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Gertrude Bell
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Matilda of Tuscany
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Mercadera
When this Spanish merchant went out to pick cabbages, she stumbled upon an unusual kind of pest: a French knight.

Molly Craig
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Carolina Maria de Jesus
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Lolita
The poster child for childhood abuse, nobody should ever make a kids' movie about her.

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