Louise Michel
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
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Philippa of Hainault
Founder of Queen’s College, Oxford
Anne of Brittany
Duchess of Brittany and queen of France
Joanna of Flanders
Countess of Montfort, who defended against a seige
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Caring for soldiers, she declared that the officers were sufficiently looked after, and she would work where most needed. And they were ardently devoted to “Mother” Bickerdyke.
Jane Winstone
A talented pilot and a courageous woman, Jane Winstone was one of 16 women from the ATA killed during the war.
Bridget Diver
Bridget Divers accompanied her husband in the First Michigan Cavalry and continued until the close of the US Civil War.
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveller, ethnologist and author
Jean Neill Erwin
When the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in 1942, Jean Erwin was appointed to the position of commandant, Southern Military District, with the rank of senior commander (equivalent to major).
Mary Anne Reidy
Her contribution to backblocks nursing and the welfare of returned soldiers was recognised when she was made an MBE in 1956, and later when a room at the Te Awamutu RSA clubrooms was named after her.