
Athena IvesSep 5, 20202 minWang 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 IvesMay 2, 20204 minMarathon Warrior Queen Abbie JohnsonThis 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 IvesMay 2, 20202 minWarrior Queen ArtemisiaQueen Artemisia, I of Halicarnassus lived from C. 520–460 BCE. She ruled over the city of Halicarnassus during the Persian Wars against...
Athena IvesMar 21, 20205 minGrappling 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 IvesMar 21, 20203 minRevolutionary 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...