I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told where to work, where to sit, and she demanded that they pay attention to her.
I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.
For me fortunately, my mother was my backbone. She was an independent and fierce woman, and she made sure I am too. She wanted me to be a brave person.
Fierce was her needle, and she wore it like a sword.
I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.
My mother was a passionate, complicated, sometimes fierce woman.
You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.
A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man.
