Maria Lewis
Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.
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Aldruda Frangipane
12th-century Roman noblewoman and military leader.
Isabella Gibbons
African-American educator who became a teacher after being freed from enslavement
Vice Admiral Patricia Ann Tracey
The first woman in the Navy to be promoted to the rank of three-star admiral.
Louise Thuliez
French schoolteacher and resistance fighter during World War I and World War II
Anna Kuliscioff
Russian-Italian revolutionary known for her activism and political beliefs,
Bea Arthur
While Bea Arthur is widely recognized for her iconic roles in “Maude” and “The Golden Girls,” her life and career were rich with fascinating, lesser-known aspects.
Nathalie Lemel
Militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871
Ana Néri
Pioneer of nursing in Brazil who served during the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).
Maria
Maria was a slave and possibly the leader of a 1716 slave rebellion on Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies in 1716.