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After disguising herself as a man to be the physician women needed, she was put on trial - and won.
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100 years before Lawrence of Arabia, this British woman traveled the Middle East by herself, surviving shipwrecks, plagues, and Bedouin attacks in the process.
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This princess held her father to his word in the most unexpected way: by demanding to marry the stupidest man in Korea.
Mary Anning
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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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United Hawaii under one rule, abolished ancient taboos, and led negotiations with the fledgling United States.
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The Night Witches
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