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The Princess, the Con Man, and the Ill-Fated First Contact between Afghanistan and the United States
In 1921, when Afghanistan sent its first delegation to the USA, it didn't get an audience - because there was another one there, unbeknownst to them. What follows gets weird.
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.
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Sojourner Truth
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Wu Zetian
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Noor Inayat Khan
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Mary Lacy
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Penta
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Bessie Stringfield
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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La Llorona
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Isabel Godin des Odonais
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