María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda
The first Spanish woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The first Spanish woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
The last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, an indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California. Her life’s work focused on preserving this endangered language.
Harlem Renaissance artist and educator
Belgian educationalist, feminist, and politician.
Pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of the first Black women to become a physician in the United States.
Renowned author known for her tales of affluent African-American families in the South.
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.
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.
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.
Swedish founder of Tysta Skolan, a school for deaf/mute children