Monica de Wichfeld
Danish WWII resistance heroine
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Betsy Gray
Irish heroine of the 1798 rebellion
Jeanne de Clisson
Known as the Lioness of Brittany, Jeanne turned to piracy to avenge her husband, who the French king had had executed for treason.
Margaret of Anjou
Queen of England
Paddy O’Sullivan
Irish undercover SOE agent during World War II
Lillie Devereaux Blake
American suffragist and social reformer
Florence Dixie
English explorer and writer
Katharine Prescott Wormeley
American translator and author
Sylvia Beach
In addition to owning and running the “bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company,” Beach spent her time advocating and networking for the writers and friends that were loyal to her shop.
Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia
Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia might be the most quoted witness of the Dada movement, yet she is one of the least studied. Her name is most often found in the footnotes of books, next to citations for her detailed comments and stories on the charismatic male leaders of the Dada movement.