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Agnodice
After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.
Takeko Nakano
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Osh-Tisch
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Pasiphaë
This mythical queen gave birth to the minotaur and cursed her unfaithful husband with the world's weirdest magic STD -- but was her whole story just a smear campaign?
Black Agnes
When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
Étaín
Mythological Irish princess who was turned into a worm, butterfly, and a pool of water; who induced the strangest pregnancy since Jesus; and who may hold the key to understanding Ireland's history.