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Maria Christina Bruhn

Maria Christina Bruhn was Sweden’s first female inventor in the field of military technology.

Ana Monterrosso de Lavalleja

Uruguayan freedom fighter, writer and political wife

Ana Betancourt

Cuban women’s rights activist

Pamela Pigeon

New Zealand-British cryptographer and the first female commander in Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters during World War II.

A Nong

Shamaness, matriarch and warrior A Nong was a prominent figure among the Zhuang and Nùng people in the 11th century.

Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida

Angola’s “Mother of the Revolution”, Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida had many roles throughout her short life: nationalist, militant, writer, poet and translator, teacher and radio host.

For patriotic service, a keen sense of diplomacy and an astonishing ability of conducting affairs of the state of the greatest importance the fame of Zrinyi Ilona outshines completely the brilliant array of Hungary’s great women.