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a.
Florence Harding
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first American woman to wear pants in public, 1840s
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b.
Catherine de Medici
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blonde bombshell, actress, and playwright jailed on obscenity
charges in 1927
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c.
Elizabeth Smith Miller
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talented art forger whose fakes of Utrillo paintings fooled even
the artist
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d.
Jean Harlow
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Lady rumored to have poisoned her husband after the FBI reported
to her that he had fathered a child with a mistress
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e.
Mae West
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first woman to use tobacco (mixed with snuff)
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f.
Phoolan Devi
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__________WWI
German spy who posed as an exotic dancer and slept with the enemy
to obtain information
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g.
Annie Sprinkle
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Transylvanian countess who bathed in the blood of 600,000 virgins
to stay young
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h.
Emma Goldman
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wife of Emperor Claudius who wore disguises in order to work in
brothels behind her husband's back
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i.
Madame Claude Latour
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convicted of complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln;
first woman hanged by the US government
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j.
Valerie Solanas
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1930s bank robber whose crime spree with her husband Clyde spanned
two years and 4 states
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k.
Mata Hari
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anarchist who worked (unsuccessfully) as a prostitute to raise
money for a gun to as sassinate Henry Clay Frick
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l.
Janet Jackson
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__________female
pirate who ruled the seas with Mary Read, Calico Jack, and Pierre
the Pirate
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m.
Elizabeth Bathory
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standard Bearer of the Dead Rabbit Gang who battled the Bowery
Boys in the gang fights of New York with brass claws and teeth
filed into points
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n.
Anne Bonney
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India's bandit queen, whose four year spree of robbery, murder,
and kidnapping resulted in 11 years in prison; after which she
became a member of the Indian Parliament
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o.
Messalina
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__________60s
activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party, the American
Communist Party, and was on the FBI's most wanted list for allegedly
smuggling a gun into prison
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p.
Hell Cat Maggie
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author of the SCUM Manifesto whose attempted assassination of
Andy Warhol landed her in an institution
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q.
Angela Davis
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porn star turned sex activist and educator; invited audience members
onstage to look at her cervix through a speculum
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r.
Mary Surratt
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pop singer who exposed her breast during a half time performance
at the Superbowl, resulting in what many believe to be a modern-day
witch hunt by the FCC.
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s.
Bonnie Parker
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first actress to appear braless onscreen, 1930s
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