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Somalia's ballsiest queen, she took power from men either figuratively or literally - by ordering much of the gender castrated.…
La Llorona
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Gouyen
When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
Agnodice
After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.
Malinche
Sold into sexual slavery to Hernan Cortes, this maligned woman became his interpreter, and it was with her words that…
Nzinga Mbande
When the Portuguese took the throne from her, this Angolan queen made a new one: out of her own servant. She then fled to the jungle, conquered a tribe of cannibals, and waged war on the Portuguese for so long that they gave up and left.
Matilda of Tuscany
Fiery defender of the pope who made kings kneel before her.
Soraya Tarzi
1920s Afghanistan was a progressive and rapidly-modernizing country in large part to the most powerful, empathic, and maligned queen it had ever seen.
Joan of Arc
The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France - but do you know how…
Rani Lakshmibai
Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.