This is a list of women who led a revolt or rebellion. A

revolt Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

is an organized attempt to overthrow an existing body of

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

authority through a

rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

, or uprising.

Armed conflict

Before 1000 AD

* In 671–670 BC, the

oracle of Nusku The oracle of Nusku was a slave-girl from the outskirts of Harran who lived at the time of the late Neo-Assyrian Empire and was heavily involved in the Sasî movement, which aimed to depose the king Esarhaddon. In 671 BC she claimed to receive a d ...

, a former slave-girl, initiated a rebellion against the Assyrian king

Esarhaddon Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (, also , meaning " Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ''ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn'') was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BC. The third king of the S ...

in favor of the official Sasi and played a central role in the ensuing conspiracy. * In 280 BC, Chelidonis, a Spartan princess, orchestrated provisioning the warriors on the wall during the

Siege of Sparta The siege of Sparta took place in 272 BC and was a battle fought between Epirus (ancient state), Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus of Epirus, Pyrrhus, ( 297–272 BC) and an alliance consisting of History of Sparta, Sparta, under the command of King A ...

. She wore a noose around her neck to show her husband Cleonymus that she would not be taken alive. * In the 9th century BC, according to the legendary history of Britain,

Queen Gwendolen Gwendolen, also known as ''Gwendolin'', or ''Gwendolyn'' (Latin: Guendoloēna) was a legendary ruler of ancient Britain. She came to power in 1115BC. As told by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his historical account ''Historia Regum Britanniae'', she w ...

gathered an army and fought her ex-husband,

Locrinus Locrinus was a legendary king of the Britons (historic), Britons, as recounted by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth in his ''Historia Regum Britanniae''. He came to power in 1125BC. According to Geoffrey, Locrinus was the oldest so ...

, in a civil war for the throne of Britain. She defeated him and became the

monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

. * In 131 BC,

Cleopatra II of Egypt Cleopatra II Philometor Soteira (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλομήτωρ Σώτειρα, ''Kleopatra Philomētōr Sōteira''; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was Queen consort of Ptolemaic Egypt from 175 to 170 BC as wife of Ptolemy VI Philo ...

led a rebellion against

Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (, ''Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn'', "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC – 28 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon (, ''Physkōn'', "Fatty"), was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was ...

and drove him and

Cleopatra III Cleopatra III (; c.160–101 BC) was a queen of Egypt. She ruled at first with her mother Cleopatra II and husband Ptolemy VIII from 142 to 131 BC and again from 127 to 116 BC. She then ruled with her sons Ptolemy IX and Ptolemy X from 1 ...

out of Egypt. * In 42 BC,

Fulvia Fulvia (; d. 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the late Roman Republic. Fulvia's birth into an important political dynasty facilitated her relationships and, later on, marriages to Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribo ...

, wife of

Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman people, Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the Crisis of the Roman Republic, transformation of the Roman Republic ...

, organized an uprising against

Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...

. * In 14,

Mother Lü Mother Lü (; died 18 AD) was a rebel leader against the Xin dynasty of China. She started a peasant uprising after her son was executed by the government for a minor offence, and became the first female rebel leader in Chinese history. After she ...

led a peasant rebellion against

Wang Mang Wang Mang (45 BCE6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun, officially known as the Shijianguo Emperor (), was the founder and the only emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the ...

of the Western

Han Dynasty The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...

. * In 40, the

Trưng Sisters The Trưng sisters ( (), 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies

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Trưng", 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after Trung sisters' rebellion, commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in ...

successfully rebelled against the

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Han-Dynasty rule, and are regarded as national heroines of

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. * In 60–61,

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brittonic languages, Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh language, Welsh as , ) was a queen of the Iceni, ancient ...

, a Celtic chieftain in Britain, led a massive uprising against the occupying

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forces. The Romans attempted to raise the morale of their troops by informing them that her army contained more women than men. * In 69–70,

Veleda Veleda () was a seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the ini ...

of the Germanic

Bructeri The Bructeri were a Germanic people, who lived in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, just outside what was then the Roman Empire. The Romans originally reported them living east of the lower Rhine river, in a large area centred around present day ...

tribe wielded a great deal of influence in the

Batavian rebellion The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") between AD 69 and 70. It was an uprising against the Roman Empire started by the Batavi (Germanic tribe), Batavi, a small but militarily powerful G ...

