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Women born before 1900 with more than 3 occupations on Wikidata and more than 30 sitelinks

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Wu Zetian founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690 624-02-17 Guangyuan 705-12-16 Luoyang empress consort
poet
empress regnant
67 Q9738
Anne Hutchinson participant in the Antinomian Controversy 1591 Alford 1643 New Netherland midwife
theologian
preacher
36 Q11608
Hypatia Greek Neoplatonist philosopher 360 Alexandria 415-03 Alexandria mathematician
philosopher
astronomer
writer
inventor
107 Q11903
Ellen Swallow Richards American chemist (1842-1911) 1842-12-03 Dunstable 1911-03-30 Boston chemist
university teacher
economist
ecologist
environmentalist
writer
meteorological observer
36 Q7273
Émilie du Châtelet French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749) 1706-12-17 Paris 1749-09-10 Lunéville mathematician
physicist
philosopher of language
essayist
salonnière
translator
philosopher
63 Q7286
Amelia Earhart American aviation pioneer and author 1897-07-24 Atchison 1939-01-05 Howland Island aircraft pilot
memoirist
travel writer
journalist
women's rights activist
aviation writer
118 Q3355
Marie de France medieval poet 12nd century Brittany 13rd century No/unknown value poet
writer
translator
nun
fabulist
53 Q5617
Héloïse d’Argenteuil 12th-century French nun, philosopher and writer 1101 Paris 1164-05-15 Oratory of the Paraclete writer
philosopher
Christian nun
43 Q5656
Anna de Noailles Romanian-French writer (1876-1933) 1876-11-15 7th arrondissement of Paris 1933-04-30 16th arrondissement of Paris writer
salonnière
poet
model
novelist
aristocrat
monarch
45 Q6050
Clara Immerwahr German chemist (1870-1915) 1870-06-21 Wojczyce 1915-05-02 Dahlem chemist
women's rights activist
peace activist
42 Q7490
Emmy Noether German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935) 1882-03-23 Erlangen 1935-04-14 Bryn Mawr mathematician
physicist
university teacher
90 Q7099
Irène Joliot-Curie French scientist (1897-1956) 1897-09-12 13th arrondissement of Paris 1956-03-17 Paris physicist
chemist
professor
politician
nuclear physicist
researcher
108 Q7504
Christina of Sweden Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 1626-12-07 Stockholm 1689-04-09 Rome art collector
monarch
painter
writer
philosopher
81 Q52937
George Sand French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin 1804-07-01 Paris
6th arrondissement of Paris
1876-06-08 Nohant-Vic writer
journalist
salonnière
playwright
novelist
diarist
women's rights activist
librettist
composer
author
128 Q3816
Sophie Germain French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831) 1776-04-01 Paris 1831-06-27 Paris mathematician
physicist
philosopher
68 Q7103
Sophia Brahe Danish horticulturalist 1559-08-24 Knutstorp Castle 1643 Helsingør astronomer
historian
estate owner
genealogist
36 Q56029
Marie Curie Polish and French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) 1867-11-07 Warsaw 1934-07-04 Sancellemoz physicist
chemist
university teacher
225 Q7186
Lise Meitner Austrian-Swedish physicist 1878-11-07
1878-11-17
Vienna 1968-10-27 Cambridge nuclear physicist
university teacher
chemist
physicist
87 Q56189
Nelly Sachs Jewish German poet and playwright 1891-12-10 Schöneberg 1970-05-12 Högalid Parish poet
playwright
translator
writer
106 Q57074
Maud Menten Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960) 1879-03-20 Port Lambton 1960-07-26 Ontario chemist
physician
biochemist
pathologist
31 Q7515
Louise Nevelson American sculptor (1899-1988) 1899-09-23 Pereiaslav 1988-04-17 New York City sculptor
painter
printmaker
architectural draftsperson
artist
30 Q7531
Grazia Deledda Italian novelist (1871-1936) 1871-09-27
1871-11-11
Nuoro 1936-08-15 Rome writer
poet
novelist
playwright
prose writer
short story writer
120 Q7728
Elsa Triolet French writer 1896-09-12 Moscow 1970-06-16 Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines writer
novelist
poet
screenwriter
French resistance fighter
43 Q4137
