Women wartime nurses

American novelist (1832–1888)

African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)

Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)

German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I (1843–1916)

American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1897–1918)

Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878

Grand Duchess of Russia (1882–1960)

British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)

American-born bookseller and publisher (1887–1962)

Ukrainian-born nurse (1886-1960)

Swiss humanitarian (1913-2011)

Islamic medical and social worker recognized as the first female Muslim nurse

one of the companions of Muhammad

Iranian politician

Japanese former soldier and nurse

one of the earliest women converts to Islam in Yathrib (now Medina)

Bissau-Guinean resistance fighter

German Catholic nun (1914-1955)

British writer and philanthropist (1832–1906)

Brazilian nurse (1814–1880)

American nurse

American wife of Prussian prince and soldier of fortune (1844-1912)

Austrian nurse (1898-1957)

American actress and businesswoman (1868–1940)

companion (Sahabiyyah) of Muhammad

French nurse (1925–2024)

Red Cross chairwoman, nurse (1886–1979)

youngest nurse of the Warsaw Uprising

Bolivian nurse heroine

Nigerian princess and nurse

Spanish politician (1900–1984)

Nigerian model

African American nurse & writer (1848-1912)

Swedish Artist and Florist (1802–1871)

died in Algerian war (1934-1959)

American physician (1864-1940)

Cuban nurse (1861–1914)

organization initially nursing but later transport, spying, disaster support

Portuguese soldier

Russian nurse (1838-1878)

Australian Army nurse (1915–2000)

Brazilian Army officer

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

American physician surgeon and feminist (1834-1891)

German writer (1746-1808)

English noblewoman