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Question: Who do you consider to be the most famous women in history!?
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How about Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of two kings, mother of at least two others, Richard the Lionhearted and John!? She got an annulment from her first marriage to Louis VII of France on grounds of consanguinity, then quickly married Henry II of England to whom she was even more closely related!. Her inheritance of French land was a major cause of the Hundred Years War!.

Another Eleanor (Roosevelt)

In science, Marie Curie, winner of two Nobel Prizes!.

In Medicine - Rebecca Lancefield, Virginia Apgar and Helen Taussig!.

In legend - Helen of Troy

For Byzantine intrigue: Theodora, actress, courtesan and wife of Emperor Justinian!.

For Rennaisance intrigue: Lucrezia Borgia!.

For class in the face of adversity: Jackie Kennedy and Laura Bush

Founding Mother - Abigail Adams!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Elizabeth I,
Elizabeth II,
Emeline Pankhurst,
Boudicca,
Hatshepsut,
Nefertiti,
Cleopatra,
Joan of Arc,
Florence Nightingale,
Queen Victoria,
Marie Antoinette,
Marie Curie,
Marie Stopes,
HRH Diana, Princess of Wales,
Mary Queen of Scots,
Eva Peron,
?thelf?d, Lady of the Mercians!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Queen Elizabeth 1
Queen VictoriaWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Virgin Mary
Elenore Rooservelt
Margaret Sanger
Queen Elizabeth I

Too many to list!
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Susan B!. Anthony
Elizibeth Cady Stanton
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Cleopatra, Queen VictoriaWww@QuestionHome@Com

oprah
queen elizabethWww@QuestionHome@Com

hail MARYWww@QuestionHome@Com

Mary, mother of Jesus, would be my first choice!. Www@QuestionHome@Com