Anna Magdalena Bach German singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760) 1701-09-22 Zeitz 1760-02-27 Leipzig singer
composer
soprano singer
31 Q57212
Emily Dickinson American poet (1830-1886) 1830-12-10 Amherst 1886-05-15 Amherst writer
poet
gardener
138 Q4441
Mary-Anne Paulze Lavoisier French chemist and painter (1758-1836) 1758-01-20 Montbrison 1836-02-10 Paris chemist
illustrator
translator
31 Q7229
Bettina von Arnim German writer and novelist (1785-1859) 1785-04-04 Frankfurt 1859-01-20 Berlin writer
salonnière
composer
novelist
illustrator
singer
56 Q57236
Rosa Luxemburg German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919) 1871-03-05 Zamość 1919-01-15 Berlin politician
philosopher
revolutionary
economist
journalist
editor
political theorist
botanical collector
economist
opinion journalist
editing staff
docent
176 Q7231
Sarah Bernhardt French stage actress (1844–1923) 1844-10-23 Paris 1923-03-26 17th arrondissement of Paris stage actor
film actor
dancer
writer
actor
187 Q4605
Fanny Mendelssohn German pianist and composer 1805-11-14 Hamburg 1847-05-14 Berlin composer
pianist
university teacher
46 Q57286
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff German composer and writer 1797-01-12 Burg Hülshoff 1848-05-24 Meersburg Castle writer
poet
composer
novelist
playwright
43 Q57307
Cosima Wagner daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner (1837-1930) 1837-12-24 Bellagio 1930-04-01 Bayreuth composer
writer
director
35 Q75789
Mileva Marić Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein 1875-12-19 Titel 1948-08-04 Zürich teacher
physicist
mathematician
63 Q76346
Elisabeth of Romania German writer (1843-1916), queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I of Romania 1843-12-29 Schloss Monrepos
Neuwied
1916-02-18 Bucharest poet
writer
translator
novelist
playwright
55 Q57629
Clara Zetkin Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights 1857-07-05 Königshain-Wiederau 1933-06-20 Arkhangelskoye politician
journalist
women's rights activist
peace activist
suffragette
editor
teacher
writer
103 Q75823
Ada Lovelace English mathematician (1815–1852) 1815-12-10 London 1852-11-27 Marylebone mathematician
programmer
poet
computer scientist
inventor
translator
writer
engineer
121 Q7259
San Edith Stein Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942) 1891-10-12 Wrocław 1942-08-09 Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp translator
philosopher
writer
resistance fighter
linguist
university teacher
nun
autobiographer
73 Q76749
Marie of Romania last Queen consort of Romania (1875-1938; r. 1914-1927) 1875-10-29 Eastwell Park 1938-07-18 Peleș Castle diarist
nurse
artist
48 Q57666
Paula von Preradović Austrian writer, poet (1887-1951) 1887-10-12 Vienna 1951-05-25 Vienna writer
poet
composer
novelist
31 Q89560
Victoria Ocampo Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979) 1890-04-07 Buenos Aires 1979-01-27 Buenos Aires writer
translator
publisher
critic
public figure
34 Q72790
Louise of Orléans French princess; queen consort of the belgians (1832-1850) 1812-04-03 Palermo 1850-10-11 Ostend watercolorist
consort
aristocrat
39 Q72795
Caroline Herschel German-British astronomer (1750-1848) 1750-03-16 Hanover 1848-01-09 Hanover astronomer
mathematician
singer
violinist
67 Q76948
Else Lasker-Schüler Jewish German poet (1869-1945) 1869-02-11 Elberfeld
Elberfeld
1945-01-22 Jerusalem poet
writer
salonnière
playwright
48 Q58033
Katharina von Bora wife of Martin Luther 1499-01-29 Lippendorf
Hirschfeld
1552-12-20 Katharinenstraße 11
Torgau
religious sister
theologian
homemaker
nun
47 Q77239
Thea von Harbou German actress and writer (1888–1954) 1888-12-27 Tauperlitz 1954-07-01 West Berlin film director
screenwriter
writer
science fiction writer
film actor
stage actor
32 Q58866
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780) 1724-07-18 Munich 1780-04-23 Dresden composer
opera singer
librettist
painter
writer
harpsichordist
pianist
32 Q61649
Josephine Hull American stage and film actress (1877-1957) 1877-01-03 Newtonville 1957-03-12 The Bronx film actor
