Since Atlas is 16-1 male, I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on members of that 49.65% of the world population who are female, and who are (were) particularly bada$$.
I'll start with Irena Sendler (1910-2008).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_SendlerSendler was a Polish social worker who served in the Polish Underground during WWII in German-occupied Warsaw, and was head of the Polish Council to Aid Jews. She was instrumental in saving many people, many of them children, from the Nazi Holocaust. Arrested by the Gestapo, and enduring torture, she never revealed anything about her work or the location of the saved children.
In 1965, she was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Polish Righteous Among the Nations. She was made an honorary citizen of Israel in 1991. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, she was honored by the Senate of Poland and, later the same year, by the US Congress.
So... what other women are bada$$es worthy of recognition? Go!
