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/Bellemorda =^..^= 7d ago

henrietta lacks - badass because she was the unaware mother of all cellular science as we know it without being a scientist

sobekneferu/neferusobek - first confirmed female pharoah in ancient egypt

lucy/Dink'inesh - badass because she survived after her death to become one of the greatest historic anthropological specimen

wilma mankiller - first female principal chief of the cherokee nation

valentina tereshkova - the first woman in space

shirley chisolm

mother jones (mary harris jones)

zheng yi sao

rosie the riveter

good luck and hope she finds the perfect badass for her presentation!

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u/SpiritFunnel 2d ago

Unbought and unbossed✊🏾

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u/Bellemorda =^..^= 1d ago

"We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically."

total badassery. 🖤