Lydia Nadejena
Russian émigré, historian of Russian medieval art, writer, and educator
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Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer who became the head of the bureau for the measurements of the plates of the Astro-photographic Catalogue at the Paris Observatory.
Célia Bertin
Célia Bertin was recruited to help Allied aviators hidden in Occupied Paris because of her ability to speak English. In 1993 she published a study of women during this period, Femmes sous l’Occupation.
Carlotta Bollée
After her automobile designer died in 1913, she took over the family business
Ednah Dow Cheney
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.
Sophie de Condorcet
French intellectual and advocate for the downtrodden
Christina McDonald Williams
American businesswoman and translator
Emmy Destinn
Czech operatic soprano
Angelina Noble
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
Anna Banti
Italian author, art scholar, cinema critic, and translator