Boudica
Briton queen who fought the Romans
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Louise Michel
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
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
Elisabeth of Wied
Queen of Romania, known as “Carmen Sylva”, a poet and novelist who fostered the higher education of women in Romania
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