Neerja will always be our hero. Posthumously, she was awarded 'Ashoka Chakra', India's highest peacetime gallantry award. She became first female and the youngest recipient of this award.

She is not wrong, you know.

you go girl!

Almost brought me to tears. Rest in Peace <3

i agree no helmet he wasnt protecting his head he was asking for it

This is the level of petty, I aspire to be.

If ladies run too fast their wombs might fall out /s It’s the same with trains apparently - that was a genuine concern with the first steam engines, men worried the speed would make their wombs shoot out of their bodies!

Muslims are actually pretty cool people, don't know why people gotta be so mean

She is NINETY??? Wow. Cool hair Grandma.

I like that...I'm gonna try that now when people ask.

They did a movie about this with Hilary Swank. What they didn't tell you at the end of the film, was the Kenny died 6 months after he was released in a motorcycle accident. Tragic.

i would buy that

She's my hero:)

I honestly wouldn't have realized if it weren't for the title

"Well as you asked so nicely, how can we refuse?"

and that my friend will need a visit to the major burns unit

Ryan Reynolds should also have been there🤣🤣🤣

Unfortunately, I suspect the cameraperson holds more power than the young woman, amazing as she is. Without it being documented, I doubt very much that they would have "lined up" to arrest her, she wouldn't have even had time to open that booklet. Recording for posterity (aka evidence) is what made them hesitate.

Yes, 100% yes. Since it's not a sin in my eyes.

legend

And of course we don't know anything about her unlike Paul Revere. What a load of crap. Once again, a woman did twice the job a man did and a man got the credit.

And was portrayed by the great Juno Temple on that episode of Drunk History...LOL

Sybil is really an unsung heroine. I mentioned her to my women's group a several years ago, and no one had heard of her. It's a shame history is so skewed.

The kind of commemorative statue that makes sense...

Women never get credit for the greatness they have done. Let's get our s**t together hey?

There’s also 15 year old Betsy Dowdy from Currituck Island, NC, in the Outer Banks. She and her banker pony swam Currituck sound on the night of December 6, 1775 and rode inland and through the Dismal Swamp over 50 miles to Perquimans County to tell General Skinner that the British had taken the Great Bridge between Virginia and NC. Colonel Howe was going to meet the British but was outmanned. If the British reached the Outer Banks they would burn down all the settlements and kill all the Banker ponies because they could be mounts for colonist fighters. The Banker Ponies are descendants of Spanish mustangs and are the only wild horses in North America. Don’t underestimate a horse girl.

This should seriously be taught in school

Spirited girl and she loved her country!

I am not even sure Revere actually did the announcing from horseback. I am reading it was another man. Wouldnt surprise me if it were only her.

Awful lot of people warning the British are coming when most of the Americans were British, always makes me laugh.

If you want something said tell a man if you want something done tell a woman. (M. Thatcher)

But she had her vagina with her at the time, so we won't mention that in the History books.

Ok but aren't there real heroes the horses that had to run hella far in the middle of the night? ;)

That statue is in the town next to mine! We all know about her around here ..

There are two people in this post I have never heard of. Off to Google I go...

she went to gather the militia men, not to warn them; it was not by any means an important revolutionary battle; unlike paul revere who warned of the famous battles of lexington & concord; and this website says it was anywhere from 20-40 miles. she should definetly be remembered and respected, but don't say its misogynistic to know more about paul revere. dont word things just to make people mad. this is not facebook. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sybil-ludington

made an all-night horseback ride to alert militia forces in the neighboring towns of what is today's Putnam County, New York of the burning of Danbury, Connecticut by British forces.

I am 50 and i am just now learning so many things about American History. I am ashamed to say I knew nothing of the Tulsa Massacres until i turned 50. NOTHING. Not one mention of it in our history text books. Oh, i learned Columbus discovered America...😶

Is that a statue of her? Then she did get credits for it right?

Wonder if she took him and a peach switch out behind the shed and taught him some manners?

She proved her point.

The fourth one got a medal for being the third boy.

- problem solved -

This is brilliant!