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Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.
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Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.
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When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
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Marjana
The actual hero of the Ali Baba myth, this slave girl saves the titular character by singlehandedly dispatching the forty thieves - without him even knowing.
Neerja Bhanot
When terrorists hijacked her plane, she gave her life to save it, becoming the youngest recipient of India's highest honor.
Keumalahayati
The first naval admiral of modern times, she protected her country from foreign invaders with aplomb.
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
This leader of the labor movement suffered imprisonment, defamation, and untold misery to battle against forces that most of us just take for granted.
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Sword-slinging, opera-singing bisexual rock star of the 17th century - who burnt down a convent to romance a nun and had to be pardoned by the king of France TWICE.