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One of the first anti-lynching advocates, she risked her life for decades to report on the truth when nobody would believe her.
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Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.
Mary Seacole
One half of the odd couple of Crimean nursing - the jolly black businesswoman who swore by folk remedies, in stark contrast to Florence Nightingale's by-the-book Victorian approach to medicine.
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Brash, funny, and difficult, this mother of three wrote her way out of extreme poverty with her uncompromising look at Brazilian society - and was alternately lauded and berated for it.
Arwa al-Sulayhi
The greatest ruler of Yemeni history, she defeated her numerous foes to usher the country into its golden age.
Florence Nightingale
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Mary Patten
When her husband became deathly ill, this pregnant teen took the reins to become America's first female boat commander - all while fighting off a mutiny and keeping her husband alive.
Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.
Sayyida al-Hurra
Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.