Imagine being the richest woman in the 16th century. You own a banking empire so massive that the Kings of France and Spain owe you money. What do you do with your wealth?
Now imagine doing all of that while secretly running for your life from the Inquisition.
This was the reality of Gracia Nasi (La Señora). She was the "Iron Lady" centuries before the term existed. She didn't just survive; she used her leverage to fight back.
She turned her trade routes into an underground railroad, smuggling Jewish refugees over the Alps. She funded the Ferrara Bible to help Conversos remember the Hebrew they were forced to forget. And when the Pope burned Jews at the stake in Italy, she organized the first international Jewish boycott in history, choking off trade to Papal ports.
