triumph
Won against the odds, the establishment, or their own limitations.
The General Who Conquered an Empire and Then Had to Give It Back
He took the fortress that defeated Napoleon, routed the Ottoman army, and marched to within a hundred miles of Constantinople — and then his father told him to wait.
The Woman Who Crossed Out the Stars
She discovered what stars are made of, then a famous man told her to cross it out and wrote it back in his own handwriting.