Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim
Religious poet and nun
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Judith Plaskow
American theologian, author, and activist
Agnes Franz
Polish-German poet
Saint Aelia Eudocia
Consort of the Emperor Theodosius II of Byzantium, poet, philanthropist.
Helmina von Chézy
German poet
Zhangsun
Esteemed Chinese empress who dedicated her life to serving as a stabilizing force and wise advisor within the imperial court.
Rokhl Auerbakh
Polish-Jewish writer, escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and worked as a Polish secretary on the Aryan side, leveraging her non-Jewish appearance and German fluency.
Agnès Humbert
French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Harriet Jacobs
Author of the autobiography, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” The book, now an “American classic,” gives a plain account of the horrors of slavery and her path to freedom.
Izabela Moszczeńska-Rzepecka
Polish feminist, journalist, translator, and suffragette who was imprisoned