Ella Cleggett
Australian philanthropist and activist with the Tubercular Soldiers’ Aid Association of South Australia
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Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader who fought for Bolivian independence, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was known for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Bolivia, then called Upper Peru.
Lilian Bader
One of the first women of African descent to join the British armed forces.
Sybil Kathigasu
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Martha G Kimball
American philanthropist and war nurse
Constance Markievicz
Irish republican and labour activist
Adelaide Kellett
Adelaide Kellett became Matron of the Sydney Hospital in 1921 after serving in World War 1 as an army nurse. She was President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1937 and 1941-1942.
Monica de Wichfeld
Danish WWII resistance heroine
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.