Jackie Sedibe
South African military officer
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Elizabeth Burchill
Elizabeth Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I’ve Trod.
Ana Claudio
American naval officer
Marion Sparg
South African political activist
Marcelle Lafont
Marcelle Lafont (1905-1982) was a chemical engineer, resistance fighter and French politician.
Vilma Espín
One of the first women in Cuba to study chemical engineering, graduating from the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was mostly known as one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, feminist, and wife of Raúl Castro.
Maria Quitéria
Initially disguised as a man, Brazilian soldier Maria Quitéria de Jesus served in the Brazilian War of Independence against the Portuguese from October 1822 to 1824.
Léonie Abo
Congolese writer and activist Léonie Abo is best known for her role in the 1963-65 Kwilu rebellion.
Kit Coleman
Irish-Canadian journalist, war correspondant and writer
Noreen Dennehy
Irish Franciscan nun who helped Jews escape from Italy during World War II