swap_horiz Phoolan Devi Alternatives

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, led India’s struggle for independence from British rule. His philos...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.8 Brilliant

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a pivotal figure in modern history. He led the Turkish nationalist movement that established t...

Turkey 20TH Century Turkish Founder

9.2 Excellent

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a pivotal American civil rights activist. Her courageous refusal to yield her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala...

American Activist 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.2 Excellent

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Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ambedkar was a pivotal 20th-century Indian figure who spearheaded the Dalit civil rights movement. He played a c...

Indian 20TH Century Reformer Social Revolution

9.2 Excellent

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a prominent 20th-century Anglican archbishop and South African revolutionary. His lifelong dedication t...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

9.2 Excellent

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Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a prominent 20th-century Vietnamese military strategist and revolutionary leader. He directed the Vie...

Military 20TH Century Vietnamese Anti Colonial

9.2 Excellent

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese military general and politician who served as the commander of the Vietnam People's Army...

20TH Century General Anti Colonialism Vietnamese Revolution

9.1 Excellent

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Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a pivotal 20th-century figure instrumental in establishing modern China. He spearheaded the Xinhai Revol...

China 20TH Century Republican Nationalist

9.0 Excellent

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Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was a key figure in 20th-century Vietnam. He spearheaded the Vietnamese communist movement, ultimately leadi...

20TH Century Vietnam Leader Communist

8.9 Great

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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

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Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata was a pivotal figure in Mexico’s 20th-century revolution. As a leading agrarian rebel, he championed the...

20TH Century Mexican Mexico Rebel

8.8 Great

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel was a prominent 20th-century figure instrumental in the transition of Czechoslovakia to democracy. As a pla...

20TH Century Democracy Velvet Czechia

8.8 Great

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Kartini

Kartini was a prominent Javanese noblewoman and an early advocate for women's education and rights in Indonesia. Born in...

Education 20TH Century Feminism Indonesian Nationalism

8.7 Great

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Ruth First

Ruth First was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, journalist, and academic who played a significant role...

20TH Century South African Feminist Martyr

7.9 Good

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Vilma Espín

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary, chemical engineer, and political organizer who lived from 1930 to 2007. She parti...

Cuban 20TH Century Feminist Cuba

7.3 Good

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Qiu Jin

Qiu Jin was a Chinese writer, poet, feminist, and anti-Qing revolutionary active in the years before the 1911 Revolution...

China 20TH Century Feminist Martyr

7.3 Good

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Nadezhda Krupskaya

Nadezhda Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and the wife of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. Following the 191...

Russian 20TH Century Feminist Educator

7.3 Good

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Alexandra Kollontai

Alexandra Kollontai was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, political writer, and Bolshevik politician who worked...

Russia 20TH Century Feminist Diplomat

7.2 Good

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Dolores Jiménez y Muro

Dolores Jiménez y Muro was a Mexican revolutionary and journalist active during the Mexican Revolution beginning in 1910...

20TH Century Mexican Feminist Anarchist

6.9 Fair

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Hilda Gadea

Hilda Gadea was a Peruvian economist, APRA activist, feminist, and socialist who became involved in Latin American polit...

20TH Century Peruvian Feminist Socialist

5.8 Mediocre