Abigail Masham
Favorite of Queen Anne of England
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Edna Beard
The first woman elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, in 1921, just a year after the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States.
Agnes Ballard
American architect and educator, the first female registered architect in Florida and one of the first women to be elected to a public office in Florida
Alice Furlong
Irish poet
Berengaria of Navarre
Queen of England’s Richard the Lionheart
Kunigunda Slavonia
1200s queen of Bohemia
Lavinia Veiongo
Wife of King Tupou II of Tonga
Sophie Cook
Transgender former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor
Margaret Bondfield
In 1929, she became Britain’s first female cabinet member.
RoseAnne Archibald
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, which represents 634 First Nations with 900,000 members. She was elected on 8 July 2021 and is the first woman to hold the position.