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Saved the Jewish people by hammering a tent spike through an unsuspecting house guest's head.
Julie d'Aubigny
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Ilona Zrinyi
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.
Mary Bowser
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