Category: Women Adventurers
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Clara Brown – Determined Pioneer Who Held On to Hope
Clara Brown was an enslaved woman. No property, no expectations of life. But she happened to find a kind master who freed her when he died, and she started on…
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Weetamoo – An Amazing Warrior In a Clash of Cultures
Weetamoo was an amazing woman, warrior and chief of a native American tribe who lived in a time of cultural change. She was an influential leader, but because she was…
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Ani Pachen – Brave Tibetan Buddhist nun and warrior
Ani Pachen wanted to spend her life in simplicity and quiet contemplation in a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. Instead, she became a resistance fighter against the Chinese invaders in the 1950s,…
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Marthe McKenna: Codename Laura – A Brave World War I Spy
Are spies adventurers? I’d say yes. Case in point: Marthe McKenna, a brave young woman who spied against the Germans in World War I. Life in Belgium in the first…
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Hester Stanhope – The First Great Queen of the Desert
Three women have been given the title “Queen of the Desert” for their adventurous travels in the Middle East.* The first one, Hester Stanhope, began her travels in the early…
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Kate Rice, Prospector, Pioneer, and Extraordinary Woman of the Wilds
Looking at this lovely young lady, you wouldn’t picture her living in the wilds of northern Manitoba province, Canada, in a cabin, wearing men’s clothing and carrying a rifle. Kate…
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Grace O’Malley – Fearless Sea Captain – and Pirate!
“There came to me also a most feminine sea captain called Granny Imallye.” This quote is from Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland. “Granny Imallye” is really Grace (Grainne)…
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Anita Garibaldi – A Warrior and Adventurer for Love
NOTE: A revised and expanded version of this story is available on Substack. I’ve expanded this story on Substack with additional details and research. You can go directly to this article…
