Comics Mkabayi kaJama (c.1750-c.1843) Power Behind the Zulu Throne One of the most powerful women in Zulu history, this cursed princess did what was necessary to protect the realm.
Comics Toregene Khatun (?-1246) Empress of the Mongols Although her tribe was destroyed and she was forced into an unwanted marriage, this indomitable woman came to run the world's largest empire - with a woman as her companion.
Comics Alakhai Beki (c.1191-[post 1230]) Princess Who Runs the State This Mongol stood up to the most fearsome man in the world and in so doing, prevented a genocide.
Anacaona (c.1474-1503) Poet Queen of Haiti When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
Comics Black Agnes (c.1312-1369) Defender of Dunbar Castle When the English laid siege to her castle home, this Scottish woman bedeviled them until they gave up.
Comics Sutematsu Oyama (1860-1919) Japan's First College-Educated Woman The first Japanese woman to go to college didn't have a choice. But the experience changed her - and she changed Japan in return.
Comics Anahit (Armenian Folktale) The Queen Who Made the King Get a Job This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
Comics Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968) The Human Rights Queen of Afghanistan 1920s Afghanistan was a progressive and rapidly-modernizing country in large part to the most powerful, empathic, and maligned queen it had ever seen.
Comics Amanirenas (c.60 BCE - c.10 BCE) The One-Eyed Queen Who Fought Rome Tooth and Nail When Rome set its eyes on her country, this one-eyed queen fought them tooth and nail, until they left her alone.
Comics Nitocris (22nd century BCE pseudohistory) The 6th Dynasty's Worst Banquet Host When her brother was killed, this pharaoh took her time cooking up revenge.