Justine Siegemund
Silesian midwife who wrote “The Court Midwife,” the first German medical text authored by a woman, in 1690
Silesian midwife who wrote “The Court Midwife,” the first German medical text authored by a woman, in 1690
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.
Poet and playwright whose life was profoundly shaped by the horrors of World War II and the ascent of the Nazis in Europe, leading her to become a powerful voice representing the sorrows and aspirations of her fellow Jews.
Hebrew poet
Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher in the early Baroque period.
The first poetess to write in German
Hungarian poet
Prominent Japanese poet during the Edo period and a Buddhist nun.
Irish author, editor, and poet
New Zealand women’s rights activist and writer