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Pacifist Indian princess who gave up everything of herself to hold the line in occupied Paris during World War 2.
Zelia Nuttall
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.
Osh-Tisch
The last Crow nation baté (Two Spirit mystic) in history, she earned her name -- which means "Finds Them and Kills Them" -- by tirelessly fighting to preserve her way of life.
Gracia Mendes Nasi
Jewish businesswoman who saved thousands of Jews from the Inquisition by smuggling them out of the country.
Tatterhood
This goat-riding, spoon-wielding princess fought trolls to save her sister.
Vitka Kempner
Spy, smuggler, saboteur, partisan: this Jewish woman refused to go like a lamb to the slaughter, and fought the Nazis tooth and nail... even after the war, when she, alongside others, poisoned thousands of Nazi POWs in a revenge plot.
Anacaona
When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.
Theodora
Sex worker who became empress of the Byzantine Empire, and used her political power to safeguard her interests, and her…