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The Warrior Queens
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3.71 avg rating — 2,796 ratings
"Boudica, Matilda of Tuscany, the Trung sisters, Nzinga Mbande, Rani Lakshmi, Tamar of Georgia"
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Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World
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3.77 avg rating — 346 ratings
"Ching Shih, Jeanne de Clisson, Alfhild, Grace O'Malley "
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Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
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3.62 avg rating — 178 ratings
"Emmy Noether, Rosalind Franklin, and others"
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Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
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3.73 avg rating — 6,549 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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In the Time of the Butterflies
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4.15 avg rating — 79,144 ratings
"The Mirabal Sisters"
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Nancy Wake
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4.26 avg rating — 3,663 ratings
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Madame Fiocca (Heroes of War #2)
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4.51 avg rating — 386 ratings
"Nancy Wake"
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Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan
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3.99 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
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3.92 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
"Mandukhai Khatun, Alakhai Beki, Toregene Khatun"
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The Tiger Queens: the Women of Genghis Khan
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4.25 avg rating — 1,769 ratings
"Alakhai Beki and Toregene Khatun"
Fiona
rated it 5 stars
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Granuaile: Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen
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3.50 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
"Grace O'Malley (Granuaile)"
Fiona
rated it 5 stars
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Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
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4.04 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
"Grace O'Malley (Granuaile)"
Fiona
rated it 4 stars
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The Wild Irish
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3.64 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
"Grace O'Malley (Granuaile)"
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Artemisia Gentileschi
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4.40 avg rating — 328 ratings
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The Passion of Artemisia
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3.91 avg rating — 19,958 ratings
"Artemisia Gentileschi"
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rated it 3 stars
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Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval monsters
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3.77 avg rating — 148 ratings
Fiona
rated it 4 stars
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Remarkable Creatures
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3.89 avg rating — 55,430 ratings
"Mary Anning"
Fiona
rated it 4 stars
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Curiosity
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3.66 avg rating — 445 ratings
"Mary Anning"
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Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen
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3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Daughter of Sand and Stone
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3.65 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
"Zenobia"
Fiona
rated it 3 stars
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Zenobia (Warrior Queen, #4)
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3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790-1810
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4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
"Ching Shih (Cheng I Sao)"
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The Flower Boat Girl
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
"Ching Shih (Cheng I Sao)"
Fiona
rated it 5 stars
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Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
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3.47 avg rating — 5,296 ratings
"Ching Shih (Cheng I Sao)"
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The Rani of Jhansi: Gender, History, and Fable in India
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3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings
"Rani Lakshmi"
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Rebel Queen
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4.05 avg rating — 11,931 ratings
"Rani Lakshmi"
Fiona
rated it 3 stars
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
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3.69 avg rating — 8,907 ratings
"Molly Craig"
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
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3.65 avg rating — 7,735 ratings
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Child of the Morning
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4.14 avg rating — 4,570 ratings
"Hatshepsut "
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Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
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4.13 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
"Hatshepsut"
Fiona
rated it 3 stars
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The Crook and Flail (The She-King, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 950 ratings
"Hatshepsut "
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
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4.08 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
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Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
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3.96 avg rating — 10,279 ratings
"Olympias of Macedonia"
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The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter
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3.60 avg rating — 214 ratings
"Ada Lovelace"
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
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4.02 avg rating — 4,923 ratings
"Ada Lovelace"
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Enchantress of Numbers
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3.59 avg rating — 5,731 ratings
"Ada Lovelace"
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Joan
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3.94 avg rating — 8,976 ratings
"Joan of Arc"
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Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 5,484 ratings
"Boudica"
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The Eagle and the Raven
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4.19 avg rating — 1,823 ratings
"Boudica"
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Ashes of Britannia (Warrior Queen, #3)
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3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings
"Boudica"
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Wu Zhao: China's Only Female Emperor
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3.81 avg rating — 121 ratings
"Also known as Wu Zeitan"
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Empress
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3.69 avg rating — 6,435 ratings
"Wu Zeitan (Wu Zhao) "
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The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 8,091 ratings
"Wu Zeitan (Wu Zhao) "
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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
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3.74 avg rating — 1,334 ratings
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The Book of Love (Magdalene Line Trilogy, #2)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
"Matilda of Tuscany"
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The Scarlet Contessa
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3.81 avg rating — 3,253 ratings
"Caterina Sforza"
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The Book of the City of Ladies
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3.80 avg rating — 4,435 ratings
