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Jessica U Meir
American astronaut
May Arif Kaftan-Kassim
May Arif Kaftan (January 14, 1928–July 23, 2020), also known by the surname Kaftan-Kassim, worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1953 to approximately 1962. Her work was focused on radio astronomy.
Libbāli-šarrat
Queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 600s BCE
Sabiha al-Shaikh Da’ud
Women’s rights activist Sabiha al-Shaikh Da’ud was one of Iraq’s first female lawyers.