Beng Hong Oon
Trailblazing legal and political figure in British Malaya, renowned for her pioneering achievements and contributions to women’s representation in law and politics.
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Ding Ling
Prominent Chinese writer and intellectual of the 1900s.
Zheng
Chinese empress of the Song dynasty
Hu Shanxiang
Chinese empress in the 1400s
Lü
The empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, and was the first woman to hold the title of Empress of China. She is typically portrayed as the first woman to have ruled over a united China.
Xu
Third empress of the Ming dynasty.
Yingtian
Khitan empress
Chengtian
Empress Chengtian was one of the most well-known and powerful women in the Liao Dynasty, taking after her aunt Empress Yingtian.
Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian (624-705) was empress consort of China through her marriage to Emperor Gaozong, and later became empress dowager and regent for her sons Zhongzong and Ruizong. She later became the first empress regnant of China.
Pu Shunqing
China’s first female scriptwriter for Cupid’s Puppets (1925), a Great Wall Film Company film co-directed by her husband