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Masako Hojo
When her shogun husband cheated on her, she raised an army and destroyed the other woman's house. Later she deposed her incompetent son to become the first nun to rule Japan.
Of Corpses and Kimonos
Masako Hojo was not a walking corpse. Not that you'd know it, from the way I drew her clothes.
Rejected Princesses Theatre: La Maupin's Guide to Online Dating
In which Julie "La Maupin" d'Aubigny gives some stellar love life advice. Well, some love life advice. Uh. Let's just go with advice.
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History's first computer programmer, who invented algorithms for the first computer - which didn't even exist during her lifetime, so…
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When this Spanish merchant went out to pick cabbages, she stumbled upon an unusual kind of pest: a French knight.
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The first Native American medical doctor endured back-breaking labor, years spent alone, and institutional racism to better the lives of her people.
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This audacious black gangster fought the Italian mob for control of Harlem and won, taunting them in full-page newspaper ads as she went.
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When Rome set its eyes on her country, this one-eyed queen fought them tooth and nail, until they left her alone.
Vera Peters
When she was told to "go do women's work" after upstaging the medical community in her treatment of Hodgkin's disease, Dr. Vera Peters revolutionized breast cancer treatment through years of painstaking, meticulous work.
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Born without arms or legs, this artist learned to write, sew, and paint with her mouth - and came to work for kings and queens.
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This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."
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Rose from poverty to become a respected journalist who raced Nellie Bly around the world.
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The greatest leader of the nomadic Tuareg tribe of northern Africa, who put their men in veils and let their…