. She was acknowledged as a strategic leader, a priestess, a prophet, and as a living

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. * In 270,

Zenobia Septimia Zenobia (Greek: Ζηνοβία, Palmyrene Aramaic: , ; 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner, and she married the ruler of the ...

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queen Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Q ...

of the

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led a revolt against the

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, Her forces took control of Roman Egypt, Arabia, and parts of Asia Minor. * In 378, Queen Mavia led a rebellion against the

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and defeated them repeatedly. The Romans finally negotiated a truce with her on her conditions.Jensen, 1996, pp. 73-75. * In the 7th century, the warrior queen and religious leader

Dihya Al-Kahina (), also known as Dihya, was a Berber warrior-queen of the Aurès and a religious and military leader who lived during the seventh century AD. Her legacy has been retold through the oral tradition since her lifetime. There are various ...

led

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resistance against the

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. * In the late-10th century:

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rebels against the Axumite Dynasty in

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1000 – 1899

* In 1381,

Johanna Ferrour Johanna Ferrour, also known as Joanna Ferrour or Joan Marchall, was a leader of the Peasants' Revolt, 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. Originally from Rochester, Kent, Rochester, she led a group of rebels that burned the Savoy Palace, stormed the ...

was among the chief leaders of the Kentish rebels during the

Peasants' Revolt The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black ...

in England. She personally commanded the rebels that burned the

Savoy Palace The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The palace was on the site of an estate given t ...

and stormed the

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, and she ordered the execution of Archbishop

Simon Sudbury Simon Sudbury ( – 14 June 1381) was Bishop of London from 1361 to 1375, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375 until his death, and in the last year of his life Lord Chancellor, Lord Chancellor of England. He met a violent death during the Peasan ...

and Robert Hales. * In 1420, Tang Sai'er led an army in the White Lotus revolt against the Ming dynasty in China. * In ,

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, a Guaraní woman of early-colonial

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, killed a

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(her husband or master), and urged the other enslaved indigenous women to do the same; ending executed. * In 1539, Gaitana of the Paez led the indigenous people of northern Cauca,

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in armed resistance against colonization by the Spanish. Her monument sculpted by Rodrigo Arenas stands in

Neiva Neiva () is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 388,299. It is one of the most important cities in southern Co ...

, the capital of Huila in

. * In 1577,

Apacuana Apacuana ()—also transliterated as Apacuane, Apakuama or Apakuana—was a 16th-century woman of the Quiriquires (also known as Kirikires), a branch of the Carib people that inhabited the Valles del Tuy region (then known by the Spanish as Salam ...

of the Quiriquire people of

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led an uprising against Spanish colonization, ending executed. * In 1630,

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (; – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African paramount ruler who ruled as a queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola. Born into the ...

from the

Kingdom of Matamba The Kingdom of Matamba (pre-1550–1744) was an African state located in what is now the Baixa de Cassange region of Malanje Province of modern-day Angola. Joined to the Kingdom of Ndongo by Queen Nzinga in 1631, the state had many male and fe ...

led a series of revolts against the

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. She aligned with the

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, forming the first African-European alliance against another European aggressor. * In 1716,

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leads a slave rebellion on Dutch Curaçao. * In 1720–1739, Granny Nanny, a spiritual leader of the

Maroons Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with Indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into ...

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

, leads them to victory in the

First Maroon War The First Maroon War was a conflict between the Jamaican Maroons and the colonial British authorities that started around 1728 and continued until the peace treaties of 1739 and 1740. It was led by Indigenous Jamaicans who helped Africans to set ...

. * In 1748, Marretje Arents leads the

Pachtersoproer The pachtersoproer was a Dutch rebellion in the 18th century. The origin of the uprising was to be found in the economic malaise of the 1740s as a result of the Austrian War of Succession. It was the system of commercial tax-collection called ''p ...

. *In 1760-1790,

Rani Velu Nachiyar "Veeramangai" Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India.East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

in India. * In 1763,

Gabriela Silang María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang (; March 19, 1731 – September 20, 1763) was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She took over from her second hus ...

led a revolution against the Spanish to establish an independent Ilocos, which was started by her husband,

Diego Silang Diego Silang y Andaya (; December 16, 1730 – May 28, 1763) was a Filipino revolutionary leader who allied with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano state. His revolt was ...

in after her husband was assassinated in 1763. * In 1778, Baltazara Chuiza leads a rebellion against the Spanish in Ecuador. * In 1780, Huillac Ñusca of the Kolla tribe rebels against the Spanish in Chile. * In 1781,

Manuela Beltrán Manuela Beltrán was a Neogranadine woman who organized a peasant revolt against excess taxation in 1780. General settings The information concerning the biography of Manuela Beltran is scarce and fragmented. It is believed she was of peasant or ...

