Building A Digital Feminary

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King Wen's mother. Her name is actually an epithet meaning "Second Daughter of the Ren Family". Her first name is unknown. She was from the Shang nobility.

Referred to by Confucius. A concubine of King Wen and mother of King Wu. Known as benevolent. Mother of King Wu of Zhou. Around 1000 B.C.E. She was one of his valued counselors. (Tai-Jiang also mentioned...) (a poem to or about her and King Wen - courtship poems - the Guan Ju, first five poems in the Book of Songs/Shi Jing)

Queen of Georgia. Known as a huntress. Her father chose her as his successor. She was supposed to have led her armies into battle barefoot, and threw her lovers off a cliff when she got tired of them. {Salmonson}

Also known as Thamar. She reigned from 1185-1212 C.E. and conquered Trebizond, Erezum, and parts of Armenia. Her son inherited the reign from her. {Britannica}

Tan-ji, queen of the Shang, killed by King Wu Zhou when he conquered the Shang.(need source) Possibly the Buddhist nun Tanjian, who spent her life gathering firewood and finally immolated herself upon this pile as an act of devotion to Buddha. (need source) Tenji-no-tsubone: Japanese warrior woman who fought armed with a naginata, beside her lover in a sea battle in 1185 C.E. {Salmonson}

Therese Figueur de Lyon. Known as Mademoiselle Sans-Gene. Fought in the Napoleonic wars as a soldier. Her story was well-known. {Salmonson}

Therese Sans-Gene always wore men's clothing, fought courageously in many battles, and was wounded several times. General Bonaparte gave her a pension and a position at court. {Marbot}

Teresa of Avila.

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Theodora, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire in Byzantium. In 1042 she ruled with her sister Zoe. From 1055-1066 she was the sole ruler of the empire. Born in 980 C.E., she was the third daughter of Emperor Basil. She was tall, glib, and abrupt in her speech and manner of ruling. She died in August 1056. Theodora, Empress and co-ruler of Byzantine Empire. 518-565. Raised as an actress. Enacted feminist legislation and worked for women's rights. {Psellus}

Author of Hippolyte, Lesbos, Glorious Age, who wrote a history of first lesbian circus of the Steam Age. {Lesbian Peoples}

Byzantine empress (?) with Romanus II. (Look up in Psellus?) Theophano who married Otto II the western Roman Emperor in around 1000-something. (need sources)

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Tamar from bible?

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Trieu Thi Trinh, also known as Trieu Au. (3rd century B.C.E.) She led a Vietnamese rebellion against the Chinese that was successful for six months, but was eventually defeated. {Salmonson}

Vietnamese general who with her sister in 40 B.C.E. defeated the Chinese government of Vietnam.

Vietnamese general. When her husband was killed by a Chinese governor, she organized a successful rebellion. The sisters trained a corps of other women officers who led the rebel army and the government. When after several years they were defeated, the sisters committed ritual suicide. {Salmonson}