Uppity Women of Medieval Times

From blacksmiths, bankers, plague-ridders and sheep thieves to secret agents, pirates, holy women, and holy terrors, medieval women around the world used wits, wiles, patrons, and networking to make a winning hand of their lives. Among the women you'll meet: Chiyome, rent a ninja entrepreneur in sixteenth century Japan. Zubayda, an Arab queen with a Marta Stewart touch, her engineering projects and her parties made history. English educator Hilda of Whitby, who founded monasteries, promoted local poets and became a saint all with equal panache. And many more. 'Girls with attitude, celebrates history's forgotten females'