stage actor
television actor
theatrical director
actor
director
42 Q59525
Gertrude the Great Roman Catholic Saint 1256-01-06 Lutherstadt Eisleben 1302-11-17
1301-11-17
Lutherstadt Eisleben nun
writer
mystic
37 Q61934
Zinaida Gippius Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945) 1869-11-08 Belyov 1945-09-09 Paris poet
writer
playwright
literary critic
prose writer
54 Q61940
Edna St. Vincent Millay American poet 1892-02-22 Rockland 1950-10-19 Austerlitz playwright
poet
translator
librettist
writer
57 Q62134
Ricarda Huch German writer 1864-07-18 Brunswick 1947-11-17 Schönberg writer
poet
librarian
historian
novelist
playwright
philosopher
musician
librettist
43 Q60785
Emma Goldman Russian anarchist 1869-06-27 Kaunas 1940-05-14 Toronto anarchist
journalist
political philosopher
women's rights activist
lecturer
publisher
peace activist
autobiographer
nurse
writer
philosopher
politician
author
pacifist
122 Q79969
Maria Sibylla Merian entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717) 1647-04-02 Frankfurt 1717-01-13 Amsterdam entomologist
lepidopterist
botanist
naturalist
painter
illustrator
scientific illustrator
botanical illustrator
graphic artist
artist
68 Q62530
Ida Laura Pfeiffer Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858) 1797-10-14 Vienna 1858-10-27
1858-10-28
Vienna explorer
writer
naturalist
editor
traveler
travel writer
ethnographer
35 Q78873
Eleanor Marx English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898) 1855-01-16 Soho 1898-03-31 Sydenham social activist
translator
writer
trade unionist
politician
literary translator
suffragist
39 Q61412
Alma Karlin Slovenian academic and poet 1889-10-12
1891-10-12
Celje 1950-01-14
1950-01-15
Pečovnik writer
travel writer
poet
journalist
collector
traveler
theosophist
30 Q79131
Emily Brontë English novelist and poet (1818–1848) 1818-07-30 The Brontë Birthplace 1848-12-19 Haworth poet
novelist
writer
teacher
governess
123 Q80137
Mary Anderson inventor of the windshield wiper blade 1866-02-19 Greene County 1953-06-27 Monteagle inventor
entrepreneur
real estate developer
38 Q17518
Hertha Ayrton English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923) 1854-04-28 Portsea Island 1923-08-23 Lancing mathematician
electrical engineer
physicist
inventor
women's rights activist
suffragette
suffragist
writer
40 Q17522
Helen Keller American author and activist (1880–1968) 1880-06-27 Tuscumbia 1968-06-01 Easton writer
orator
essayist
political activist
trade unionist
peace activist
suffragette
linguist
autobiographer
158 Q38203
Sappho Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC) 7th century BCE Lesbos -570 Lefkada poet
composer
author
writer
143 Q17892
Lou Andreas-Salomé German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author 1861-02-12 Saint Petersburg 1937-02-05 Göttingen writer
psychoanalyst
essayist
autobiographer
philosopher
65 Q38873
Mary Wollstonecraft English writer and intellectual (1759–1797) 1759-04-27 Spitalfields
London
1797-09-10 Somers Town
London
translator
philosopher
historian
novelist
essayist
governess
businessperson
travel writer
children's writer
122 Q101638
Bertha von Suttner Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor 1843-06-09 Prague 1914-06-21 Vienna writer
novelist
translator
journalist
pacifist
science fiction writer
editor
100 Q18456
Natalie Clifford Barney writer and salonist (1876-1972) 1876-10-31 Dayton 1972-02-02 1st arrondissement of Paris playwright
poet
writer
salonnière
novelist
49 Q34782
Agatha Christie British author (1890–1976) 1890-09-15 Ashfield 1976-01-12 Winterbrook
Wallingford
writer
novelist
crime fiction writer
185 Q35064
Lillian Moller Gilbreth American psychologist and industrial engineer 1878-05-25 Oakland 1972-01-02 Phoenix industrial engineer
psychologist
teacher
photographer
writer
businessperson
inventor
mechanical engineer
engineer
37 Q40197
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough British duchess (1660-1744) 1660-06-15 Hertfordshire
St Albans
1744-10-18 Marlborough House
