Cockacoeske
Leader of the Pamunkey people in colonised Virginia in the 1600s
Leader of the Pamunkey people in colonised Virginia in the 1600s
She became saunkskwa, or female sachem, of the Narangasset and Niantic peoples in 1657
Alliquippa was a prominent leader of the Seneca nation for at least a decade before her death in December 1754.
Awashonks was a sachem, or chief, of the Sakonnet people in present-day Rhode Island, North America. She was not born into this royal role but had proved herself as a powerful leader.
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.
Sunksqua (chief) of the Native American Pocasset tribe.
Navajo leader and activist
Native American author and poet
Zitkála-Šá (“Red Bird”), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American musician, writer and activist who fought for women’s suffrage and Indigenous voting rights in the early 20th century. Her writings and activism led to citizenship and voting rights for not only women, but all Indigenous people.
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most well-known Black female writers and playwrights of her time. Known for writing most about love and womanhood, Douglas Johnson’s published works touched many and were featured in the most widely-read Black publications of the twentieth century.