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LibertyLover

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Tue Jan-11-05 12:11 PM
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21. More than one I'm afraid

Hatshepsut - for the voyage to Punt, for "giving peace a chance" and for the beautiful tomb at Deir el Bahri.

Eleanor of Aquitaine - for going on crusade with her 1st husband and figuring out it was time to say adieu.

Elizabeth I - for defeating Philip' Armada, although her Irish policies were bad.

Deborah Samson - for fighting in the American Revolutionary War and getting Congress to give her a veteran's pension.

Eleanor Roosevelt - for being herself.

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