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Grace O'Malley
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Ada Lovelace
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Anne Hutchinson
This uneducated rebel preacher upstaged New England magistrates so much that they founded Harvard University in part to prevent women like her from gaining power.
Artemisia Gentileschi
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Rani Lakshmibai
Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.
Mary Seacole
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Vasilisa Vasilyevna
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