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Personality: Regal

October 31, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Domino Harvey

Model/Bounty Hunter

Starting her young life as a model, she soon turned to bounty hunting - and eventually to drugs. She got a movie in 2005, but it couldn't hope to cover her complexity.
October 12, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Abzeita Djigma

The Solar Princess

This Mossi Princess founded a company to provide solar-powered electricity to help her people, and others, who lack power.
March 9, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Şafak Pavey

Turkey's first disabled politician

At 19, Şafak Pavey lost her left arm and leg making sure her friend with leukemia didn't fall off a train. Her ensuing disability barely slowed her down - now a Turkish parliament member at age 38, she fights for womens' rights, minority rights, and freedom of expression.
January 2, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Linda Taylor

Outrageous con artist

When journalist Josh Levin began investigating an infamous welfare cheat, his story spiraled into an expose of one of the most outrageous female criminals in modern history.

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