Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen
Renowned author known for her tales of affluent African-American families in the South.
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Cornelia Sorabji
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.
Ella M S Marble
American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.
Kateryna Yushchenko
Soviet Ukrainian computer and information research scientist who developed one of the world’s first high-level programming languages with indirect addressing, called the Address programming language (APL), in 1955.
Jeanette Berglind
Swedish founder of Tysta Skolan, a school for deaf/mute children
Dorothy Maynor
Celebrated African-American soprano, concert singer, and founder of the Harlem School of the Arts.
Emanuella Carlbeck
Pioneering Swedish educator known for her work with students with intellectual disabilities. She founded the first institution for such students in Gothenburg in 1866, providing education and supportive home and asylum for patients.
Dorothea Erxleben
Germany’s first female doctor.
Eveline Cunnington
New Zealand women’s rights activist and social reformer
Junko Tabei
Renowned Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher.