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This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.
Anita Garibaldi
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When flying cannibal ghosts kidnapped two women, there was no man that could save them. But there was a woman.
Yael
Saved the Jewish people by hammering a tent spike through an unsuspecting house guest's head.
Agnodice
After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
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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Saint, sovereign, and fiercely independent woman, she quashed two rebellions from her ex-husband, expanded her nation's borders, and ushered in a golden age.
Savitribai Phule
In fighting the bias of the caste system to spread education, this woman brought knowledge to girls across India.