Aparna Nancherla
Aparna Nancherla is an American comedian and actor.
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Sun Weishi
Sun Weishi was the first female director of modern spoken drama (Huaju) in China. Sun was a rival of Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, with an enmity between the two that lasted throughout Sun’s life until her ultimate death at Jiang’s hands.
Mina Shum
Mina Shum is the writer and director of award-winning feature films and several short films. I
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, actor, and major political figure during the country’s Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976).
Lakshmi Puri
Lakshmi Puri is a former Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations and the former Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.
Lý Chiêu Hoàng
Lý Chiêu Hoàng was the ninth and last sovereign of the Lý dynasty from 1224 to 1225 and the only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam.
Komako Kimura
Komako Kimura was a Japanese suffragist, actress, dancer, theater manager, and magazine editor before World War II.
Jhalkaribai
Jhalkaribai was a soldier who served in the Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi’s women’s army and eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen herself, including analysing and strategising battle tactics.
Zhang Yao’er
Zhang Yao’er (章要兒).z was an empress of the Chinese Chen Dynasty
Maurissa Tancharoen
Maurissa Tancharoen is an American television producer, writer, actress, singer, lyricist and dancer.