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As an old woman, led an incredibly successful rebellion against British colonialism, known as The War of the Golden Stool,…
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Nzinga Mbande
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Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.
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Pasiphaë
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Micaela Almonester
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Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh
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