Heterpheres I
4th Dynasty Egyptian queen
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Amenirdis I
Amenirdis I (714-700 BCE) controlled Thebes through her position as God’s Wife of Amun and effectively ruled Upper Egypt.
Emma of Normandy
Emma of Normandy (died 1052), the wife of King Aethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016 and then the wife of King Cnut from 1017 to 1035, was a dominant player in English politics for nearly 50 years.
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.
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.