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
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