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Agnodice
After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.
Elisabeth Bathory
Possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history, a primary inspiration for Dracula, one of the most reviled women in history, and, I argue, innocent.
Alfhild
Viking princess who decided she'd rather be a pirate than get married.
Toregene Khatun
Although her tribe was destroyed and she was forced into an unwanted marriage, this indomitable woman came to run the world's largest empire - with a woman as her companion.
Katie Sandwina
Champion weightlifter, suffragette, mom - this "Lady Hercules" did it all.
The Valiant Ladies of Potosi
Eustaquia de Souza and Ana Lezama de Urinza, two sword-and-gun-toting lesbian teen vigilantes - 17th century Bolivia's answer to Batman.
Jane Dieulafoy
A phenomenally successful archaeologist who became a fashion icon for wearing men's clothing.
Andamana
Indigenous lawmaker who united warring tribes under a unified code of laws that she made herself.
Nzinga Mbande
When the Portuguese took the throne from her, this Angolan queen made a new one: out of her own servant. She then fled to the jungle, conquered a tribe of cannibals, and waged war on the Portuguese for so long that they gave up and left.
Mary Lacy
This self-described "undutiful daughter" posed as a man to become the world's first female shipwright.