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This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
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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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Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.
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Gudit
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Marguerite de la Rocque
Stranded by her cruel relative on an abandoned Canadian island (literally named the Isle of Demons), she survived for two years by hunting animals and eventually made it back to France.
Emmeline Pankhurst
This unassuming middle-aged woman became one of Britain's most notorious terrorists in her unyielding quest to win women the right to vote.
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The infamous teen girl who helped end the Hundred Years War and save France - but do you know how…
Taytu Betul
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Charlotte Badger
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