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Constance Markievicz
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Russia's greatest female thief was so slippery that even once she was re-captured after escaping from a Siberian prison, nobody was totally sure it was her.

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When she came face-to-face with a great monster, this mother saved her child and herself through bravery, quick thinking, and great culinary skills.

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Indigenous lawmaker who united warring tribes under a unified code of laws that she made herself.

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