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...that Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876) (pictured) kept her morganatic marriage secret from her father, Nicholas I of Russia, until his death in 1855?
...that Rosa Montero is a leading author of contemporary feminist literature and a senior journalist for Spain's largest newspaper, El País?
...that shortly after the Revolution of 1848, the socialist feminist Jeanne Deroin became the first woman to stand in a national election in France?

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