Abedo

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Abedo was among the many who fought back.

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Corrine Koshiway Goslin

Corrine Koshiway Goslin Mzhickteno (Otoe) dedicated her life to serving her tribal nation and the United States, including by serving in the Coast Guard during World War II.

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Cathay Williams

Though over 400 women served in the Civil War posing as male soldiers, Williams was the first African American woman to enlist and the only documented woman to serve in the United States Army, while disguised as a man, during the Indian Wars. Williams is also the only known female Buffalo Soldier.

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Edith Lyttleton

The author of a dozen novels and many scores of short stories that were widely read in New Zealand during the first four decades of the twentieth century

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