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Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady/U.S. Delegate to the UN/Human Rights Activist)

Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady/U.S. Delegate to the UN/Human Rights Activist)

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and was an advocate for civil rights.

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
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Phoolan Devi (Indian Bandit/Politician)

phoolan-devi.jpgPhoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001), popularly known as "The Bandit Queen", was an Indian dacoit (bandit) and later a politician. She was notorious across India during her time as a bandit.

Phoolan was born into the lower mallha (boatmen) caste, in the small village of Gorha ka Purwa in Uttar Pradesh, India. She was the second child in a family of four girls and a boy.

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Isabel Allende (Writer/Feminist)

isabel-allende_2.jpgIsabel Allende is a master storyteller in the genre of magical realism. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages, and have sold more than 51 million copies worldwide.

Her list of honours, awards and accomplishments is truly staggering. But none of this, according to her, reflects who she is, or what has been important in her life.

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