Julie d’Aubigny (aka Mademoiselle Maupin)
Bisexual French Duelist & Opera Singer
Lucille Bogan
One of the First Recorded Blues Singers & Pioneer of “Dirty Blues”
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African American Singer Who Broke Down Race Barriers
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Olga of Kiev
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