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The lead software engineer for the Apollo Project.
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Margaret Hamilton
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The only empress in the history of China.
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Wu Zetian
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One of America’s greatest poets. Her poems were published posthumously and received widespread literary praise for their bold and unconventional style.
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Emily Dickinson
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She controlled the Qing Dynasty from 1861 to her death in 1908 for 47 years.
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Dowager Cixi
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Ruler of Egypt around 1500BC.
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Hatshepsut
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Duchess who was also queen mother in England and queen consort in France
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. Her work lead to the developement of COBOL programming language.
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Grace Hopper
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The "Iron Lady".
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Margaret Thatcher
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Known for her pamphlet “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Daughter of the above. Author of "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus"
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Mary Shelley
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Her work "Genji Monogatari" is often regarded as the world's first novel.
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Murasaki Shikibu
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The first female prime minister of a Muslim country.
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Benazir Bhutto
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First lady of America. As head of UN human rights commission she helped to draft the 1948 UN declaration of human rights.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a bestseller and helped to popularise the anti-slavery campaign.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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African-American abolitionist and women’s rights campaigner. "Ain't I a woman?"
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Sojourner Truth
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Mystic, author and composer in the 11th and 12th century. Her writings and music have influenced people to this day.
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Hildegard of Bingen
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Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama.
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Rosa Parks
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Born into slavery in the 19th century America. She escaped and made many missions to rescue enslaved people, using the "Underground Railroad".
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Harriet Tubman
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Founder of the American Red Cross.
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Clara Barton
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Plato referred to her as one of the great ten poets.
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Sappho
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Long serving prime minister of India.
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Indira Gandhi
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The interpreter for Lewis and Clark during the U.S. government’s first exploration of the Northwest.
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Sacagawea
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One of the greatest athletes of all time, she won track and field gold medals at the 1932 Olympics, before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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It is said she brought modern dance to the world. Her untimely death was caused by her scarf.
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Isadora Duncan
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Mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer of the ancient Alexandria. She was a pagan martyr, torn apart by a mob of Christian monks.
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Hypatia
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