Cynane
The half-sister of Alexander the Great (l.356-323 BCE). Following the Illyrian tradition of women as warriors, her mother raised her in the martial arts and the belief that she was the equal of any man.
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Jigonhsasee
According to Iroquois lore, Jigonhsasee (Jikonhsaseh, Jikonsase) was integral to the origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy dated to either the 12th or 15th century.
Ankhsenamun
1300s BCE princess and the first Egyptian woman of royal blood known to have tried to marry a foreign prince and make him pharaoh
Atossa
Daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of three kings and mother of Xerxes I, who operated her own business and maintained her own court and military.
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams
American educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist who was instrumental in campaigns to rename various Little Rock streets in honor of Daisy Bates and Mayor Charles Bussey.
Kathy Webb
Kathy Webb—the first openly gay member of the Arkansas General Assembly—has had a long career in private business, philanthropy, and local and state government.
Alice L Preston
Alice Luberter Walker Preston was an African-American schoolteacher who was instrumental in the peaceful integration of Murfreesboro city schools in 1965 and left an enduring legacy in the field of education in Arkansas.
Kathleen McKenna
20th century Irish republican and administrator
Mabel McConnell
20th century Irish republican, suffragette, and socialist
Máire O’Brien
20th century Irish republican activist, civil servant and translator