Cartimandua
Cartimandua ruled the powerful Brigantes during Rome’s conquest of Britain. Remembered as a traitor for surrendering Caratacus, her story reveals a far more complicated world of diplomacy, survival and female power.
Chiune Sugihara
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who defied official restrictions in Lithuania in 1940 and issued more than two thousand recorded transit visas to Jewish refugees. His decision helped thousands begin an escape across the Soviet Union and through Japan during the Holocaust.
Queen Nzinga
Queen Nzinga Mbande was one of Africa's greatest rulers, leading the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba through diplomacy, warfare and political strategy during the seventeenth century while resisting Portuguese expansion.