Formidable Females

Formidable Females uncovers the women who history filed in the wrong drawer. Warriors, queens, rebels, and ordinary women who turned out to be anything but. These are the stories that got left out of the official record.

History has always had a filing problem. The women who shaped the world often ended up in footnotes, or nowhere at all.

Formidable Females puts them back where they belong.Each book takes a different corner of history and asks the same question:

who got left out, and who decided that?

SWORD SISTERS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD : Shieldmaidens, Samurai Women, Rebel Queens, and the Hidden Female Fighters of Medieval Warfare (Formidable Females)

From the series: Formidable Females

History remembers kings, generals, and conquerors.
It is far less reliable on everyone else.

In 1878, archaeologists uncovered what appeared to be the ultimate Viking warrior burial. Sword, axe, spear, two sacrificed horses, and a strategic gaming set, all placed with unmistakable military honour. For more than 140 years, scholars cited the grave...

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Pharaohs in Skirts. Egyptian Mythology for Teens

The Formidable Females Behind the Legends of Ancient Egypt’s Goddesses, Queens, and Leaders

From the series: Formidable Females

Pharaohs in Skirts. Egyptian Mythology for Teens

Do you want to know about Unstoppable Women? Epic Legends? Empowerment? Grab your copy now.
Whether ruling your classroom or girl-bossing the world, these icons will show you how to own your crown.
Why You’ll Love This Book

Epic Empowerment: Stories of queens, goddesses, and warriors who rewrote...

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Daughters of Smoke. The True History and Mythology of Witchcraft: From Ancient Goddesses to the Salem Witch Trials, and the Women Who Refused to Burn (Formidable Legends of Mythology)

From the series: Formidable Females

60,000+ women burned or hanged. So, why fear the healers more than those who killed them? Why did humanity’s healers become history’s most hunted?

She delivered your babies. She saved your mother. She sat with your dying father. Then, accused of witchcraft, she died.

The questions that haunt us: Why does the witch still fascinate us, inspire...

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