Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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10th century ruler of Mercia, only female-to-female succession in Britain until the Tudors
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Aethelflaed
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B
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Italian queen consort of Poland-Lithuania, her acquisition of land was a complaint in the Chicken War
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Bona Sforza
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C
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Chinese pirate in the period of the Qing dynasty
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Ching Shih
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D
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Spanish Republican, famous for the slogan ¡No Pasarán!
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Dolores Ibárruri Gómez
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E
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Earliest known poet whose name is recorded
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Enheduanna
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F
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British nurse in the Crimean War, 'Lady with the Lamp'
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Florence Nightingale
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G
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Israeli prime minister, signatory of the declaration of independence
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Golda Meir
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H
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Roman orator, argued for a reduction in tax on wealthy women
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Hortensia
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I
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American journalist, influenced Standard Oil break-down
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Ida Tarbell
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J
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French heroine of the Hundred Years' War
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Jeanne d'Arc
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K
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Sumerian queen listed in the Sumerian King List
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Kubaba
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L
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Renaissance Italy: first woman with science doctorate, salaried female lecturer
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Laura Bassi
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M
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Founder of the Kalmar Union
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Margrete
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N
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Queen in 18th dynasty Egypt, possibly herself a Pharaoh
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Nefertiti
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O
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French playwright and pamphleteer, 'Three Urns'
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Olympe de Gouges
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P
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Ancient Greek courtesan put on trial, possibly disrobed
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Phryne
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Q
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Phrygian prophet in the Montanist movement. Shares a name with a poetic form
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Quintilla
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R
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Marxist, killed in the Spartacist uprising of 1919
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Rosa Luxembourg
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S
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Norwegian figure skater, holder of the most titles among women
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Sonja Henie
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T
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Vietnamese sisters led rebellion against Han Chinese
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Trưng Trắc
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U
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Queen of 12th century León
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Urraca
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V
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Narodnaya Volya, co-planned assassination of Alexander II
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Vera Figner
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W
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Zhou dynasty ruler
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Wu Zetian
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X
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Nun 'Martha', mother of Mikhail, first Romanov tsar
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Xenia Shestova
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Y
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Russian empress, couped husband, expanded borders
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Yekaterina II
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Z
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Queen of Palmyra, fought against Rome, conquered Egypt
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Zenobia of Palmyra
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