Jane Johnson
Enslaved woman whose escape to freedom led to precedent-setting legal cases
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Heterpheres I
4th Dynasty Egyptian queen
Merit-Ptah
Merit-Ptah is not only the first female doctor known by name but the first woman mentioned in the study of science.
Nefertari
In the 19th Dynasty, Nefertari (c. 1255 BCE) was the queen of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and was equally influential during his administration.
Amanikhatashan
First century CE queen of Meroe
Amantitere
First century CE queen of Meroe
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