Maria Sarmiento
Defended the fortress of Toro in 1475 during civil war in Spain
Defended the fortress of Toro in 1475 during civil war in Spain
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.
Ambitious French nun in the 500s
French solider in the late 1700s
Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, and regent for her son
Sarmatian queen
Empress of the Khwarazmian Empire, and the mother and de facto co-ruler of Muhammad II
Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.
12th-century Roman noblewoman and military leader.
Suffolk nurse during the Irish Rebellion of 1798