The Queen of the Massaegetae, a confederation of nomadic tribes that lived east of the Caspian Sea. She ruled during the 6th century BC and is most famous for the vengeful war she waged against the Persian king, Cyrus the Great.
Queen Tomyris of Massaegetae
She became the ruler of the Palmyrene Empire. Within two years of her ascent, she was battling back the advances of Rome and expanding the boundaries of her kingdom by force, invading Egypt and Anatolia.
Queen Zenobia
The first African American woman to become an Army general and a former chief of the Army Nurse Corps and to the command of the 7,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. She was the first black woman to hold both posts.
Hazel Johnson-Brown
One of the 60 wives of Emperor Wu Ding of ancient China’s Shang Dynasty. She broke tradition by serving as both a high priestess and military general. She commanded 13000 soldiers and considered the most powerful military leader of her time
Fu Hao
Israel’s prime minister was noted for leading her country through the Arab-Israeli War, and for her diplomacy both within Israel and without. She built coalitions within Israel as well as other nations to press for peace in the Middle East.
Golda Meir
One of the first volunteers to join the Red Army at the outbreak of war in June 1941. One of almost 2,000 female snipers in the Soviet army, she made an astonishing 309 confirmed kills during the year she combated.
Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Queen of the ancient city-state of Halicarnassus in the 5th century BCE. She personally commanded the Persian naval fleet in the Battle of Salamis against the outnumbered Greeks in 480 BCE. She was praised for her natural command abilities.
Queen Artemisia I of Caria
She led the Iceni to a great victory over the Legions of Rome, and later sacked and burned Londinium. She almost convinced the Roman emperor Nero to abandon Britain, but her untimely death insured Roman control over the island for centuries
Queen Boadicea
The first female restricted line officer to reach flag rank and, at the age of seventy-nine, the oldest serving officer in the Navy. Her pioneering work laid the foundations for computer science and modern military networking.
Grace Hopper
Believing she was instructed by God to take charge of the army of France and lead it to victory, her arrival led to the breaking of the siege nine days after her arrival. She was later captured by the English at Compiegne and executed.
St. Jeanne d'Arc
