Caroline of Ansbach
Queen of Great Britain in the 1700s
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Elizabeth Woodville
Queen of England in the 1400s
Isabella of Portugal
Queen of Spain and Germany, and Lady of the Netherlands in the 1500s
Pari Khan Khanum
Daughter of Shah Tahmasp, Pari Khan Khanum took on a political role during her father’s reign, helping him to rule during his last years of illness in 1500s Iran.
Saint Adelheid
Queen of Germany in the 900s
Barbara Mikulski
American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017, making her the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress at the time of her retirement.
Ruth Cheney Streeter
The first director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve during World War II.
Nanye-hi
Cherokee Beloved Woman and political leader
Musa of Parthia
Italian slave who rose to be a queen in Iran in the first century BCE
Neris Uriana
Neris Uriana was appointed the first female chief of the Wayuu tribe in La Guajira, Colombia, in 2005.