London
Mistress of the Robes
lady-in-waiting
politician
39 Q19176
Jane Austen English novelist (1775–1817) 1775-12-16 Steventon 1817-07-18 Winchester writer
short story writer
novelist
190 Q36322
Katharine Burr Blodgett American physicist (1898-1979) 1898-01-10 Schenectady 1979-10-12 Schenectady physicist
inventor
chemist
31 Q21482
Virginia Woolf English modernist writer (1882–1941) 1882-01-25 London 1941-03-28 Lewes novelist
essayist
autobiographer
short story writer
diarist
literary critic
publisher
writer
women's rights activist
author
156 Q40909
Anna Akhmatova Russian poet (1889–1966) 1889-06-11 Odesa 1966-03-05 Domodedovo writer
translator
literary critic
poet
author
literary scholar
126 Q80440
Catherine II of Russia The eighth and greatest Emperor of Russia (1762–1796) 1729-05-02 Szczecin 1796-11-06 Saint Petersburg politician
monarch
art collector
aristocrat
147 Q36450
Anne Boleyn second wife of Henry VIII of England 1507 Blickling Hall 1536-05-19 Tower of London aristocrat
lady-in-waiting
monarch
100 Q80823
Florence Nightingale English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910) 1820-05-12 Florence 1910-08-13 London nurse
statistician
writer
politician
teacher
sociologist
137 Q37103
Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet, diplomat and educator 1889-04-07 Vicuña 1957-01-10 Hempstead poet
diplomat
teacher
writer
119 Q80871
Bessie Smith American blues singer (1894–1937) 1894-04-15 Chattanooga 1937-09-26 Clarksdale street artist
musician
singer
dancer
mime artist
55 Q93349
Vicki Baum Austrian writer 1888-01-24 Vienna 1960-08-29 Hollywood screenwriter
writer
journalist
harpist
musician
46 Q93444
Sigrid Undset Norwegian writer (1882–1949) 1882-05-20 Kalundborg 1949-06-10 Lillehammer Municipality novelist
translator
writer
screenwriter
prose writer
poet
114 Q80889
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Austrian writer 1830-09-13 Schloss Zdislawitz 1916-03-12 Vienna writer
playwright
prose writer
novelist
short story writer
69 Q93525
Lotte Lenya Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) 1898-10-18 Vienna 1981-11-27 Manhattan stage actor
film actor
monologist
actor
opera singer
39 Q93604
Pearl S. Buck American writer (1892–1973) 1892-06-26
1892
Hillsboro 1973-03-06
1973
Danby translator
novelist
autobiographer
human rights activist
screenwriter
journalist
children's writer
writer
missionary
prose writer
135 Q80900
Khadija bint Khuwaylid first wife of the prophet Muhammad 6th century Mecca 619 Mecca businessperson
wholesale merchant
merchant
89 Q42034
Harriet Beecher Stowe American abolitionist and author (1811–1896) 1811-06-14 Litchfield 1896-07-01 Hartford novelist
poet
children's writer
short story writer
writer
abolitionist
essayist
114 Q102513
Murasaki Shikibu Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014) 970s Heian-kyō 11st century Heian-kyō lady-in-waiting
novelist
poet
writer
diarist
philosopher
156 Q81731
Selma Lagerlöf Swedish writer 1858-11-20 Östra Ämtervik church parish 1940-03-16 Östra Ämtervik church parish novelist
children's writer
biographer
teacher
poet
writer
prose writer
translator
autobiographer
author
150 Q44519
Harriet Tubman African-American abolitionist (1822–1913) 1822-03-06 Dorchester County 1913-03-10 Auburn writer
nurse
human rights activist
abolitionist
political activist
spy
suffragist
feminist
96 Q102870
Mata Hari Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917) 1876-08-07 Leeuwarden 1917-10-15 Vincennes courtesan
spy
exotic dancer
83 Q82180
Pandita Ramabai Indian feminist historian and social reformer 1858-04-23 Mangaluru 1922-04-05 Kedgaon, Pune district autobiographer
Bible translator
translator
sociologist
writer
36 Q94889
Mary I of England Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 1516-02-18
1516
Palace of Placentia 1558-11-17
1558
St James's Palace politician
aristocrat
queen regnant
98 Q82674
Anne Brontë British novelist and poet (1820-1849) 1820-01-17 Thornton 1849-05-28 Scarborough poet
novelist
governess
writer
104 Q44520
Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 1884-10-11 Manhattan 1962-11-07 Upper East Side diplomat
writer
autobiographer
politician
women's rights activist
journalist
peace activist
human rights activist
columnist
139 Q83396
Coco Chanel French fashion designer (1883–1971) 1883-08-19 Saumur 1971-01-10 Hôtel Ritz Paris fashion designer
textile designer
business executive
modiste
grand couturier
costume designer
113 Q45661
Mary Pickford Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979) 1892-04-08
1893-04-08
Toronto 1979-05-29 Santa Monica film producer
film actor
film director
screenwriter
writer
stage actor
actor
producer
92 Q104109
Georgia O'Keeffe American modernist artist (1887–1986) 1887-11-15
1887
Sun Prairie 1986-03-06
1986
Santa Fe painter
drawer
graphic artist
architectural draftsperson
artist
82 Q46408
Lillian Gish American actress (1893–1993) 1893-10-14 Springfield 1993-02-27 New York City film actor
film director
autobiographer
screenwriter
stage actor
television actor
peace activist
actor
director
87 Q104183
Mary Shelley British writer (1797–1851) 1797-08-30 Somers Town 1851-02-01 Chester Square
Bournemouth
travel writer
novelist
essayist
playwright
biographer
writer
science fiction writer
poet
short story writer
126 Q47152
Sojourner Truth African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist 1797 Hurley 1883-11-26 Battle Creek human rights activist
writer
abolitionist
women's rights activist
suffragist
72 Q105180
Berthe Morisot French painter (1841-1895) 1841-01-14 Bourges 1895-03-02 Paris painter
drawer
engraver
lithographer
69 Q105320
Empress Dowager Cixi Chinese empress (1835–1908) 1835-11-29 Beijing 1908-11-15 Imperial City politician
queen regnant
painter
monarch
photographer
97 Q47842
Dorothy L. Sayers English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957) 1893-06-13 Oxford 1957-12-17 Witham writer
translator
novelist
playwright
essayist
poet
copywriter
editor
short story writer
philologist
51 Q106740
Mary Harris Jones Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930) 1830-05-01 Cork 1930-11-30 Silver Spring teacher
trade unionist
human rights activist
writer
union organizer
community organizer
67 Q107082
Maria Anna Mozart Austrian musician 1751-07-30 Salzburg 1829-10-29 Salzburg pianist
composer
harpsichordist
45 Q157928
Marie Bonaparte French author and psychoanalyst (1882-1962) 1882-07-02 Saint-Cloud 1962-09-21 Gassin psychologist
translator
writer
psychoanalyst
40 Q115472
Božena Němcová Czech writer (1820-1862) 1820-02-04 Vienna 1862-01-21
1862-04-21
Prague writer
poet
children's writer
collector of fairy tales
editor
national revival activist
opinion journalist
novelist
58 Q157970
Louise Mountbatten Queen consort of Sweden (1950-1965) 1889-07-13 Darmstadt 1965-03-07 Stockholm consort
aristocrat
nurse
social worker
philanthropist
39 Q115477
Princess Alice of Battenberg Member of the House of Battenberg 1885-02-25
1885
Windsor Castle 1969-12-05 Buckingham Palace nurse
nun
charity worker
aristocrat
49 Q116062
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia Member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov 1897-06-10 Petergof 1918-07-17 Ipatiev House aristocrat
nurse
chairperson
49 Q158148
Victoria, Princess Royal German Empress consort and Queen consort of Prussia 1840-11-21 Buckingham Palace
London
1901-08-05 Schlosshotel Kronberg painter
sculptor
drawer
50 Q116728
Princess Margaret of Connaught British princess (1882-1920); Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf 1882-01-15 Bagshot Park 1920-05-01 Stockholm painter
bandy player
aristocrat
philanthropist
fundraiser
36 Q158173
Anne of Denmark Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619) 1574-12-12
1574
Skanderborg Slot
Skanderborg
1619-03-02 Hampton Court Palace consort
aristocrat
philanthropist
patron of the arts
49 Q158248
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662) 1596-08-19 Fife 1662-02-13 London patron of the arts
consort
aristocrat
47 Q158252
Sophie of Württemberg Queen Consort of the Netherlands 1818-06-17 Stuttgart 1877-06-03 Huis ten Bosch art collector
