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Adversaries: Alice Lee
Season 5 Episode 531
Alice Lee (1859-1939) was a statistician and one of the first women to earn a Doctorate of Science from the University of London. Her dissertation, p…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Joanie "Chyna" Laurer
Season 5 Episode 530
Joanie “Chyna” Laurer (1969-2016) was a mainstay in the WWE in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Billed as “The Ninth Wonder of the World”, she wrestle…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Tituba
Season 5 Episode 529
Tituba (c. 1692) was an enslaved woman who played a significant role in the Salem witch trials of 1692. As one of the first to be accused of witchcra…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Tomoe Gozen
Season 5 Episode 258
Tomoe Gozen (c. 1180s) was a female samurai in 12th century Japan who became renowned for her fierceness and bravery as a warrior during the Genpei c…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Dandara dos Palmares
Season 5 Episode 257
Dandara dos Palmares (c. 1654-1694) was a warrior in colonial Brazil. She grew up in a quilombo, fought in numerous battles, and led female armies th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Cynane
Season 5 Episode 256
Cynane (357 BC - 323 BC) was a warrior princess and older half-sister of Alexander the Great. She fought in battle as a child with her father and hal…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Joan Crawford
Season 5 Episode 255
Joan Crawford (c.1908 - 1977) was an American actress known for Hollywood classics like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and Mildred Pierce. Her feud …
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Lyda Conley
Season 5 Episode 254
Eliza Burton “Lyda” Conley (c.1869 - 1946) was a lawyer and Wyandot Native American. She was the first woman admitted to the Kansas Bar Association a…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: Magdalena Caballero-Morales
Season 5 Episode 253
Magdalena Caballero-Morales (1925-2006) was considered a pioneer for women in lucha libre, or wrestling. Inside the ring, she fought her opponents fe…
1 year, 8 months ago
Adversaries: A.S. Byatt vs. Margaret Drabble
Season 5 Episode 252
A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) and Margaret Drabble (1939-present) are sisters and writers. Both achieved global fame at different points in their career and…
1 year, 8 months ago