Pari Khan Khanum
Daughter of Shah Tahmasp, Pari Khan Khanum took on a political role during her father’s reign, helping him to rule during his last years of illness in 1500s Iran.
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Gloria E Anzaldúa
Groundbreaking Chicana scholar, feminist theorist, writer, and cultural activist.
Shirley Graham Du Bois
African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist
Nellie McClung
Social activist, politician, author, and one of the most important figures in the Canadian suffragist movement.
Agatha Christie
Internationally renowned English mystery writer and playwright
Teresa de la Parra
Venezuelan writer, considered one of the most important Latin American literary figures of the early 20th century.
Manikuntala Sen
Activist, politician and memoirist Manikuntala Sen was one of the first women active in the Communist Party of India.
Ichiyō Higuchi
Meiji Period writer Ichiyō Higuchi was the first woman in Japan to write modern literature professionally, particularly short stories and poetry, as well as extensive diary accounts.
Dorothy Pakington
British religious writer
Kazunomiya
Japanese princess and waka poet.