collector
patron of the arts
36 Q168674
Liliʻuokalani monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917) 1838-09-02 Honolulu 1917-11-11 Honolulu writer
composer
monarch
autobiographer
66 Q107288
Anne Catherine Emmerich German Augustinian canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (1774-1824) 1774-09-08 Coesfeld 1824-02-09 Dülmen nun
mystic
writer
34 Q169321
Wanda Landowska (1879-1959) Polish-French harpsichordist 1879-07-05 Warsaw 1959-08-16 Lakeville harpsichordist
music educator
pianist
musicologist
composer
38 Q160257
Isabelle de Charrière Dutch French-language writer and composer 1740-10-20 Zuylen Castle 1805-12-27 Colombier translator
composer
novelist
writer
playwright
poet
essayist
philosopher
83 Q123386
Lola Montez Irish dancer and actress 1821-02-17 Grange 1861-01-17 New York City dancer
stage actor
socialite
42 Q161154
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III 1744-05-19 Mirow 1818-11-17 Kew
London
art collector
consort
aristocrat
artist
47 Q161159
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964) 1879-05-19 Danville 1964-05-02 Grimsthorpe Castle politician
socialite
women's rights activist
suffragist
36 Q195013
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Viceregal consort of Canada from 1878 to 1883 1848-03-18 Buckingham Palace 1939-12-03 Kensington Palace
London
painter
sculptor
artist
aristocrat
37 Q161167
Constance Markievicz Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe 1868-02-04 Westminster 1927-07-15 Dublin politician
suffragette
revolutionary
painter
stage actor
40 Q195768
Bridget of Sweden Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373) 1303 Finsta 1373-07-23 Rome writer
philosopher
politician
theologian
memoirist
mystic
65 Q204996
Catherine of Aragon first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536) 1485-12-16 Alcalá de Henares 1536-01-07 Kimbolton Castle diplomat
aristocrat
queen consort
82 Q162819
Hildegard of Bingen German Medieval head of monastry, prophet, scientist, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179) 1098 Bermersheim vor der Höhe 1179-09-17 Kloster Rupertsberg naturalist
writer
composer
philosopher
illuminator
physician
nun
poet
theologian
abbess
artist
playwright
botanist
mystic
sexologist
polymath
106 Q70991
Olga Alexandrovna of Russia Member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov 1882-06-01 Petergof 1960-11-24 Toronto painter
philanthropist
aristocrat
37 Q163176
Maria Gaetana Agnesi Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718-1799) 1718-05-16 Milan 1799-01-09 Milan philosopher
mathematician
philanthropist
theologian
pedagogue
polyglot
72 Q200392
Olympe de Gouges French playwright and political activist 1748-05-07 Montauban 1793-11-03 Paris playwright
journalist
philosopher
writer
politician
author
73 Q206972
Alice Paul American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977) 1885-01-11 Mount Laurel 1977-07-09 Moorestown Township jurist
women's rights activist
suffragette
41 Q127328
Karen Horney American-German psychoanalyst 1885-09-16 Blankenese 1952-12-04 New York City psychiatrist
psychoanalyst
writer
psychotherapist
59 Q71020
Wallis Simpson American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986) 1896-06-19 Blue Ridge Summit 1986-04-24 Villa Windsor socialite
collector
aristocrat
67 Q209417
Charlotte Brontë British novelist and poet (1816-1855) 1816-04-21 Thornton 1855-03-31 Haworth poet
novelist
writer
governess
teacher
126 Q127332
Anne of Great Britain Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 1665-02-06 St James's Palace
London
1714-08-01 Kensington Palace
London
aristocrat
politician
queen regnant
ruler
statesperson
monarch
92 Q119702
Mae West American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980) 1893-08-17 Brooklyn 1980-11-22 Los Angeles playwright
television actor
film actor
screenwriter
singer
writer
stage actor
comedian
autobiographer
actor
104 Q202878
Emmeline Pankhurst English suffragist 1858-07-15 Moss Side 1928-06-14 Hampstead suffragette
politician
women's rights activist
