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Suzanne Louverture

Wife of Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint Louverture; she was tortured when captured by Napoleon. They demanded information about the whereabouts of her husband which she never divulged.

Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité

She became the first Empress of Haiti after her marriage to General Jean-Jacques Dessalines who crowned himself emperor of Haiti on October 8, 1804.

Marie-Louise Coidavid

Marie-Louise Coidavid was the first and only Queen of an independent Haiti.

Barbara Cherry Schwarzschild

Barbara Cherry Schwarzschild (1914-2008) worked at the Harvard Observatory from approximately 1935 to 1938.

A fruit seller who was active in the French Revolution, including the Women’s March on Versailles and the storming of the Tuileries Palace. She was singled out to present her grievances to King Louis XVI along with a small delegation of other women.

Luz Corral

Although Pancho Villa went on to marry many other women, Corral is considered his first wife, and the only one to have contributed to his political career.

Danielle Mitterrand

Danielle Mitterrand joined the French Resistance as a teenager during World War II, and would go on to serve as first lady from 21 May 1981 to 17 May 1995 when he later become president of France.