Lavinia Veiongo
Wife of King Tupou II of Tonga
Wife of King Tupou II of Tonga
Transgender former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor
In 1929, she became Britain’s first female cabinet member.
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, which represents 634 First Nations with 900,000 members. She was elected on 8 July 2021 and is the first woman to hold the position.
The UK’s first ever Green Party Member of Parliament in 2010, in 2008 being the first leader of the Green Party who until then had been collectively led, and the first woman to represent Brighton.
Nzinga a Nlaza was the principal wife (ne mbanda) of Nzinga a Nkuwu, ntotila ntinu nékongo and Ngangula a Kongo in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century.
One of the most illustrious, influential and charismatic women in early 19th century Europe and Russia, and a witty commentator on Georgian life.
Polish social and national activist during the November Uprising (1830–1831)
Lady of Uí Failghe (Offaly) in 1400s Ireland
Empress consort in 1200s Vietnam