Ichiyō Higuchi
Meiji Period writer Ichiyō Higuchi was the first woman in Japan to write modern literature professionally, particularly short stories and poetry, as well as extensive diary accounts.
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Lü
The empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty, and was the first woman to hold the title of Empress of China. She is typically portrayed as the first woman to have ruled over a united China.
Xu
Third empress of the Ming dynasty.
Kazunomiya
Japanese princess and waka poet.
Yingtian
Khitan empress
Chabi
Empress Chabi was wife of Kublai (or Qubilai) Grand Khan of the Mongols, and the first Mongol empress of China.
Hu Shanxiang
Chinese empress in the 1400s
Chengtian
Empress Chengtian was one of the most well-known and powerful women in the Liao Dynasty, taking after her aunt Empress Yingtian.
Sŏndŏk of Silla
Korean queen
Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian (624-705) was empress consort of China through her marriage to Emperor Gaozong, and later became empress dowager and regent for her sons Zhongzong and Ruizong. She later became the first empress regnant of China.