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When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.
Thákane
When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.
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Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.
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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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When a government magistrate unjustly killed her son, this unassuming middle-aged wife spent years raising an army to topple that same government.
Viśpálā
The first prosthetic limb in human civilization went to this ancient warrior queen. Or did it? The story is more complex than you might think.
Anita Garibaldi
This heroine of South America and Italy fought in numerous civil wars alongside her husband, Giuseppe Garibaldi, often while pregnant…
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Starting her travels at 45 years old, this globetrotter became a worldwide sensation for going boldly where no woman had gone before.
Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh
When the true king of the Scots came to reclaim the throne, this spirited woman went up against her husband to back her chosen sovereign.
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.