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This is Qiu Jin. #wcw She was a Chinese feminist revolutionary and poet during a time when it was risky for women to be outspoken. Though she was forced to marry a dude against her own wishes, she eventually ditched his ass in 1903 to study in Japan. Some accounts say 1904. 1/5 
It was then she became a vocal supporter of women's rights. 2 years later, she returned to China w/a mission to topple the Qing government. She even started a "Chinese Women's Journal," which addressed issues like foot-binding, arranged marriage. 2/5
Later she ran a "school" that recruited and trained revolutionaries. On July 15, 1907, she was beheaded by imperial forces -- what many consider her final act of resistance. 3/5
also, she had a lil thang for wine, bomb-making, and cross-dressing. 4/5
One of her famous poems reads in part:
My body cannot
join the ranks of men,
but my mind is
more spirited than a man's 5/5
My body cannot
join the ranks of men,
but my mind is
more spirited than a man's 5/5
