Monica Sjöö

Swedish-born artist and writer who strongly advocated radical anarcho/eco-feminism and played a pivotal role in the early development of the Goddess movement.

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Clare of Assisi

Italian saint closely linked to Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a Franciscan monastic order known for its strict poverty.

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Regina Jonas

Regina Jonas’s studies at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums led her to write a thesis titled “Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?” Despite protests, she received her semicha on December 27, 1935.

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Nechama Leibowitz

In 1930, she earned her doctorate from the University of Marburg with her thesis on “Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations.” That same year, in 1930, she immigrated to Mandate Palestine. For the next twenty-five years, she taught at a religious Zionist teachers’ seminar.

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Maria of Jever

The last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family. She reigned from 1517 until her death on February 20, 1575.

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