Hayati binti Mohd Salleh
Hayati binti Mohd Salleh was the first female Attorney General of Brunei and the first female High Court Judge in the Supreme Court of Brunei.
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Indradevi
Politically influential queen of the Khmer Empire from roughly 1181 to 1219
Michiyo Tsujimura
Michiyo Tsujimura (辻村みちよ) was a Japanese agricultural scientist and biochemist known for her pioneering work on green tea components. She was the first woman in Japan to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture.
Gabriela Silang
María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader remembered for her leadership in the Ilocano independence movement against Spanish colonial rule.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Indian independence activist
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
The world’s first woman Prime Minister, Sirimivo Bandaranaike, was elected in Sri Lanka in 1960s.
Bubuji Khanum
Queen mother of Bijapur in the 1500s
Dilshad Agha
Influential aunt of the ruler of Bijapur in the 1500s
Ding Ling
Prominent Chinese writer and intellectual of the 1900s.
Rajani Thiranagama
Sri Lankan Tamil human rights activist, feminist, and academic, best known for her work in exposing human rights abuses during the Sri Lankan Civil War.