Warrior Women

France, April 1429: For six months English forces had besieged Orleans, the final city to resist their advance. After 90 years of war, all of France was at last within their grasp. Then out of nowhere, a figure emerged from the French side. It was a young woman in full armor, a peasant girl who would turn the tide of war and lead her troops to victory.

200 years ago, a young woman brought the greatest empire in Asia to its knees. She was a master of kung fu, and the leader of 60,000 warriors who followed her unquestioningly into battle. Their enemy was the brutal and corrupt Qing Dynasty, a dynasty they were determined to overthrow.

Along the formidable west coast of Ireland, the legend of Grace O'Malley stands out like a freak wave. Born into a warring land of clan rivalries and the lawlessness of the high seas, Grace blew away the notion of a woman's place in the 16th century and taught the boys a lesson of their own.

In the late 1800s, the last of the Apache were being hunted down, in their own lands. A few small bands chose to fight, rather than give in. Fighting side by side, with the male warriors, was a powerful medicine woman. She was deadly, with a bow, or rifle.The wildest horses obeyed her commands.