Burecca of the Maldives
Notable queen consort in Maldivian history, recognized for her intriguing life and political maneuvers during the early 16th century.
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Genet Sium
Eritrean figure writer, activist and nurse whose life and work have been shaped by her involvement in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) during the war for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia.
Embet Ilen
Embet Ilen was a distinguished figure of high birth and political prominence during the Zemene Mesafint period in what is now Eritrea.
Pancha Carrasco
Costa Rican freedom fighter
Gabriela Silang
María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader remembered for her leadership in the Ilocano independence movement against Spanish colonial rule.
Kathleen Clarke
Irish republican activist
Lilian Lenton
Militant British suffragette
Partizanke
The contribution of partizanke, or female partisan fighters, to the Yugoslav liberation war was unprecedented in occupied Europe: official statistics of the socialist period report 100,000 women fighting as partisans, and two million participating in various ways to the support of the National Liberation Movement.
Mary Elmes
Irish humanitarian worker ‘righteous among the nations’
Brigid Thornton
Irish public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army