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African Americans have Harriet Tubman, but the Jews of the Spanish Inquisition had their own “underground railroad,” thanks to Dona Gracia Beatriz Mendez. In an era when most women were illiterate and powerless, she was a merchant to be reckoned with. And through it all, she passed the ultimate test of success by never forgetting the Jewish people.

• the boycott of Ancona
• the attempted resettlement of Teverya
• tempting the wrath of the Pope
• becoming a power-broker in a male-dominated world