Jackie “Moms” Mabley
African-American stand-up comic and actor who was active in stage, television and films from the 1910s to 1970s. She was also one of the 20th century’s first openly queer comedians, coming out as a lesbian in 1921.
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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.
Ranavalona I
Queen of Madagascar
Peggy Angus
British artist and designer
Flora Sassoon
Businesswoman, philanthropist and Hebrew scholar
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.
Artemisia I of Caria
Queen of Halicarnassus (c. 484-460), in what is now southwest Turkey
Tamar of Georgia
Tamar ascended the Georgian throne as sole monarch.
Arwa al-Sulayhi
Arwa al-Sulayhi of Yemen was queen consort from 1067 until his death in 1084, holding increasing power as he retreated from public life due to paralysation. At her husband’s death, she became regent for their son Ali Abd al-Mustansir until his death in 1094, and became queen in her own right.
Lakshmi Bai
Ruler and military leader of Jhansi who fought British imperialism