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Dr Irena Białówna

In 1943, Dr. Irena Białówna was arrested by the Gestapo for her work in the underground resistance movement.

Thusnelda

Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania.

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

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.