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When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
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When her husband inadvertently sold the country to colonial forces, this queen spent the rest of her life getting it back.
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Mexico's infamous "weeping ghost" has many incarnations: a jilted widow, a slave princess, a milk addict, a coffee bag, and a pair of panties.
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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.
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Black, Muslim warrior queen of a tribe of griffin-riding Amazons - and the honest-to-god namesake of California.
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Bisexual cross-dressing spy princess of the Qing dynasty - a hero to some and unspeakable villain to others.
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