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TIL that the first female leader was Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.” Her rule was peaceful and she was able to launch a building program that would see the construction of a great temple at Luxor.

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