Tarereenore

Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.

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Gudït

Ethiopian queen who brought down the ruling house of Aksum in the tenth century, a dynasty which was not to rise again until c. 1270.

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Sophie Cook

Transgender former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor

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Alliquippa

Alliquippa was a prominent leader of the Seneca nation for at least a decade before her death in December 1754.

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Awashonks

Awashonks was a sachem, or chief, of the Sakonnet people in present-day Rhode Island, North America. She was not born into this royal role but had proved herself as a powerful leader.

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Elza Žiglevica

Member of the Latvian Women’s Auxiliary Corps, which provided food for the thousands of troops during WWI, who died bringing soldiers food

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Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian (624-705) was empress consort of China through her marriage to Emperor Gaozong, and later became empress dowager and regent for her sons Zhongzong and Ruizong. She later became the first empress regnant of China.

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