For women, the Victorian era was one of stifling social rules and expectations that afforded few rights and privileges. But just like Enola Holmes, these six badass Victorian women defied the order of things and blazed their own path towards their own adventures. #EnolaHolmes

Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922). One of the first investigative journalists, Bly’s career began with a letter to The Pittsburgh Dispatch refuting that women belonged in the home. Within a decade she had set a record for traveling around the world in just 72 days.

Madam C.J. Walker (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919). Against the mistreatment of People of Color and the societal expectation of women to remain out of finance, Madam Walker rose to become the first woman millionaire in America by creating products made by and for black women.

Ogino Ginko (March 3, 1851 – June 23, 1913). After surviving an arranged marriage at 16 Ogino Ginko would divorce and become the first woman to graduate medical school in Japanese history, the first female Obstetrician in Japan, and to open her own hospital for women's health.

Maud Wagner (February 1877 – January 30, 1961). Maud joined a traveling circus to provide for herself as a teenager, and a chance meeting with a tattooed man would lead her to break the gender stigma around tattoos and to become the first woman tattoo artist in American history.

Molly Brown (July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932). Molly Brown never tolerated the snobbishness of the Victorian rich, and it was her actions on the Titanic forcing officers to save lower class passengers that would give her the immortal nickname “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.”

Raden Adjeng Kartini (21 April 1879 –17 September 1904) After her lessons stopped as a teenager, Raden educated herself by reading books in Dutch and led the fight for equality and literacy in Indonesia. Such was her impact that her birthday is now celebrated yearly in Indonesia.