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Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
This brilliant poet rose from illegitimacy and poverty to become one of the luminaries of her age - until she flew too close to the sun.
Sor Juana and Lyudmila Pavlichenko get their turn in the sun!
Proving RP is ahead of its time, two previous entries have just gotten their own TV series and a movie released in America!
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Nellie Bly
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Nana Asma'u
Massively educated princess who started all-female gang of itinerant teachers, who would roam the land and educate unsuspecting passersby.
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Elizabeth Bisland
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Wu Zetian
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