Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Iconic French woman who assisted France in the Hundred Years' War.
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Joan of Arc
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B
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Founder of the American Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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C
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Polish physicist who studied radioactivity
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Marie Curie
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D
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Very private 19th century American poet, considered one of the most significant in US history
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Emily Dickinson
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E
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First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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Amelia Earhart
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F
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Young Holocaust victim who wrote about her experience hiding from the Nazis
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Anne Frank
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G
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First and only female Prime Minister of India
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Indira Gandhi
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H
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Successful ancient Egyptian pharaoh
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Queen Hatshepsut
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I
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Queen of Castille whose marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon united Spain
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Isabella I
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J
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Birth name of an American patron of the arts and inventor of the modern bra
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Mary Phelps Jacob
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K
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Iconic American deafblind author and lecturer
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Helen Keller
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L
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Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
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Juliette Gordon Low
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M
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Entomologist during the Scientific Revolution
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Maria Merian
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N
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English founder of modern nursing
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Florence Nightingale
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O
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American artist best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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P
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African-American Civil Rights activist who famously refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
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Rosa Parks
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Q
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First female and first openly gay Speaker of the New York Council
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Christine Quinn
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R
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"First Lady of the World"
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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S
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Ancient Greek lyric poet
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Sappho
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T
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Strong-willed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Margaret Thatcher
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U
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World-class Japanese British classical pianist
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Mitsuko Uchida
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V
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Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India, for whom an entire era is named
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Queen Victoria
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W
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Enlightenment philosopher, author, and feminist
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Y
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Current Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner
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Malala Yousafzai
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Z
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American multi-sport athlete
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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