Hortensia von Moos
She wrote on many and varied subjects,including the structure of the human body; disease, its cause and cure; the care and raising of children; tea, coffee, chocolate, and geology.
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Caroline Pichler
Austrian author and playwright
Isabella Theotoki Albrizzi
Greek author
Izabela Czartoryska
Writer and philanthropist who made Pulawy the center of literary and political life in Poland.
Mariquita Sánchez
Argentine activist and salon host
Manuela Sanz de Santamaría
Colombian scholar and writer
Dr Christiane Tonaillon
Austrian writer and educator
Helen Major
Helen Major was an amateur historian and an active volunteer at the Mills Archive.
Anna Maria Van Schurman
Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer known for her exceptional learning and her defense of female education.
Alice Muriel Flora Candy
When Alice Candy began teaching at Canterbury College, the academic staff was, with one exception (Elizabeth Herriott, biology), entirely male. She gradually acquired the unofficial status of dean of women – and an influence on college life well above her junior academic status.