Catalina de Erauso
Spanish-American military heroine
Spanish-American military heroine
Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.
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.
Transgender former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor
Alliquippa was a prominent leader of the Seneca nation for at least a decade before her death in December 1754.
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.
Belgian national heroine and WWII spy
Lithuanian military leader
Member of the Latvian Women’s Auxiliary Corps, which provided food for the thousands of troops during WWI, who died bringing soldiers food
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.