Katherine Parr
Religious activist and writer; last wife of King Henry VIII
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Anne de Foix
Queen of Hungary, 1502-1506
Pari Khan Khanum
Daughter of Shah Tahmasp, Pari Khan Khanum took on a political role during her father’s reign, helping him to rule during his last years of illness in 1500s Iran.
Saint Adelheid
Queen of Germany in the 900s
Barbara Mikulski
American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017, making her the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress at the time of her retirement.
Nanye-hi
Cherokee Beloved Woman and political leader
Musa of Parthia
Italian slave who rose to be a queen in Iran in the first century BCE
Neris Uriana
Neris Uriana was appointed the first female chief of the Wayuu tribe in La Guajira, Colombia, in 2005.
Mehtab Kaur
First wife and maharani of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh Empire.
Ibaqa
Junioe wife of Ghengis Khan