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Luisa Capetillo
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When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
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The much-maligned woman fought tooth and nail to position her son, Alexander, to become "the Great" - and herself in the process.
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Emmy Noether
Revolutionized the field of mathematics, yet was persecuted for being Jewish and paid a pittance for her visionary teaching work.
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