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When her husband unexpectedly died, she rolled up her sleeves and became one of the greatest authors of the age to keep food on the table. She wrote passionate defenses of her gender (and military treatises!) that were centuries ahead of their time.
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The only female emperor of China in history, her ruthless rise to power makes Game of Thrones look like a day at the beach.
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When flying cannibal ghosts kidnapped two women, there was no man that could save them. But there was a woman.
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Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.