Queen Anne

Queen Anne

female, deceased (1725)
Queen Anne (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) became the chief of the Pamunkey tribe when her aunt Cockacoeske died. Colonial Governor William Berkeley...

Cockacoeske

female, deceased (1725)
Cockacoeske's husband/boyfriend was first married to Unity Croshaw, an independent minded woman who left him for his adultery, and some of whose...
Catherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia

female, deceased (1796)
Catherine II of Russia, called the Great reigned as Empress of Russia for some 34 years, from June 28 1762 until her death. She was one of Russia's...
Weetamoo

Weetamoo

female, deceased (1676)
Weetamoo (1635 - 1676) (also referred to as Weetamoe) was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American woman who was born circa 1635 in Mettapoiset,...

Catherine Montour

female, deceased (1804)
Madame Catherine (also Catharine) Montour, or Queen Catharine (1710-1804), was born in New France and became a prominent woman among the Iroquois...
Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Mankiller

female, 63 years old
Wilma Pearl Mankiller (born November 18, 1945 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma) was the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Mankiller grew up with her...
Nancy Ward

Nancy Ward

female
Nanye-hi ("One Who Goes About"), known in English as Nancy Ward was a "ghighua", or "beloved woman" of the Cherokee nation, which meant that she...
Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor

female, deceased (1541)
Margaret Tudor (29 November, 1489 - October 1541) was the eldest of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and...
Pauline Small

Pauline Small

female, deceased (2005)
Pauline Small (November 30, 1924 - March 9, 2005) was the first woman to be successfully elected in the Crow Tribe of Indians. She was elected to...