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Born without arms or legs, this artist learned to write, sew, and paint with her mouth - and came to work for kings and queens.

Wu Zetian
The only female emperor of China in history, her ruthless rise to power makes Game of Thrones look like a day at the beach.

Jane Dieulafoy
A phenomenally successful archaeologist who became a fashion icon for wearing men's clothing.

Fannie Lou Hamer
This uneducated, impoverished activist suffered unbelievable abuse in her journey to be able to vote -- but that did not stop her.

Banu Goshasp
This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.

Nellie Bly
Daring journalist who infiltrated insane asylums, exposed slavery rings, and raced around the world in under 80 days.

Tirgatao
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.

Rosalind Franklin
The three men who accepted the Nobel Prize for "the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century" neglected to mention one thing: they owed much of their success to one brash, brilliant, and overlooked female scientist.

Arawelo
Somalia's ballsiest queen, she took power from men either figuratively or literally - by ordering much of the gender castrated.…