In this column, I’ll be looking at an inspirational girl from every century, starting in the 21st century and working back to the 1st century CE. As a historian and feminist, I thought this was the perfect way to share the stories of awesome historical girls...
Junko Tabei was born in Japan in 1939. She was raised in a culture that valued women as wives, mothers, and home-makers. Although Tabei would marry and have two children, she was not content to be a housewife. When Tabei was 10, she climbed Mount Nasu with a teacher....