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Ten Mistresses Who Changed History
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“Aspasia Surrounded by Greek Philosophers” by Michel II Corneille, from Google Art Project via Wikimedia Commons. -
Mural of Malinche and Cortés by Jose Clemente Orozco, from Thelmadatter via Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Cixi from puyi.netor.com via Wikimedia Commons. -
Portrait of Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour by Jean-Marc Nattier, courtesy the French ministry of culture via Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Lola Montez courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, Southworth & Hayes, via Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Prince Carol and Elena Lupescu from Wikimedia Commons. -
Portrait of Émilie du Châtelet by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, from cabinetmagazine.org via Wikimedia Commons. -
Print of George Eliot from Gutenberg.org via Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Virginia Hill courtesy U.S. Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. -
Celia Sanchez Manduley courtesy Deena Stryker Photographs, Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University.