, a Neogranadine (now Colombia) peasant leads revolt against the Spanish Government and sparks the

Revolt of the Comuneros The Revolt of the Comuneros (, "War of the Communities of Castile") was an uprising by citizens of Crown of Castile, Castile against the rule of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles I and his administration between 1520 and 1521. At its hei ...

. * In 1781, Gregoria Apaza, an

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

woman, leads an uprising against the Spanish in Bolivia. * In 1782,

Bartolina Sisa Bartolina Sisa Vargas ( 1750 – 5 September 1782) was an Aymaran woman and indigenous heroine who led numerous revolts against the Spanish rule in Charcas, then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru and present-day Bolivia. Alongside her husband, ...

, an

woman who led an indigenous uprising against the Spanish in Bolivia, is captured and executed. * On October 25, 1785,

Toypurina Toypurina (1760–1799) was a Kizh indian medicine woman from the Jachivit village. She is notable for her opposition to the colonial rule by Spanish missionaries in California, and for her part in the planned 1785 rebellion against the Miss ...

, a

Tongva The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous peoples of California, Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Channel Islands of California, Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . In the precolonial era, the peop ...

medicine woman rebels against the Spanish, leading an attack against

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Mission San Gabriel Arcángel () is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by the Spanish Empire on the Nativity of Mary September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become twenty-one Spanish mi ...

. * In 1796-1798,

Wang Cong'er Wang Cong'er (, c. 1777–1798) was a female Chinese leader of anti-Manchu White Lotus Rebellion along with Wang Nangxian during the reign of the Qing dynasty. Life Reportedly born in 1777, Wang Cong'er was a native of Xiangyang City. White Lo ...

and

Wang Nangxian Wang Nangxian (; Bouyei language, Bouyei: Waangz Naangzsianl; 1778–1798) was a female China, Chinese leader of the anti-Manchu White Lotus Rebellion along with Wang Cong'er during the reign of the Qing dynasty. Another female member of the rebel ...

are leaders and commanders of the

White Lotus rebellion The White Lotus Rebellion (, 1794–1804) was a rebellion initiated by followers of the White Lotus movement during the Qing dynasty of China. Motivated by millenarian Buddhists who promised the immediate return of the Buddha, it erupted out of ...

in China. * In 1803,

Lorenza Avemanay Lorenza Avemanay (also Lorenza Avemanay Tacuri) (1747-1803 CE) was an indigenous Ecuadorian who led an 1803 revolt against the Spanish occupation in Guamote Guamote is a town in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Guamote Cant ...

leads a revolt against Spanish occupation in Ecuador. * In 1819

María Antonia Santos Plata María Antonia Santos Plata (10 April 1782–28 June 1819) was a Neogranadine peasant, rebel leader, and heroine. Santos Plata was born in 1782 in the town of Pinchote, in what is now modern-day Colombia. In the late 1810s, she helped galv ...

, a Neogranadine (now Colombia) peasant, galvanized, organized, and led the rebel guerrillas in the Province of Socorro against the invading Spanish troops during the Reconquista of the New Granada; she was ultimately captured, tried, and found guilty of lese-majesty and

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, sentenced and ultimately put to death by

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. * In 1821,

Laskarina Bouboulina Laskarina Pinotsi, commonly known as Bouboulina (; 1771 – 22 May 1825), was a Greek naval commander in the Greek War of Independence in 1821, considered the first woman to attain the rank of admiral. Bouboulina was born in Constantinople in 17 ...

, was a

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naval commander who led her own troops during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

until the fall of the fort on November 13, 1822. Posthumously, she became an

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of the

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. * In 1824,

Kittur Chennamma Kittur Chennamma (14 November 1778 – 21 February 1829) was the Indian Queen of Kittur, a former princely state in present-day Karnataka. She led an armed resistance against the British East India Company, in defiance of the Paramountcy, i ...

led an armed rebellion against the rule of the East India Company in response to the Doctrine of lapse. The rebellion ended with her death. Chennamma's primary grievance was the kappa tax. * In 1831, Countess

Emilia Plater Countess Emilia Broel-Plater (; 13 November 1806 – 23 December 1831) was a Polish-Lithuanian (adjective), Polish–Lithuanian szlachta, noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitions of Poland, partitioned Polish–Lithuanian C ...

creates her own group to fight in the Polish

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31) (), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in Russian Partition, the heartland of Partitions of Poland, partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. ...

