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The pervasive spirit among women is one of incomprehensible strength. They not only withstand systematic oppression and gender-based discrimination, but also thrive on a planet that is so very much against them. Throughout all of humankind’s history, women have been treated as second-class citizens, and things have only changed but so much in the 21st century. Nevertheless, they regularly take the poor hand that life has dealt them and turn it into a royal flush. Women all over the world persist, time and time again, in order to craft a future for themselves and others that is worth sacrificing for.…