Louise Michel
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
French anarchist agitator, called the Red Virgin of Montmartre
Queen of England, one of the wives of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I.
Queen of Romania, known as “Carmen Sylva”, a poet and novelist who fostered the higher education of women in Romania
Queen of Prussia
Margaret of Navarre (1492-1549) was a French politician, religious reformer, literary patron, and author.
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917) was an American lawyer and reformer.
Ellen Hayes was an American mathematician and astronomer. She was one of the first female American professors.
Ethel McMillan was a tireless promoter of her adopted city of Dunedin and helped to pave the way for the increasing numbers of women who were to enter local and national politics from the 1970s.
In 1941, she won the Waitematā seat in a by-election, becoming the third woman to enter the New Zealand Parliament. Her particular triumph there was to introduce the Women Jurors Bill, which became law in 1942.
Elizabeth McCombs dedicated herself to improving the lot of women and demonstrated that women were the equal of men in political life in New Zealand.