Trưng Trắc
The Trung sisters organised an army – composed mostly of women – and rose up against the Chinese regime, eventually securing Vietnamese independence from China for the first time in 150 years.
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Artemisia I of Caria
Queen of Halicarnassus (c. 484-460), in what is now southwest Turkey
Gorgo of Sparta
The clever and heroic wife of Leonidas in ancient Sparta.
Isabel Calvimontes
She was a heroine of civil life during a period when the conditions in Argentina were chaotic.
Manuela Beltrán
Colombian patriot
Madeleine de Verchères
Canadian heroine, who defended her father’s fort against an Iroquois attack when she was just 14.
Laskarina Bouboulina
Heroine of the Greek Revolution of 1821-28
Mariana Bracetti
Puerto Rican heroine
Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Njinga, born c. 1582 to the royal family of Ndongo, was trained in both as a diplomat and in warfare during her adolescence. These skills came into practice many times during her reign as she resisted Portuguese colonial expansion into her kingdoms.
Avis Joan Hearn
Aircraftwoman 1st Class (ACW1) Avis Joan Hearn was selected for top secret work using an emerging technology called Radio Location or Radio Direction Finding (RDF). It became known as Radar. Detecting and tracking enemy aircraft, radar was a vital component in the RAF’s success during the Battle of Britain.