Bíawacheeitchish
Two-spirited Gros Ventres leader of the 1800s
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Elsie Knott
Elsie Knott was the first Anishinaabe Kwe O’gimaa (first woman to serve as chief of a First Nation in Canada).
Glory of the Morning
The only known female chief of the Hocąk or Winnebago nation
Shanakdakhete
One of the earliest regnant queens of Ancient Nubia
Ahhotep I
Ancient Egyptian queen of the 1500s BCE
Maria I of Portugal
1700s Portugese queen
Nur Jahan
Ruler of the Mughal Empire (almost all of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and large parts of northern and central India) in the 1600s
Razia Sultana
Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, India in the 1200s and the subcontinent’s first female Muslim ruler.
Inhyeon
1600s Korean queen
Myeongseong
Korean empress in the 1800s