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Malinche vs Moctezuma
Could the Spanish have conquered Mexico without the help of Malinche, a Native American slave who became Hernan Cortés' …
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Marie Curie vs Jeanne Langevin
How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin divide France? Jeanne Langevin, cheated on an…
3
Rosa Luxembourg vs. Friedrich Ebert
Why does the figure of revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg continue to shine whilst Friedrich Ebert, Social Democrat …
4
Angela Davis vs. Ronald Reagan
How did communist activist Angela Davis become an icon in her relentless fight against Ronald Reagan, then Governor of C…
5
Camille Claudel vs. Auguste Rodin
In 1913, Camille Claudel, one of the most acclaimed artists of her time, was committed to a psychiatric asylum for insan…
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Jiang Qing vs. Deng Xiaoping
Did the sentencing to death of Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China, enable th…
7
Lucrezia Borgia vs. Pope Alexander VI
Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? By marrying into the…
8
Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs
How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a …
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Messalina vs. Agrippina
Two thousand years after the fact, can we really say that Messalina and Agrippina, two empresses of Roman antiquity, wer…
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Marie-Antoinette vs. Maximilien Robespierre
Did Marie Antoinette betray her adopted country? The queen is said to be insensitive, arrogant, ready to do anything to …
