Anne of Brittany
Duchess of Brittany and queen of France
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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.
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveller, ethnologist and author
Jean Neill Erwin
When the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was formed in 1942, Jean Erwin was appointed to the position of commandant, Southern Military District, with the rank of senior commander (equivalent to major).
Mary Anne Reidy
Her contribution to backblocks nursing and the welfare of returned soldiers was recognised when she was made an MBE in 1956, and later when a room at the Te Awamutu RSA clubrooms was named after her.
Hester Maclean
She was largely responsible for drafting the Nurses and Midwives Registration Act 1925, which gave nurses a more direct role in nursing administration.
Eva Gertrude Brooke
Eva Brooke was a quiet, serious-minded woman, a patriotic nurse respected by both her staff and the doctors with whom she worked during World War I.