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Seven women who weren’t afraid to fight.

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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc watched as Charles VII was crowned king of France in 1429 at Reims Cathedral....
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Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc
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Boudicca
Boudicca and her daughters, sculpture in London.
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Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, oil on...
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Exekias: Greek amphora depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea
Achilles slaying Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, Attic black-figure amphora...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Women's rights movement leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) and Susan B. Anthony.
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Rosa Parks sitting on a bus
Activist Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956.
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Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman, c. 1890–1908.
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