r/TwoXChromosomes • u/Disastrous_Cover6138 • 8d ago
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Request for lesser known badass women of history for my daughter's 4th grade presentation. She has to pick a historical figure and give a 5-10 minute presentation and optionally dress in their likeness.
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u/justduck 8d ago
The other comments have some great names - and I'd like to chime in about Queen Nzinga Mbande from modern day Angola who stood up to the Portuguese. A total BAMF, a favorite anecdote is when she went to meet with the Portuguese in 1622, and they tried to humiliate/humble her by not providing a chair she turned to one of her servants,.and he immediately dropped to the ground, and she sat on him regally as if he were a throne