Agesistrata
Spartan queen in the 200s BCE
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Agnes of Austria
Queen consort of Hungary, 1296–1301
Agnes of Poitou
German Empress in the 1000s CE
Sonja Loveday Davies
New Zealand nurse, labour activist, women’s rights activist, politician and peace campaigner
Sarojini Naidu
Indian poet and political activist
Jean Devanny
A ‘vivid, valiant and temerarious’ woman, Jean Devanny overcame many of the obstacles to women achieving independence, and through her writings sought the same end for others.
Lizzie Burns
Irish nationalist
Leslie de Barra
Irish republican and Red Cross pioneer
Irene Calvert
Irish public servant and MP
Lily Anderson
Irish social campaigner and communist who joined the Communist Party in 1942 and served for many years on its subcommittees for social services, education, and women. She was best known as a campaigner for better nursery facilities in Belfast during the 1960s.