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Ban Zhao
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Ban Zhao

c. 45–116

Historian who completed the Book of Han and wrote influential works on women's education.

Ban Zhao (c. 45–116) endures among the great of China. Historian who completed the Book of Han and wrote influential works on women's education.

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