J.B. Gattini, Honoring my Ancestors: Emilia Plater – Lithuanian (and Polish) Joan of Arc
Countess Emilia Plater (German-Switz: Broel Plater, Lithuanian: Emilija Pliaterytė); (11/13/1806 - 12/23/1831) was a noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. She became a symbol of women fighting for the national cause. She is often nicknamed a Lithuanian Joan of Arc (and Polish Joan of Arc).