human rights activist
writer
74 Q211519
Empress Meishō empress of Japan (1624-1696) 1624-01-09 Kyoto 1696-12-04 Kyoto politician
monarch
aristocrat
41 Q120564
Camille Claudel ptit con sculptor 1864-12-08 Fère-en-Tardenois 1943-10-19 Montfavet painter
art model
sculptor
architectural draftsperson
graphic artist
artist
52 Q120582
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842) 1755-04-16 Paris 1842-03-30 Paris painter
salonnière
writer
artist
64 Q213163
Maria Zankovetska Ukrainian actress 1854-07-23
1854-08-04
1854
Zanky 1934-10-04
1934
Kyiv stage actor
film actor
actor
37 Q130376
Beatrix Potter British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943) 1866-07-28 South Kensington
West Brompton
1943-12-22 Near Sawrey writer
illustrator
painter
children's writer
mycologist
scientific illustrator
botanist
novelist
conservationist
artist
81 Q214565
Elizabeth I of Russia The sixth Emperor of Russia (1741–1762) 1709-12-29 Kolomenskoye
Moscow
1762-01-05 Saint Petersburg monarch
politician
aristocrat
82 Q130752
Gerty Cori Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957) 1896-08-15 Prague 1957-10-26
1956-10-26
Glendale
St. Louis
biochemist
psychologist
physician
chemist
physiologist
researcher
83 Q204733
Mary II of England Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 (born 1662 died 1694) 1662-04-30 St James's Palace 1694-12-28 Kensington Palace aristocrat
politician
queen regnant
monarch
79 Q130812
P. L. Travers Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899-1996) 1899-08-09 Maryborough 1996-04-23 London poet
writer
novelist
children's writer
journalist
actor
53 Q228901
Maria Montessori Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952) 1870-08-30 Chiaravalle 1952-05-06 Noordwijk physician
pedagogue
essayist
102 Q131117
Pauline Viardot French mezzo-soprano and composer 1821-07-18 Paris 1910-05-18 7th arrondissement of Paris composer
singer
opera singer
vocal coach
pianist
36 Q122998
Germaine de Staël Genevan-French author (1766-1817) 1766-04-22 Paris 1817-07-14 Paris writer
salonnière
diarist
literary critic
politician
correspondent
philosopher
87 Q123041
Hattie McDaniel American actress (1895-1952) 1893-06-10 Wichita 1952-10-26 Woodland Hills actor
singer-songwriter
composer
musician
television actor
film actor
comedian
fundraiser
philanthropist
60 Q228904
George Eliot English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880) 1819-11-22 Nuneaton 1880-12-22 London novelist
translator
philosopher
writer
poet
journalist
essayist
editor
131 Q131333
Juana Spyri Swiss writer 1827-06-12 Hirzel 1901-07-07 Zürich writer
novelist
children's writer
68 Q123053
Emily Greene Balch American economist and writer 1867-01-08 Jamaica Plain 1961-01-09 Cambridge economist
pedagogue
university teacher
sociologist
trade unionist
journalist
peace activist
writer
78 Q215139
Angelica Kauffmann Swiss artist (1741–1807) 1741-10-30 Chur 1807-11-05 Rome
Austria
painter
printmaker
artist
visual artist
51 Q123098
Clare of Assisi Italian saint 1194-07-16 Assisi 1253-08-11 Assisi nun
author
religious writer
founder of Catholic religious community
mystic
philosopher
Poor Clare nun
67 Q191107
Catherine of Siena Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380) 1347-03-25 Siena 1380-04-29 Rome religious sister
politician
philosopher
diplomat
memoirist
writer
80 Q229190
Zofia Nałkowska Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954) 1884-11-10 Warsaw 1954-12-17 Warsaw writer
playwright
journalist
poet
essayist
politician
prose writer
34 Q218319
Nadezhda Krupskaya Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939) 1869-02-14 Saint Petersburg 1939-02-27 Moscow librarian
writer
teacher
politician
80 Q215637
Enid Blyton English author (1897–1968) 1897-08-11 East Dulwich 1968-11-28 Hampstead writer
novelist
poet
school teacher
children's writer
screenwriter
teacher
85 Q192069
Colette French novelist 1873-01-28 Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye 1954-08-03 Paris novelist
ghostwriter
journalist
librettist
screenwriter
short story writer
playwright
