Herstory Magnets

Ketanji Brown Jackson made herstory as the first female black Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Beketaten

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, Simone de Beauvoir was a French author who had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.

Check out my turquoise version of a Frida Kahlo self portrait. "You are all the combinations of numbers of life."

Annie Oakley was a complete badass American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

Katherine Hepburn was an indomitable American stage and film actress, known as a spirited performer with a touch of eccentricity.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was and American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first concerted demand for women’s suffrage in the United States.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was and American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first concerted demand for women’s suffrage in the United States.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was and American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first concerted demand for women’s suffrage in the United States.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was and American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first concerted demand for women’s suffrage in the United States.

Nancy Wake, "The White Mouse". The most decorated woman of WW2. Of a TV-miniseries depicting her exploits she complained "It was well acted but in parts it was extremely stupid. At one stage they had me cooking eggs and bacon to feed the men. For goodness' sake, did the Allies parachute me into France to fry eggs and bacon for the men? There wasn't an egg to be had for love nor money. Even if there had been why would I be frying it? I had men to do that sort of thing." Also stating that she was to busy killing Nazis for the romantic entanglement the show suggested. Sources: independent.co.uk & Wikipedia.

One of the six daughters of Nefertiti and Akhenaten

Not all herstories were one to begin with, yet fall into the same void. Celebrate them too.

Gloria Steinem was a key figure in second wave feminism. As a journalist and social political activist, she became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "It is more rewarding to watch money change the world that watch it accumulate."

Not all so called "herstories" ever were one to begin with, yet misgendering means they fall into the same void. Celebrate trans masc history too.

Frida Kahlo portrait with information about the iconic Mexican artist in the background.

Trung Trac and Trung Nhi. In 1st Century B.C. Vietnamese woman had equal rights to men and were able to be clan rulers, own businesses, inherit property, and have multiple husbands. Then in 111 B.C. Vietnam was conquered by the Han dynasty of Imperial China which imposed taxes, laws, and also a patriarchal system that reduced the role and status of women in society. Born in a rural Vietnamese village, into a military family, The Trung sisters grew up studying warfare and learning to fight. In 40 AD they raised an army of 80,000, with both male and female generals, and lead the first national uprising against the Chinese. In a series of victories they took 65 citadels and crowned themselves kings. They established court in Me-Linh and wer...

Virginia Woolf was an English Writer. She is best known for her novels, but she also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of power.

Lucy Hicks Anderson. Born in 1886, at a young age Anderson informed her parents she was a girl, insisted on wearing dresses, and called herself Lucy. Her mother took her to see a doctor who encouraged her to raise Lucy as a girl. At 15 she left school and began working as a domestic worker. Marrying her first husband at age 34 they moved to Oxnard, California where Lucy worked as a nanny and cook, winning prizes in cooking competitions and catering events for the wealthy. She bought a boarding house and opened it as a brothel, also selling liquor during prohibition, and was arrested twice for possession of liquor. In 1944 she married her second husband, Reuben Anderson, a soldier. After cases of venereal disease were traced back to her b...

Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis were key figures in second wave feminism.

Golda Meir served as Israel’s first female Prime Minister. She has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics.

Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a Russian author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. "Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom..."

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a Russian author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. "Time is only an illusion..."

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a Russian author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. "There is non religion higher that truth."

Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis were key figures in second wave feminism.

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a Russian author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. "The Mind is the great slayer of the real."

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a Russian author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. "Everything in the Universe, throughout all its kingdoms, is conscious..."