Historical Women
1. -Β HypatiaΒ (Hellenistic philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician) -Β Murasaki ShikibuΒ (Author of the worldβs first novel) -Β PeseshetΒ (Earliest known female physician) -Β EnheduannaΒ (Earliest recorded poet) 2. -Β SacagaweaΒ (Lehmi Shoshone guide of America) -Β Giulia TofanaΒ (Poison Maker) -Β BoudiccaΒ (Rebel queen of the Iceni tribe) -Β PocahontasΒ (Powhatan βcivilised savageβ) 3. - Ching Shih (Prostitute turned privateer queen) - Jeanne De Clisson (Lioness of Brittany) - Grace OβMalley (Irish pirate) - Josephine Baker (French rebel spy and activist) 4. - Tirgatao (Rebel Princess who refused to stand down) - Julie DβAubigny (Bi, sword-fighing opera singer) - Olga of Kiev (Russian queen of revenge) - Harriet Tubman (Freed enslaved Americans) 5. - Joan of Arc (French rebel turned saint) - Ani Pachen (Tibetan monk freedom fighter) - Luisa Capetillo (Puerto Rican Trouser-wearing labour leader) - Zenobia (Syrian queen conquerer) 6. -Β ΓthelflΓ¦d (Lady of The Mercians) - Ada Blackjack (IΓ±upiat guide and wilderness survivor) -Β Artemisia Gentileschi (Master painter and r*pe survivor) -Β TΓΆregene Khatun (Mongol Khatun and conqueror) 7. - Nakano Takeko (Samurai who died protecting her family) - Nzinga (Queen ofΒ Ndongo and Matamba) - Sarla Thukral (First Indian woman with a pilots licence) - Sappho (Ancient Greek lesbian poet) 8. - Hatshepsut (Egyptian Pharaoh whose name was almost erased) - Theodora (Empress of the Byzantine Empire) - Lozen (Spiritual leader and warrior of theΒ Chiricahua Apache) - Wu Zetian (Tang Dynasty Empress Regnant)
9. -Β Mkabayi kaJama (Zulu Princess who kept her country running) - Mata Hari (Scapegoat of WWI) - Wang Zhenyi (Astronomer and poet) - Agrippina the Younger (Mother of an empire)Β 10. - Artemisia of Caria (Queen of Halicarnassus and Naval Commander) - Puabi (Queen or Priestess of Ur) - Qin Liangyu (General of the Ming Dynasty army) - Veleda (Bructeri Seeress)












