These 15 Women From History Were All a Big Deal, but Their Stories Remain a Bit Untold

Sadie the Goat was pirate who put together a crew to raid mansions along the Hudson River. She was one of the most feared pirates of the 19th century.  If you want to read more about Sadie the Goat and other badass female pirates, check this out. 

Big Bertha Heyman was nicknamed "The Confidence Queen." She was known for running scams all around New York in the 1880's and even did so from jail after she was arrested. 

Hedy was a gorgeous Hollywood actress by day and a brilliant inventor by night. She developed technologies that helped keep torpedo systems from being jammed. She was celebrated by the scientific community because many of her inventions were the first iterations of wireless communications technologies.

Josephine Baker was a famed dancer with a sassy personality, but at one point, she was also recruited by the French Resistance to be a spy. Her fame and all of the travelling she did allowed her to easily secure information from all around the world.  

It's a surprise that a movie about Harriet Tubman hasn't already been made. As a pioneer against slavery who risked her life for the freedom of others, her story is one of the most significant in American history. 

There are many on-screen adaptations of Kate Chopin's work, but none about her life. After losing her husband and mother in the same year, a doctor suggested that she take up writing as a hobby. Now, many of her works are considered to be classic masterpieces.  

Mary Blair was a concept artist who worked as an animator on Disney films like The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. She's credited with introducing the studio to a more modern style. 

The Night Witches were the all-female Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Armed Forces who dropped 23,000 bombs on Nazi forces. 

Amalie was a German Jewish mathematician who made contributions to theoretical physicists and abstract algebra. She was a pioneer for women's education who petitioned every single professor at the University of Erlangen in order to attend classes there. She was friends with Albert Einstein who referred to her as the "most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began."

Kittie Smith was a sideshow performer whose arms were burned beyond repair by her father when she was just nine-years-old. She could write, sew, play piano, do woodwork and paint with her feet. She went on to get an education and seek out rehabilitation. She also wrote a memoir about how she forgave her father. 

Naziq was born to Damascene aristocrats in the 20th century. Despite her wealthy upbringing, she spent most of her time working as a women's rights and national independence advocate. She went so far as to fight against the French in the Battle of Maysaloun. 

Madame C.J. Walker was the first female self-made millionaire in American history. After the death of her husband, she began working in her brother's barber shop and noticed that her hair was falling out. She created her own hair growth serum and marketed it across the country. 

Queenie was a gangster in the early 1900's who formed a crew to protect neighborhoods and rid areas of corrupt cops. If you want to know more about Madame St. Clair and other ladies who rule the mob, check this out. 

Triêu was a Vietnamese warrior. Legend has it that she was 9-feet-tall and rode into battle wielding a sword while riding an elephant. 

Olive was one of the first women to popularize the term "flapper." She was a successful silent film actress in the early 1900's, but died at the age of 20 from nephritis. Many people believe that her ghost haunts the New Amsterdam Theater.