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Tyonajanegan

Oneida woman who fought in the American Revolution

Though over 400 women served in the Civil War posing as male soldiers, Williams was the first African American woman to enlist and the only documented woman to serve in the United States Army, while disguised as a man, during the Indian Wars. Williams is also the only known female Buffalo Soldier.

Corrine Koshiway Goslin

Corrine Koshiway Goslin Mzhickteno (Otoe) dedicated her life to serving her tribal nation and the United States, including by serving in the Coast Guard during World War II.

Edith Lyttleton

The author of a dozen novels and many scores of short stories that were widely read in New Zealand during the first four decades of the twentieth century

Winnifred Train

New Zealand army and civilian nurse, hospital matron, and nurses’ association leader

Dr Irena Białówna

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

Julienne du Guesclin

French war heroine

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.