Reply #41: Some of my favorites

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Veronica Franco - Poet, Courtesan, Feminist in 16th Century Venice. There is book about her - The Honest Courtesan and the movie - Dangerous Beauty. Very eloquent, wrote beautiful poetry, and wrote on themes such as the equality of women and the plight of women at that time, was accused of witchcraft (of course) and placed before the Inquisition, but sucessfully defended herself and through her public letters defended herself against jealous politicos and other poets.

Angelina Jolie - For her work with the UN and donated 1/3 of her money to the UNHCR. She and Brad are planning to donate the proceeds from her first baby pics - $5million - to UNICEF. It is sad, she is our de facto Ambassador to the United Nations and our de factor foreign policy for the entire continent of Africa.

Eleanor Roosevelt - First Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Commission, authored with others the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Elizabeth I - didn't need a man and still kicked arse.

Catherine the Great - also kicked arse

Rosa Luxemburg - Polish Communist, killed for her beliefs in Germany shortly after WWI

Dorothy Day - Catholic Workers Movement