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Upon taking the throne, Queen Liliʻuokalani strove to restore the Hawaiian monarchy back to its original glory after years of mismanagement and ceding power to external forces. Despite her short reign of three years, she is [known as the first Hawaiian monarch to write an autobiography](https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/queen-liliuokalani).

Queen Liliʻuokalani

With an analytical mind and love of numbers, mathematician Ada Lovelace [published a collection of work titled “Notes” in the mid-1800s with a collaborator outlining early prototype equations (aka programming) for an analytical engine](https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/women-and-computing) that went beyond computing numbers (aka a computer).

Ada Lovelace

Best known as the one of the most [prominent Black, female journalists and activists of her era](https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett), Ida B. Wells used her writing to shed light on the conditions of Black Americans in the late 1800s and also dove into the suffragist movement as a founding member of National Association of Colored Women’s Club.

Ida B. Wells

From minor Polish princess to Russian empress, Catherine the Great led a foreign court with shrewd savvy and [staged a bloodless coup to depose her husband Peter III and usher Russia into a modern era](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-catherine-great-180974863/). She also championed Enlightenment ideals while also balancing stately duties and a few low-key boyfriends.

Catherine the Great

While women warriors were not uncommon in feudal Japan's history, [Tomoe Gozen stands out as an exceptional onna-musha, best known for her skill, brutality, and bravery fighting in the Genpei Wars](https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/WomenWarriorsofEarlyJapanRochelleNowaki.pdf). Even today, her story is kept alive, reimagined through popular media and commemorated during Kyoto's Festival of the Ages.

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Tomoe Gozen

After her husband died, Begum Hazrat Mahal took up the [mantle to lead the rebellion against the British East India Company’s annexation of Adawh](https://indianculture.gov.in/stories/begum-hazrat-mahal-revolutionary-queen-awadh). Even as foreign forces continued to invade, she was a primary figure of the 1867 revolt and is said to have once rode into battle on an elephant.

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