Metal Cutting Woman Profession

Tashlultum, fl. late 24th-early 23rd centuries BCE, Akkadian queen, wife of Sargon of Akkad, and mother of Enheduanna.
Peseshet, c. 2600 BCE, was a physician in ancient Egypt.
Merit-Ptah, c. 2700 BCE, also lived in Egypt and is the earliest known female physician and scientist.
Merneith, c. 3000 BCE was a consort and a regent of ancient Egypt during the first dynasty. She may have been ruler of Egypt in her own right.