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Inge Ginsberg
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Juana Azurduy de Padilla
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Mahendradatta
This Indonesian queen ruled wisely and justly in life, and was deified as the embodiment of all evil after her death. The story of why gets a bit complicated.
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Saint, sovereign, and fiercely independent woman, she quashed two rebellions from her ex-husband, expanded her nation's borders, and ushered in a golden age.
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Spirited poetry-spouting princess who lived an audacious life and put her cheating lover on blast with her expert slam poetry.
Arawelo
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The reluctant royal who became the Maori's greatest leader.
Christine de Pizan
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Fredegund
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