- [b] [The real Amazons: how the legendary warrior women inspired fighters, feminists and Wonder Woman](https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/the-real-amazons-how-the-legendary-warrior-women-inspired-fighters-and-feminists) - [b] [The Female Spies Who Helped Win World War II](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/female-spies-world-war-2) - [b] [Why noble widows often chose not to remarry](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/q6jh85/what_was_the_public_consensus_toward_noble_and/hkje5w0/) and, well, give up power and risk their son's inheritances. - Read this [neat article](https://web.nmsu.edu/~pscott/isgem71.htm) about how women were probably the first mathematicians, although I'm not totally sure what the scholarly consensus is.