Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, she was captured but not killed since she was pregnant.
This French-born ballerina, mime and choreographer was known as 'Madame Placide' and is considered as the first trained ballerina to dance in the United States.
This English writer is best known for her Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'.
This French playwright, feminist and abolitionist wrote 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen' that demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men.
Renowned for her ability to 'trash talk', this English bare-knuckle boxing champion is considered by many to be the first professional female boxer.
Regnant queen and archduchess of Austria and Hungary, she led two wars and gave birth to sixteen children.
Even if she isn't as famous as her brother, this Austrian musician was very talented and wrote several musical compositions.
Polish princess, she married King Louis XV and was the longest-serving queen of France. She was popular due to her piety and her generosity.
Official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, she was a patron of the philosophers of the Enlightenment.
This Japanese poet of the Edo period became a Buddhist nun and is famous for her haiku poetry.
Under the name 'Robert Shurtliff', she disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
This very cultivated Indian woman was the first queen to fight for freedom against the British.
This German astronomer discovered several comets and was the first woman to be awarded a Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
This English writer and philosopher wrote several treatises and novels, but she is best known for 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men.
French harpsichordist, she was the first female court musician to the King of France and taught harpsichord to Louis XV's daughters.
Emigrated from England to New York, she was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing (the Shakers) and was considered by her followers to be Christ's female counterpart.
Swiss portrait painter, she was admitted to the academies of Florence, Bologna, and Rome and was a co-founder of the Royal Academy of Art in London.
This First Lady of the United States was her husband's adviser and had strong feminist and abolitionist opinions.
Regent of her brother Karl, she became queen regnant of Sweden at his death before abdicating in favor of her husband.
Daughter of the Austrian Empress and wife of Louis XVI of France, her popularity declined because of her extravagant spending and she was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution.
Writer, publisher and actress, she wrote over seventy works such as 'Love in Excess; Or, The Fatal Enquiry' and is one of the important founders of the novel in English.
This Qulla leader, nicknamed La Tirana, rebelled against the Spanish in Chile. The legend said she fell in love with one of her prisoners.
This noble woman was the Tu'i Kanokupolu (chief) of Tonga and the only female to ever hold that title.
Queen regnant of Portugal, she was the first queen of Brazil too, even if a mental illness made her incapable of handling state affairs at the end of her life.
This American botanist organized seed exchanges between North America and Europe.
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