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The strident partner of the eponymously-named Tupac Amaru Rebellion of native peoples against the Spanish, she handled army and bureaucratic…
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Brutal princess-turned-Christian saint who burnt down enemy towns using pigeons.
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This superhero of early Iranian mythology starred in her own stories, and plenty of them.
Stephanie St. Clair
This audacious black gangster fought the Italian mob for control of Harlem and won, taunting them in full-page newspaper ads as she went.
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When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.
Mekatilili wa Menza
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