Esther, Vashti And Other Badass Women In The Bible

In honor of Queen Esther, heroine of Purim -- and of her predecessor, Queen Vashti, who gets a lot less scroll-time in the Purim story but is no less fascinating -- here's a roundup of some especially badass ladies of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish legend. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some of my favorites.