"Christine de Pizan"
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Christine de Pizan: Her Life and Works
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3.94 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Hypatia of Alexandria
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3.72 avg rating — 485 ratings
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Hall of Mirrors: Virginia Hall: America's Greatest Spy of WWII
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4.12 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Isabella: Braveheart of France
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3.91 avg rating — 3,891 ratings
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Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint
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3.57 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora
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4.08 avg rating — 2,412 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The Bearkeeper's Daughter
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3.95 avg rating — 532 ratings
"Empress Theodora"
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Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen
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3.96 avg rating — 205 ratings
"Nzinga Mbande"
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Nzinga African Warrior Queen
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3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings
"Nzinga Mbande"
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Night Witches: The Amazing Story Of Russia's Women Pilots in World War II
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4.20 avg rating — 487 ratings
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The Avengers
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4.31 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
"Vitka Kempner"
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The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo
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3.58 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Malinalli
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3.40 avg rating — 917 ratings
"Malinche"
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Malinche
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3.35 avg rating — 6,973 ratings
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Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back
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3.90 avg rating — 2,083 ratings
"Sutematsu Yamakawa"
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Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
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3.56 avg rating — 616 ratings
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
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3.44 avg rating — 1,809 ratings
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
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3.97 avg rating — 2,706 ratings
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The Jewel of Medina
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3.57 avg rating — 1,880 ratings
"Aisha"
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Mother of the Believers
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3.99 avg rating — 743 ratings
"Aisha"
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Colonel Anne Mackintosh, Scotland's Beautiful Rebel
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4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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White Rose Rebel
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3.68 avg rating — 607 ratings
"Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh"
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Autobiography of Mother Jones
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4.16 avg rating — 399 ratings
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Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun
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4.18 avg rating — 293 ratings
"Ani Pachen"
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Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart
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3.77 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Josephine Baker's Last Dance
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3.57 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
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Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen
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3.86 avg rating — 483 ratings
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Jezebel
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3.79 avg rating — 351 ratings
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The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
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3.60 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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4.06 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Silence of Stone
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3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings
"Marguerite de la Rocque"
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Razor: Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh and the Razor Gangs
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4.03 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Countess Dracula : Life and Times of Elisabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess
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3.76 avg rating — 280 ratings
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The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons
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3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Moon Has its Secrets
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
"Nanny of the Maroons"
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The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi
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4.01 avg rating — 96 ratings
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By Fire Possessed: Dona Gracia Nasi
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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
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3.98 avg rating — 3,548 ratings
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Sor Juana's Second Dream
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4.12 avg rating — 153 ratings
"Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz"
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Suffragette: My Own Story
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4.15 avg rating — 2,558 ratings
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Star of the Morning: The Life and Times of Lady Hester Stanhope
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3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Other Schindler... Irena Sendler: Savior of the Holocaust Children
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4.25 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of Baroness de Pontalba
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3.68 avg rating — 205 ratings
"Micaela Almonester de Pontalba"
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Truganini
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4.13 avg rating — 816 ratings
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Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride
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4.09 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
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4.28 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Constance Markievicz: Irish Revolutionary
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4.16 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Te Puea: a biography
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4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Luisa Capetillo, Pioneer Puerto Rican Feminist
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
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3.63 avg rating — 1,854 ratings
"Isabel Gramesón"
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The Lost Lady of the Amazon: The Story of Isabela Godin and Her Epic Journey
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3.04 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Charlotte Badger-Buccaneer
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3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Sayyida: A novel of XVIth Century Morocco
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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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