Gráinne Yeats
Irish harpist, singer, teacher and historian
Irish harpist, singer, teacher and historian
Principal of Alexandra College, Dublin, horticulturist, and social activist
Pioneering American feminist, educator, and social reformerof the 1800s
American educator and community leader
Faustina married the future emperor Antoninus Pius between 110 and 115.
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
African-American educator, lawyer, and civil rights activist
Librarian who convinced Andrew Carnegie to pay for a library in Worthing (UK)
Not only was she one of Britain’s first ‘police women’, she was also a pioneering teacher of deaf children, and a passionate suffragette determined to change women’s lives for the better.Hare’s vision for auditory/oral education. In her will Mary Hare wrote ‘my efforts on behalf of the Deaf have been my greatest joy in life.’
Leader of the Teachers’ Association in Germany in the 1890s who founded courses for women to help them get into universities and edited Die Frau, a magazine for women.