The Trung Sisters
They're the Vietnamese equivalent of France's Joan of Arc, I'd say. I don't know how big Joan is in France but the Trung Sisters are revered to a god-like level in Vietnam. Learned about them when I was in 1st or 2nd grade in Vietnam. They were legendary for riding on elephants into the battle field. The Chinese, Vietnam's enemy at the time, feared and hated them...because they're women, and they kicked serious ass. Another notable fact was their army consisted mostly of women. And the women soldiers were bad ass as well.