Marie-Jeanne Roland
French patriot
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Anne Sophie Swetchine
Russian mystic and social leader in Paris.
Anne of Brittany
Duchess of Brittany and queen of France
Amelia Edwards
English novelist and egyptologist
Tarquinia Molza
Italian Singer, Poet, Conductor, Composer and Scholar
Mary T S Putnam
Besides numerous contributions to magazines in literature and history, she wrote two metrical dramas on slavery, and made a translation from the Swedish of Fredrika Bremer’s The Neighbors.
Anne Dacier
Anne Dacier (1654-1720) was one of the most accomplished scholars in France.
Evelyn Boyd Granville
Evelyn Boyd Granville was only the second African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from an American University. She worked in computing.
Helen Connon
Helen Connon played a pioneering role in the education of New Zealand women.
Sophie Willock Bryant
Sophie Willock Bryant was an Irish mathematician who also published on many other topics: Irish history, religion, education, women’s rights, and philosophy.