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Sanité Bélair was a Haitian revolutionary officer who fought French forces during the independence war and was executed by firing squad in 1802.
Laskarina Bouboulina was a Greek naval commander from Spetses who financed and led ships during the 1821 War of Independence.
Constance Markievicz was an Irish republican and suffragist who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and was elected to Westminster in 1918.
Comandanta Ramona was an indigenous Tzotzil Zapatista leader in Mexico, known for leading the EZLN's 1994 San Cristóbal de las Casas action.
Gabriela Silang was a Filipino rebel leader who continued an Ilocano uprising against Spanish rule in 1763 after the death of Diego Silang.
Nguyen Thi Minh Khai was a Vietnamese communist organizer in the Indochinese Communist Party, executed by French colonial authorities in 1941.
