Edith Lyttleton
The author of a dozen novels and many scores of short stories that were widely read in New Zealand during the first four decades of the twentieth century
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Winnifred Train
New Zealand army and civilian nurse, hospital matron, and nurses’ association leader
Dr Irena Białówna
In 1943, Dr. Irena Białówna was arrested by the Gestapo for her work in the underground resistance movement.
Julienne du Guesclin
French war heroine
Thusnelda
Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania.
Rokhl Auerbakh
Polish-Jewish writer, escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and worked as a Polish secretary on the Aryan side, leveraging her non-Jewish appearance and German fluency.
Agnès Humbert
French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Jane Cowley
Irish Sister of Mercy, Boer war nurse, and educator
Mary Francis Bridgeman
Irish Sister of Mercy, educator, and Crimean war nurse
Anne Chamberlaine
Putting on the dress of a sailor, she joined the crew of a fine ship, commanded by one of her brothers; and in an engagement with the French, she fought most gallantly for upwards of six hours.