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Cynane

The half-sister of Alexander the Great (l.356-323 BCE). Following the Illyrian tradition of women as warriors, her mother raised her in the martial arts and the belief that she was the equal of any man.

Freydis Eiríksdóttir

Freydis Eiríksdóttir (c. 970-c. 1004 CE) was either a great woman warrior or an evil, conniving murderess depending on which of the two stories about her one reads.

Lozen

Fames Native American warrior

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy

Old-Lady-Grieves-the-Enemy was a Pawnee woman, not a warrior, who rallied her community to defend the sacred village of Pahaku against a raid by Ponca and Sioux raiding parties.

Kahina

7th century CE Berber (Imazighen) warrior-queen and seer who led her people against the Arab Invasion of North Africa

Amanikhatashan

First century CE queen of Meroe

Atossa

Daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of three kings and mother of Xerxes I, who operated her own business and maintained her own court and military.

Banu Khorramdin

In the 800s CE, Banu fought against the occupying forces of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Buffalo Calf Road Woman

Cheyenne warrior famed for rescuing her brother during the Battle of the Rosebud in 1876.

Julie Hammer

Julie Hammer joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1977, after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Sydney. She was originally an education officer but transferred to the Engineer Branch in 1981. Hammer was the first woman to command an operational unit in the RAAF, the Electronic Warfare Squadron.