Women
Name | Country | Category | Gender | Birth | Death |
Charlotte | Luxembourg | Government | Female | 1896 | 1985 |
Wilhelmina | Netherlands | Government | Female | 1880 | 1962 |
Albrecht, Berthe | France | Resistance | Female | 1893 | 1943 |
Altvater, Johanna | Germany | Government | Female | ||
Anslow, Gladys | United States | Science-Engineering | Female | 1892 | 1969 |
Axton, Mildred | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 2010 |
Baker, Josephine | United States | Resistance | Female | 1906 | 1975 |
Batey, Mavis | United Kingdom | Science-Engineering | Female | 1921 | 2013 |
Baumgartner, Ann | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1918 | 2008 |
Baur, Eleonore | Germany | Other | Female | 1885 | 1981 |
Beekman, Yolande | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1911 | 1944 |
Bershanskaya, Yevdokia | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1913 | 1982 |
Bloch, Denise | France | Intelligence | Female | 1916 | 1945 |
Block, Josefine | Austria | Government | Female | ||
Bormann, Juana | Germany | Government | Female | 1893 | 1945 |
Braun, Eva | Germany | Other | Female | 1912 | 1945 |
Budanova, Yekaterina | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1916 | 1943 |
Burnaia, Irina | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1909 | |
Byck, Muriel | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1918 | 1944 |
Cheng, Benhua | China | Resistance | Female | ||
Cochran, Jacqueline | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1906 | 1980 |
Craft, Annabelle | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | |
Deschamps, Hélène | France | Resistance | Female | 1921 | 2006 |
Dolina, Mariya | Ukraine | Military-Air | Female | 1922 | 2010 |
Dragescu, Mariana | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 2013 |
Driscoll, Agnes | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1889 | 1971 |
Dutescu, Virginia | Romania | Military-Air | Female | ||
Endo, Mitsuye | United States | Other | Female | 1920 | 2006 |
Fort, Cornelia | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 1943 |
Gertz, Wanda | Poland | Resistance | Female | 1896 | 1958 |
Gillars, Mildred | United States | Journalism | Female | 1900 | 1988 |
Gillies, Betty | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1908 | 1998 |
Greyeyes, Mary | Canada | Military-Ground | Female | ||
Hadley, Eleanor | United States | Government | Female | 1916 | 2007 |
Hall, Virginia | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1906 | 1982 |
Hobby, Oveta | United States | Military-Ground | Female | 1905 | 1995 |
Hopper, Grace | United States | Military-Sea | Female | 1906 | 1992 |
Hunter, Celia | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 2001 |
Inayat Khan, Noor | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1914 | 1944 |
Johnson, Amy | United Kingdom | Military-Air | Female | 1903 | 1941 |
Jongh, Andrée de | Belgium | Resistance | Female | 1916 | 2007 |
Kalugina, Klavdia | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1926 | |
Kathigasu, Sybil | Malaya | Resistance | Female | 1899 | 1948 |
Knox, Jean | United Kingdom | Military-Ground | Female | 1908 | 1993 |
Koch, Ilse | Germany | Government | Female | 1906 | 1967 |
Kuehn, Friedel | Germany | Intelligence | Female | ||
Kuehn, Susan | Germany | Intelligence | Female | ||
Lafrenz, Traute | Germany | Resistance | Female | 1919 | 2023 |
Lamarr, Hedy | Austria | Science-Engineering | Female | 1914 | 2000 |
Lazebnik, Faye | Poland | Photography | Female | 1919 | 2021 |
Lee, Hazel | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 1944 |
Li, Li | China | Intelligence | Female | 1910 | |
Litvyak, Lydia | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | 1943 |
Lobkovskaya, Nina | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1925 | |
Love, Nancy Harkness | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1914 | 1976 |
Luukkonen, Fanni | Finland | Other | Female | 1882 | 1947 |
Meier, Liselotte | Germany | Government | Female | ||
Meynier, Katiou | French Indochina | Intelligence | Female | ||
Pavlichenko, Lyudmila | Ukraine | Military-Ground | Female | 1916 | 1974 |
Petri, Erna | Germany | Other | Female | ||
Ray, Margaret | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | 2008 |
Reitsch, Hanna | Germany | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 1979 |
Roosevelt, Eleanor | United States | Government | Female | 1884 | 1962 |
Rosenberg, Vera | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1908 | 2000 |
Russo, Nadejda | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1901 | 1988 |
Segouin, Simone | France | Resistance | Female | 1925 | |
Shanina, Roza | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1924 | 1945 |
Sharp, Evelyn | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 1944 |
Sirota, Beate | Austria | Government | Female | 1923 | 2012 |
Skarbek, Christine | Poland | Intelligence | Female | 1908 | 1952 |
Smirnova, Maria | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1920 | 2002 |
Song, Meiling | China | Government | Female | 1898 | 2003 |
Sorour, Jackie | South Africa | Military-Air | Female | 1922 | 2004 |
Stirbey, Marina | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 2001 |
Szabo, Violette | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1921 | 1945 |
Szenes, Hannah | Hungary | Intelligence | Female | 1921 | 1944 |
Thorpe, Betty | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1910 | 1963 |
Toguri, Iva | United States | Journalism | Female | 1916 | 2006 |
Travers, Susan | United Kingdom | Military-Ground | Female | 1909 | 2003 |
Tsydenova, Gunsyn | Russia | Government | Female | ||
Virot, Andrée | France | Resistance | Female | 1905 | 2010 |
Wu, Chien-Shiung | China | Science-Engineering | Female | 1912 | 1997 |
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