Asian Descent Archives - Page 11 of 26

Kei Okami

The first Japanese woman to earn a Western medicine degree, from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in the USA.

Mika Yamamoto

Japanese video and photojournalist affiliated with Japan Press.

Jetsun Pema

In 2011, Jetsun Pema (རྗེ་བཙུན་པདྨ་) was crowned Druk Gyaltsuen – the Dragon Queen of Bhutan – and is currently the world’s youngest queen consort.

Rajeshwari Chatterjee was the first female engineer from Karnataka and a prominent figure at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, where she served as a distinguished professor and later as the chair of the Electrical Communication Engineering department.

Myrna Mack

Myrna Mack Chang was a respected Guatemalan anthropologist who was stabbed to death in 1990 by members of the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the government’s treatment of the indigenous Maya and human rights abuses.

Zinat-un-Nissa Begum

Zinat-un-Nissa Begum was an influential Mughal princess in the late 1600s and early 1700s

Tachibana Ginchiyo

Tachibana Ginchiyo (立花誾千代) was a renowned onna-musha (female warrior) during Japan’s Sengoku period.

Janggyeong

Queen Janggyeong was the second queen consort and was the spouse of Yi Yeok, King Jungjong, the 11th ruler of the Joseon dynasty, from 1507 until her passing in 1515.

Sindeok

Queen Sindeok was the second wife and queen consort of Yi Dan, who would later be known as King Taejo, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty. Her influence on the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty was profound, and she served as a trusted political advisor to King Taejo throughout her life.