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More than 100 veterans gathered where the German Enigma cipher was broken during the Second World War.
3/4ths of the 10,000 staff — who cracked the German codes and helped win the war — were women.
Bletchley Park staff reunite
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Josefina Guerrero
Let her leprosy go untreated for years to make herself the perfect spy in the Japan-occupied Philippines - soldiers wouldn't touch her, so she could slip right through.
Khutulun
This undefeated warrior princess refused to marry unless her suitor could defeat her in wrestling - if he lost, he owed her 100 horses. In the end, she had 10,000 horses and no husband.
Isabelle Eberhardt
This undefinable adventurer's life burnt bright but short: a wildcard of the Algerian revolution, she survived an assassination attempt by sabre, and died in a freak desert flood.
Tatterhood
This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.
Banu Goshasp
This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.