Kittur Chennamma
Indian queen of Kittur in present-day Karnataka who led an armed resistance against the British East India Company to maintain control over her dominion.
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Hazel Ying Lee
American pilot during World War II, serving as a pilot in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program.
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Wife of Muhammad
Hazrat Mahal
Begum of Awadh, regent 1857–1858, known for leading a rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Jadwiga Szeptycka
Polish archeologist and ethnographer, writer and social activist
Nancy Wake
SOE spy in France during WWII
Irena Sendler
Vital member of the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw, heading the children’s section of Żegota from October 1943.
Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai
Vietnamese revolutionary leader within the Indochinese Communist Party during the 1930s.
Ethel Pritchard
New Zealand nurse who served in WWI
Amy Curtis
Superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50).