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Random Princesses
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This pope was largely assumed to be male until she gave birth in the midst of a procession - and largely assumed to be factual until the 13th century.
Yoshiko Kawashima
Bisexual cross-dressing spy princess of the Qing dynasty - a hero to some and unspeakable villain to others.
Emmy Noether
Revolutionized the field of mathematics, yet was persecuted for being Jewish and paid a pittance for her visionary teaching work.
Banu Goshasp
This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
Nanny of the Maroons
Led colony of escaped slaves and protected them from the English using borderline supernatural abilities.