Ruth Cheney Streeter
The first director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve during World War II.
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Barbara of Ernecourt
Countess de St. Belmont who defended her people during the Thirty Years War
Nanye-hi
Cherokee Beloved Woman and political leader
Nonhelema
Shawnee warrior and leader
Running Eagle
1800s Native American war chief of the Blackfeet tribe.
Amanirenas
Warrior queen of the Nubian kingdom of Kush.
Nur Jahan
Ruler of the Mughal Empire (almost all of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and large parts of northern and central India) in the 1600s
Micaela Bastidas
Born in Tamburco in 1744, Micaela was ruler of the chiefdoms of Tungasuca, Surimana and Pampamarca, Peru
Kolomt’e K’abel
Powerful warrior queen in seventh century Guatemala
Nexhmije Hoxha
Albanian Communist Nexhmije Hoxha was the first lady of Socialist Albania for more than 40 years, from 1944 to 1985, as the wife of Enver Hoxha. She was one of the few spouses of a ruling Communist party leader to gain her own high political profile.