Thusnelda
Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania.
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Rokhl Auerbakh
Polish-Jewish writer, escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and worked as a Polish secretary on the Aryan side, leveraging her non-Jewish appearance and German fluency.
Agnès Humbert
French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Jane Cowley
Irish Sister of Mercy, Boer war nurse, and educator
Mary Francis Bridgeman
Irish Sister of Mercy, educator, and Crimean war nurse
Khawlah bint al-Azwar
Arabian heroine, who, in the famous battle of the Yermonks, between the Greeks and the Arabs, in the seventh century, rallied the Arabs, when they were driven back by the furious onset of their assailants, and, with several other of the chief women, took the command of the army.
Anne Chamberlaine
Putting on the dress of a sailor, she joined the crew of a fine ship, commanded by one of her brothers; and in an engagement with the French, she fought most gallantly for upwards of six hours.
Jessie Scott
New Zealand medical doctor, medical officer and prisoner of war.
Lucy Cane
Irish public servant and assistant director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service during WWI
Anne Kennedy
South Carolina Patriot during the American Revolution