# Women you learned about in History

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-you-learned-about-in-history/10591>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 5, 1999, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-you-learned-about-in-history/10591 "1999-11-05T04:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-you-learned-about-in-history/10591/21 "2001-06-16T20:32:18Z")

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Another rescue of a thread from the pruning-room floor.

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**Author:** ![No\_Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@No\_Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Bones)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-you-learned-about-in-history/10591/22 "2001-06-17T00:08:03Z")

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Hester Prynn - got to wear the Scarlet Letter. (Fictionalized name, but we know it was really Pocahontas)

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**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-you-learned-about-in-history/10591/23 "2001-06-17T01:32:53Z")

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Sasqajawea- Helped Lewis and Clark in their expedition.  
Josephine Baker- Worked with the French resistance in WWII, adopted 12 children(read that bit in some news today!), and was an exotic dancer (sort of, ok, she just danced with little clothes on).  
Joan of Arc-…needs explanation?  
Hildegard-nun/mystic of the Middle Ages (Europe, I think she was from Germany)  
Isabel I of Spain (Isabel la católica)- Eh, thanks to her (or her money, or Spain’s money, but at that time, it was the same) Columbus could sail to the (later named) Americas.  
All the high priestesses in various ancient civilizations that kept traditions and knowledge alive.

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