I take great pride in knowing my great grandmother was one.

Part of the easter uprising against the British in Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumann_na_mBan

Do not underestimate the ferocity of a woman in times of war. (Or ever)

On the day of the Rising, Cumann na mBan members, including Winifred Carney, who arrived armed with both a Webley revolver and a typewriter, entered the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in Dublin with their male counterparts. By nightfall, women insurgents were established in all the major rebel strongholds throughout the city except Boland's Mill and the South Dublin Union held by Éamon de Valera and Eamonn Ceannt.