In honor of Women's History month, here's our list of the Top Ten Spiritual Chicks of all time.

1. Eve. The original Spiritual Chick. We can debate forever whether Eve did the right thing by tempting Adam with that Apple, but there's no doubt that she was a free-thinker who really questioned authority...the ultimate authority. Now that takes guts.

2. Venus of Willendorf (24,000-22,000 BCE). 
The earliest great mother symbol and prototype for voluptuous women everywhere. This woman just looks like she wouldn't take any crap.  Yup, that's her to the left.

3. Yu Niu (somewhere between 770 BC - 221AD) Thought the fighting women in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon were just characters pulled from someone's imagination? Think again! Yu Niu was the best swordsman of her period. According to Chinese history she beat over 3000 swordsmen in a seven-day contest. Jet Li, move over. 

"Weak and exposed in appearance; 
But powerful when unleashed. 
One's reactions may start afterwards, 
But the response arrives there first."

4. Namnah bat HaLevi of Baghdad (11th Century). While today she'd probably be chair of the Judaic Studies Department at a major University, in 11th century Persia, Namnah, an expert in Talmud, had to teach through a window on the top floor of a Yeshiva while her male students listened from below so that they could not see her. Although there is no surviving record of what she said, her grave was venerated by Persian Jews for centuries.

5. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) Talk about standing up for what you believe, Joan of Arc took on the whole English Army for God-and her beloved France. 

"I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing yet they give their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. And then it is gone. But to sacrifice what you are and live without belief, that's more terrible than dying."

6. Sojourner Truth (~1797-1883) Born into slavery in New York, a mystical awakening led Sojourner Truth to a kick-ass career as an abolitionist and proponent of women's suffrage. 

"If women want any rights more than they've got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it."

7. Annie Besant (1847-1933). A passionate risk-taker, Annie Besant's journey from pastor's wife to radical free-thinker and social reformer led her to become the leader of The Theosophical Society. 

"Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle."

8. Peace Pilgrim (~1908-1981). During her life as Peace Pilgrim, Mildred Norman Ryder walked more then 25,000 miles across the United States. Talking with people from all walks of life along the way, she spread her message that world peace will occur when enough people have attained inner peace. "Why do you look at me? Look at your own self. Why do you listen to me? Listen to your own self. Why do you believe in what I say? Do not believe in me or any other teacher, rather trust in your own inner voice. This is your guide, this is your teacher. Your teacher is within not without. Know yourself, not me!"

9. Byron Katie (1942-present). After an awakening in 1986, Byron Katie began using her four question method of inquiry to show people the futility of fighting reality and the beauty of loving what is. And, she really walks her talk. In her presence, enlightenment seems almost possible. 

"If I'm to be aware of living a full life, I must be successful in dying a thousand times each day. Every belief I let go of is death-death of old concepts/beliefs that don't serve..."

10. The Underground School Teachers of Afghanistan. Denied the right to an education under the Taliban regime, many women have risked their lives to provide schooling for Afghan girls. These women prove that even under the most desperate conditions, life will not be held down. 

"When you see the joy and excitement in the students' faces, when you see them sitting on dirt floors, under trees, in dark basements, anywhere to get an education, you forget all of your trouble," says Sakena Yacoobi, head of the Afghan Institute of Learning.