Shajar al-Durr
Shajar al-Durr rose from being a child slave to ruling as a sultana in Egypt.
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Mah Chuchak Begum
Mah Chuchak Begum was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun who took over Kabul and rode into battle with her troops.
Sei Shōnagon
Poet and author Sei Shōnagon was a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi), a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems and descriptive passages inspired by moments in her daily life.
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader who fought for Bolivian independence, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was known for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Bolivia, then called Upper Peru.
Joss Shawyer
New Zealand activist and single mother Joss Shawyer campaigned for the rights of single mothers from the 1970s.
Emily White
Emily White made a significant contribution to community and horticultural life in New Zealand, and was her adopted country’s first woman gardening author of note.
Jeanne de Clisson
Known as the Lioness of Brittany, Jeanne turned to piracy to avenge her husband, who the French king had had executed for treason.
Carol June Young Specht
Carol June Young Specht was a Past President of the local League of Women Voters, President of Women Against Rape (WAR), and co-founder of the Coles County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She advocated with a passion for victims of rape and domestic violence during the mid-twentieth century.
Gráinne O’Malley
Irish noblewoman and sea captain
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and teacher