How it feels going through a character tag on here to look for art and cool posts about them, but first you gotta get past all the “x reader” fics to get to them
Aries: Billie Holiday (African American jazz musician)
Taurus: Sandra Day O’Connor (first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court)
Gemini: Chien Shiung Wu (Chinese American nuclear physicist that contributed to the Manhattan Project and is often recognized as the First Lady of Physics)
Cancer: Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter known for her powerful self-portraits and artwork)
Leo: Amelia Earhart (first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo)
Virgo: Mother Teresa (20th Century symbol of humanitarianism known for her charity work and dedication to the Catholic Church)
Libra: Eleanor Roosevelt (changed the role of the First Lady as an activist, politician, and diplomat)
Scorpio: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (early leader of the women’s rights movement and writer of the Declaration of Sentiments)
Sagittarius: Emily Dickinson (revolutionized the world of poetry with her unique and unconventional writing style)
Capricorn: Zora Neale Hurston (African American novelist and anthropologist that gained notoriety during the Harlem Renaissance)
Aquarius: Corazon Aquino (first female president not only in the Philippines but in all of Asia as well)
Pisces: Kate Sheppard (appears on New Zealand’s 10 dollar note as a result of being the country’s most famous suffragette)
Last year I did a few write-ups and drawings about some lady fighters from history who fought openly as their gender (there are plenty of disguised-as-a-man soldiers and plenty of trans soldiers, but those are outside the scope of this series). This is by no means an exhaustive list; there were plenty of great figures that my schedule didn’t permit me to tackle (at least not yet). But as Women’s History Month gets started tomorrow, I thought y’all might enjoy reading about some of history’s toughest broads.
Kicking off International Women’s Day with a series of inspirational women throughout the day - starting with Althea Gibson. Among her many accomplishments, she broke the color barrier for tennis, she was the first person of color to win the Grand Slam and the first black woman on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour. (Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #AltheaGibson #InternationalWomensDay
