Women in 19th-century warfare

large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)

influential female Chinese pirate

Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878

Fon all-female military regiment of the historical Kingdom of Dahomey

Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)

Italian-Brazilian revolutionary, wife of Garibaldi (1821-1849)

heroine of the Colombian Independence Movement (1795–1817)

Prussian and British Royal

Indonesian guerrilla leader against the Dutch (1850–1908)

Algerian anticolonial leader (1830–1863)

Indian freedom fighter, warrior queen

Ethiopian Empress Consort (1851-1918)

Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine (1792–1853)

First Lady of Paraguay

ruler of Sardhana, Meerut (c. 1753–1836)

Japanese warrior

national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)

West African princess

Moluccan freedom fighter and National Heroine of Indonesia

Spanish heroine (1804–1831)

Turkish military officer (1857–1955)

National Hero of Indonesia (1870–1910)

Japanese former soldier and nurse

Sarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899.

Lozen (c. 1840 – June 17, 1889) was a warrior and prophet of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache. She was the sister of Victorio, a prominent chief. Born into the Chihenne band during the 1840s, Lozen was, according to legends, able to use her powers in battle to learn the movements of the enemy. According to James Kaywaykla, Victorio introduced her to Nana, "Lozen is my right hand ... strong as a man, braver than most, and cunning in strategy. Lozen is a shield to her people".

Serbian historical figure

1803 mass suicide in the Greek War of Independence

National Heroine of Indonesia

Chilean soldier

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Military heroine (1848-1867)

Zimbabwean rebel (1840–1898)

18th century Vietnamese female general during the Tây Sơn Rebellion

former first lady of Peru (1848–1916)

Chilean soldier

Ecuadorian writer, feminist and politician (1855-1907)

Thai hero

Prussian Army soldier

Dutch guerilla fighter and activist (1839–1897)

Costa Rican soldier (1816–1890)

Crow Indian Chief (1806-1854)

Modoc interpreter (c. 1848–1920)

Colombian soldier

Queen of Tahiti

German-Sorbian nurse (1824–1877)

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Bulgarian rebel soldier

Cuban slave, rebel leader

Argentine Salon-holder (1786-1868)

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh (meaning, "God Speaks true") was a leader of the Dahomey Amazons. In 1851, she led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta, to obtain slaves from the Egba people for the Dahomey slave trade.

French laundress and activist

Saudi woman who led military resistance against Ottoman invasion

African slave trader

American memoirist

American missionary

Mmanthatisi (also spelled Manthatisi or MmaNthatisi and erroneously spelled as 'Mantatee’, 'Ma Nthisi, Mantatise; c. 1784 – 1847) was the leader of the Tlokwa people during her son's minority from 1813 until 1824. She came to power as the regent for her son, Sekonyela, (Lentsha) following the death of her husband Kgosi Mokotjo (the previous kgosi). Mmanthatisi was known as a strong, brave and capable leader, both in times of peace and war. She was referred to by her followers as Mosesanyane (the tiny one) because of her slender body.

diarist and artist

Ehyophsta (, 1826 – 1915) was a Cheyenne woman warrior. She was the daughter of a chief, Stands-in-the-Timber, who died in 1849, and the niece of Bad Faced Bull. She fought in the Battle of Beecher Island in 1868, and also fought the Shoshone that same year, where she counted coup against one enemy and killed another. She fought the Shoshone again in 1869, and during battle she stabbed and killed an enemy, saving a member of her own people.

Vietnamese female general of the Tây Sơn dynasty

Chilean vivandière