List of historical female warriors

Boudica

• 1st century CE - 60/61 CE

Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

• circa 1828-1858 CE

Hua Mulan

• Mentioned in historical ballad; "Whether Hua Mulan was a historical person or whether the poem was an allegory has been debated for centuries – it is unknown whether the story has any factual basis. The historical setting of the story is also uncertain. The earliest accounts of the legend state that she lived during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534), but later accounts place her in different time periods."

Tomoe Gozen

Kahina

• "al-Kāhina (Classical Arabic for "female seer"; modern Maghreb Arabic: L-Kahna, Berber: Dihya or Kahya, Romanized name: Kahina) was a 7th century female Berber religious and military leader, who led indigenous resistance to Arab expansion in Northwest Africa, the region then known as Numidia, known as the Maghreb today. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century probably in modern day Algeria. Her real name was said to be Dihyā, Dahyā or Damiya (the Arabic spellings are difficult to distinguish between these variants). al-Kāhinat (the female soothsayer) was the nickname used by her Muslim opponents because of her reputed ability to foresee the future."

Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)

Further reading

• Encyclopedia of Amazons ed. by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1991)
• Warrior Women by Jeannine Davis-Kimball (2002)

See also

• Woman warrior
• Amazons