Trinidad Tecson
Philippine revolutionary who joined the revolutionary nationalist army Katipunan in 1895 to fight for her country’s independence from Spanish colonizers.
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Velu Nachiyar
Born in 1730, Rani Velu Nachiyar was the first Indian queen to actively oppose the British, though she would be far from the last.
Lady Mo
The woman known as Ya Mo (Grandma Mo) was the wife of a government official in Nakhon Ratchasima, and was in her mid-50s in 1826 when King Anouvong of Vientiane invaded and seized the city while the governor was away.
Lü Mǔ
When her adult son was a local government official who was executed by the governor, ostensibly for a minor crime, Lü Mǔ planned and executed an uprising, part of the Red Eyebrows uprising that started in 22 CE
Mary Seacole
1800s Jamaican nurse and businesswoman
Chevalier d’Eon
The diplomat, soldier, and spy was notorious and scandalous long before they began presenting permanently as a woman in 1777
Deloris Ruddock
Deloris L. Ruddock was one of 855 African American women who served in the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) during the war. Officially known as the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the women called themselves the “Six Triple Eight” with the motto “No Mail, Low Morale.”
Mary Baird
20th century Irish nurse and health service administrator
Chand Bibi
1500s regent of India’s Bijapur Sultanate and Ahmednagar Sultanate, who defended Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces
Agnes Forneri
Canadian nurse