Lyudmila Pavlichenko: The Ukrainian Woman Who Rewrote the Rules of War

Celebrating Women's History Month with a badass a day.

There’s something about Lyudmila Pavlichenko that sticks with you. Maybe it’s the sheer audacity of her story—a woman, barely in her twenties, staring down the barrel of a rifle and changing the course of history. Or maybe it’s the way she refused to let anyone tell her what she could or couldn’t do. Either way, Lyudmila wasn’t just a sniper; she was a …