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This self-described "undutiful daughter" posed as a man to become the world's first female shipwright.
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Cross-dressing Queen of Thieves who flouted social norms and had plays written about her.
Christine de Pizan
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Manuela Sáenz
This revolutionary heroine of South America kept a pet bear, a disembodied moustache, and a lifestyle that defied every convention possible.