. She becomes commanding officer of a company of

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in the rank of captain. * In 1843-1844, enslaved Lucumí women Carlota and Ferminia, led the slave rebellion of Year of the Lash on Cuba. * In 1857–1858,

Rani Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (born Manikarnika Tambe; 1828 or 1835 – 18 June 1858), also known as Rani Lakshmibai, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The queen consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853, s ...

of Jhansi was one of the leaders of the

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...

Begum Hazrat Mahal Begum Hazrat Mahal (c. 18207 April 1879), also known as the Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh in 1857–1858. She is known for the leading role she had in the rebellion against the B ...

also led a band of her supporters in support of Laskhimbai during the revolt. *In 1868, Ana Betancourt helped organize the fight for Cuban independence during the

Ten Years' War The Ten Years' War (; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War () and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. On 10 October 1868, sugar mil ...

and used it as an opportunity to advocate for women's rights. * In 1896,

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spiritual leader

Nehanda Nyakasikana Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana also known as Mbuya Nehanda ( 1840–1898) was a ''svikiro'', or Mediumship, spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She was a medium of Nehanda, a female Shona people, Shona mhondoro (a powerful and respected anc ...

participated in the Matabele wars.

1900 onward

* In 1900,

Yaa Asantewaa Yaa Asantewaa I (184017October 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okese, the Edwesuhene, or ruler, of Edwesu. In 1900, she led the Ashanti ...

leads the Ashanti during the

War of the Golden Stool The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign in 1900 during the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire ...

. * In 1919,

Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg ( ; ; ; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary and Marxist theorist. She was a key figure of the socialist movements in Poland and Germany in the early 20t ...

leads the

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in rebellion against the

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in power in Germany after the November Revolution of 1918 in Germany. * In 1950,

Blanca Canales Blanca Canales (February 17, 1906 – July 25, 1996) was an educator and a Puerto Rican Nationalist. Canales joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in 1931 and helped organize the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican ...

leads the

Jayuya Uprising The Jayuya Uprising, also known as Jayuya Revolt or Cry of Jayuya (), was a Nationalist insurrection that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The insurrection, led by Blanca Canales, was one of the multiple insur ...

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against the

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. After leading rebel forces, she was arrested for the murder of a police officer and the wounding of three others. * In 1958, Ani Pachen was a

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nun who led a

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rebellion of 600 fighters on horseback against

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s. * In 1986-1987,

Alice Auma Alice Auma (1956 – 17 January 2007) was a Ugandan Mediumship, spirit-medium who, as the head of the Holy Spirit Movement (HSM), led a Millennialism, millennial rebellion against the Ugandan government forces of President Yoweri Museveni from ...

leads a rebellion against

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government forces. * On January 1, 1994, Comandante Ramona commanded the occupation of the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas in an uprising of the

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Non-violent revolutions and rebellions

* Oct. 5, 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum and led

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, in a revolt against King

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, storming the palace and signaling the French Revolution. * In 1947, Chief

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, MON (; born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas; 25 October 190013 April 1978), also known as Funmilayo Aníkúlápó-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women ...

led the

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in a revolt that resulted in the abdication of the Egba High King Oba Ademola II. * In 1986,

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led the

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that toppled

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. * In 2003, African

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and Comfort Freeman organized

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and led a revolt against violence by seizing a building and blockading the men inside. Their actions brought an end to the

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, which led to the election of

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, the first

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n nation with a female president. * In 2004,

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formed the

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as the leader of Ukrainian opposition. Her leadership galvanized the crowds during the

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in Ukraine. * In 2011, twenty-six-year-old

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was instrumental in initiating the protests that began the uprising in Cairo and started the

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. She urged the Egyptian people to join her in a protest on January 25 in

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to bring down Mubarak's regime. She used

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and

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that went

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and urged people not to be afraid. * In 2011,

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organized over 40,000 women in numerous peaceful protests that turned violent in a revolution against

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, FPI website . ( G ...

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Revolt Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...