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Jewish businesswoman who saved thousands of Jews from the Inquisition by smuggling them out of the country.
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Revolutionized the field of mathematics, yet was persecuted for being Jewish and paid a pittance for her visionary teaching work.
Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh
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When a government magistrate unjustly killed her son, this unassuming middle-aged wife spent years raising an army to topple that same government.