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Merovingian queen

Irish political activist

Ancient Roman patrician woman who marshalled Antony’s legions to bring reinforcements to her brother-in-law, besieged by Octavian’s troops in Umbria

Irish author, journalist and political campaigner

New Zealand political activist, feminist, welfare worker

Social reformer, WW1 Rent Strike leader, founding member of the Women’s Peace Crusade in Scotland and a pioneering woman councillor in 1920s Glasgow.

Indian independence activist

Irish doctor, academic and nationalist

Irish librarian and republican

The world’s first woman Prime Minister, Sirimivo Bandaranaike, was elected in Sri Lanka in 1960s.