Amantitere
First century CE queen of Meroe
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Maleqorobar
200s CE queen of Meroe
Lahideamani
200s CE queen of Meroe
Anna Maria Weems
Anna Maria Weems (circa 1840 to circa 1863) was an enslaved African American woman in Rockville, Maryland, who escaped by posing as a young Black livery man and carriage driver, assisted by the Underground Railroad, in September 1855.
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
Arete of Cyrene
Arete of Cyrene (l. 4th century BCE) was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic School
Berenice II
200s BCE Hellenistic queen, who ruled together with her husband Ptolemy III (r. 246-221 BCE), when the Ptolemaic kingdom was at the height of its power, dominating most of the eastern Mediterranean.
Kahina
7th century CE Berber (Imazighen) warrior-queen and seer who led her people against the Arab Invasion of North Africa
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.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Major Griffin-Gracy, or Miss Major as she was commonly known, was a transgender African American community organizer active in groundbreaking LGBTQ+ movements since the 1960s.