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Anacaona
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Marsha P. Johnson
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Isabelle Eberhardt
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This single mom developed the field of Mexican archaeology, while fiercely protecting it from the sleazy and opportunistic.
Amba/Sikhandi
When this princess had her life ruined by an unstoppable warrior, she: became a fervent ascetic for years and got a divine boon; killed herself to reincarnate faster; came back as a man; and killed the man who'd wronged her, in the stunning climax of the world's longest epic poem.