Miriam Klein Stahl

Funmilayo Ransome Kuti - Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas Was Born in Nigeria in 1900. Funmilayo (the Name She Went by) Was the First Female Student at Her Elementary School and Then Studied in England Before Returning to Nigeria and Becoming a Teacher. In 1932, She Gathered a Few Young Women Together to Start the Abeokuta Ladies (ALC) Which Began as a Small, Polite Group Focused on Learning Proper Etiquette, Drinking Tea, and Doing Crafts. ...] - Celebrate People's History

Phoolan Devi - "What Others Called a Crime, I Called Justice" - Februry 1981: A 24 Year Old Village Woman, Born into Poverty in India, Is Labelled 'The Bandit Queen'. She Is Charged With a Number of Major Offences Including Murder, Kidnap for Ransom and Looting Villages. Most Importantly, She Is Accused of Killing 22 High-Caste Men in the Village of Behmai, a Massacre Undertaken as Revenge for the Death of Her Lover and Repeated Gang Rape against Herself. [...] - Celebrate Peoples' History