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Catching up on Corrections
In which I finally have some time to sit down and hand out prizes for corrections - with updated art! Corrections and thanks are laid out for Wu Zetian, Ching Shih, Gudit, Isabel Godin, Mata Hari, Mai Bhago, and Vasilisa Vasilyevna.
Tomoe Gozen
Fearsome undefeated samurai warrior who was "a match for any god or demon," and is one of Japan's greatest heroines…
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Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine
America had Al Capone. Sydney had Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine - who *hated* each other.
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One of the first anti-lynching advocates, she risked her life for decades to report on the truth when nobody would believe her.
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When a government magistrate unjustly killed her son, this unassuming middle-aged wife spent years raising an army to topple that same government.
Yael
Saved the Jewish people by hammering a tent spike through an unsuspecting house guest's head.
Theodora
Sex worker who became empress of the Byzantine Empire, and used her political power to safeguard her interests, and her…
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This pope was largely assumed to be male until she gave birth in the midst of a procession - and largely assumed to be factual until the 13th century.
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Jewish businesswoman who saved thousands of Jews from the Inquisition by smuggling them out of the country.
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Viking princess who decided she'd rather be a pirate than get married.
Agnodice
After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.