Dr James Barry
Army doctor
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Elisabeth of France
Queen of Spain. In 1640 when Catalonia revolted and Portugal separated from Spain, the queen appealed in person to the Castilians, and succeeded within a few weeks in raising an army of 50,000 men.
Boudica
Briton queen who fought the Romans
Louise Michel
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
Philippa of Hainault
Founder of Queen’s College, Oxford
Anne of Brittany
Duchess of Brittany and queen of France
Joanna of Flanders
Countess of Montfort, who defended against a seige
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Caring for soldiers, she declared that the officers were sufficiently looked after, and she would work where most needed. And they were ardently devoted to “Mother” Bickerdyke.
Jane Winstone
A talented pilot and a courageous woman, Jane Winstone was one of 16 women from the ATA killed during the war.
Bridget Diver
Bridget Divers accompanied her husband in the First Michigan Cavalry and continued until the close of the US Civil War.