Maria Sarmiento
Defended the fortress of Toro in 1475 during civil war in Spain
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Rafaela Herrera
National heroine of Nicaragua who defended the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception against the British forces during the Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua in 1762.
Chrodielde
Ambitious French nun in the 500s
Angélique Brûlon
French solider in the late 1700s
Caterina Sforza
Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, and regent for her son
Amage
Sarmatian queen
Terken Khatun
Empress of the Khwarazmian Empire, and the mother and de facto co-ruler of Muhammad II
Maria Lewis
Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.
Aldruda Frangipane
12th-century Roman noblewoman and military leader.
Susan Frost
Suffolk nurse during the Irish Rebellion of 1798