Okay, maybe "politics" isn't quite the right word to sum up her legacy, but Mary I was the first woman to successfully claim the throne of England (reign: 19 July 1553 – 17 November 1558), and that's gotta be worth something. Personally I think she also deserves special credit for growing up with Henry VIII for a dad and not running screaming for the hills at the first opportunity.
There was, we understand, some unpleasantness regarding religious policy, but we'll leave that to your further reading at Wikipedia. (Reportedly she was a precocious child!)
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