Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman artist accepted at the Academy of the Arts of Drawing of Florence
Born in 1593 and died around 1656, Artemisia is an italian Baroque painter. Remarkably gifted and today considered one of the first and most accomplished Baroque painters of her generation, she made a name for herself at a time when women painters were not easily accepted. She was also one of the first women to paint historical and religious subjects, and became a successful court painter under the patronage of the Medici and king Charles I.
Mary Kenner, woman inventor and pioneer of sanitary protections
Mary Kenner, born in 1912 and died in 2006, was an African-American inventor.
She pioneered many products we use every day and holds the most patents of any African-American women. She is most notably known for creating the very first sanitary pad design.
Lakshmî Bâî, queen of the Indian resistance
Lakshmî Bâî, born Manikarnika Tambe in 1828, and died in 1858, is a maharani (wife of maharaja) of the principality of Jhansi in northern India.
She is a heroine of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, considered the first war of independence of India.