Irena Sawicka

Irena Scheur-Sawicka was a Polish archaeologist, ethnographer, and educational and communist activist who joined joined the Polish Workers’ Party during World War II.

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Maria Feodorovna

Maria Feodorovna was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I, and the founder of the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria, an imperial government charitable agency.

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Agrippina the Elder

Agrippina I was the granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Augustus, and played a key role in the succession struggles under Tiberius (who ruled C.E. 14–37).

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Naqi’a

Naqi’a was influential in the politics of the Assyrian throne 680–627 B.C.E., serving in an advisory role under the title of queen mother.

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Pulcheria

Aelia Pulcheria ruled as regent of the Eastern Roman Empire during the minority of her brother Theodosius II and then empress in her own right from July 450 to her death in 453.

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