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An Inuit woman so strong nobody could even beat her lice in arm-wrestling, her story just gets stranger the closer you look.
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Marguerite de Bressieux
When soldiers sexually assaulted her and others, this woman donned armor and got revenge.
Vasilisa Vasilyevna
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Onorata Rodiani
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Julie d'Aubigny
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