prose writer
actor
writer
82 Q218679
Mary, Queen of Scots Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 1542-12-08 Linlithgow 1587-02-08 Fotheringhay Castle
Northamptonshire
politician
sovereign
aristocrat
queen regnant
queen consort
106 Q131412
Louise Michel French author and anarchist (1830-1905) 1830-05-29 Vroncourt-la-Côte 1905-01-09 Marseille teacher
poet
pedagogue
woman of letters
journalist
communard
anarchist
politician
writer
63 Q216092
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell British author 1810-09-29 Cheyne Walk 1865-11-12 Holybourne House writer
novelist
biographer
66 Q229226
Susan B. Anthony American women's rights activist 1820-02-15 Adams 1906-03-13 Rochester women's rights activist
human rights activist
abolitionist
writer
civil rights advocate
feminist
suffragist
82 Q192245
Gloria Swanson American actress (1899–1983) 1899-03-27 Chicago 1983-04-04 Weill Cornell Medical Center actor
film producer
autobiographer
stage actor
television actor
film actor
producer
83 Q229232
Maria Theresa of Austria ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780) 1717-05-13 Hofburg Palace 1780-11-29 Vienna aristocrat
monarch
politician
102 Q131706
Catherine Parr sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor 1512
1512-08
Kendal 1548-09-05 Sudeley Castle writer
lady-in-waiting
consort
57 Q192943
Clara Schumann German musician and composer 1819-09-13 Leipzig 1896-05-20 Frankfurt pianist
composer
music educator
79 Q132232
Jeanne d'Albret Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 1528-01-07 Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1572-06-09 Paris politician
poet
writer
44 Q229286
Sonia Delaunay French painter (1885–1979) 1885-11-14 Hradyzk 1979-12-05 Paris painter
designer
fashion designer
graphic artist
printmaker
tapestry designer
drawer
artist
bookbinder
visual artist
42 Q232972
Zora Neale Hurston African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960) 1891-01-07 Notasulga 1960-01-28 Fort Pierce anthropologist
historian
novelist
writer
journalist
folklorist
civil rights advocate
playwright
film director
57 Q220480
Aelia Eudocia Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460) 400s Athens 460-10-21
460-10-20
Jerusalem poet
writer
sovereign
39 Q229307
Marie Laurencin French painter, poet and printmaker 1883-10-31 10th arrondissement of Paris 1956-06-08 7th arrondissement of Paris painter
printmaker
scenographer
illustrator
poet
artist
graphic artist
39 Q233088
Margaret Brown survivor of the sinking of the Titanic (1867–1932), women's rights activist, philanthropist 1867-07-18 Hannibal 1932-10-26 New York City philanthropist
survivor
actor
socialite
suffragist
47 Q229631
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530) 1480-01-10 Brussels 1530-12-01 Mechelen dignitary
patron of the arts
collector
painter
composer
44 Q157100
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847) 1791-12-12 Vienna 1847-12-17 Parma ruler
consort
politician
65 Q157491
Tamara Karsavina Russian ballet dancer 1885-02-25
1885-03-10
1885-03-09
Saint Petersburg 1978-05-26 Beaconsfield ballet dancer
choreographer
autobiographer
music educator
53 Q231316
Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet (1806–1861) 1806-03-06 Coxhoe Hall
Durham
1861-06-29 Florence poet
screenwriter
essayist
pamphleteer
translator
writer
abolitionist
89 Q228494
Jane Darwell American actress (1879-1967) 1879-10-15 Marion County 1967-08-13 Woodland Hills film actor
stage actor
actor
47 Q230159
Jenny Lind Swedish classical singer 1820-10-06 Klara Church Parish 1887-11-02 Malvern actor
opera singer
music educator
stage actor
57 Q231345
Nellie Bly American journalist 1864-05-05
1867
Burrell Township 1922-01-27 New York City writer
journalist
novelist
traveler
inventor
suffragist
entrepreneur
66 Q230299
Inessa Armand French communist politician, editor 1874-04-26 Paris 1920-09-24 Nalchik revolutionary
editor
politician
communist
feminist
45 Q233514
Aspasia 5th-century BC partner of Athenian statesman Pericles -470 Miletus -400 Athens rhetorician
philosopher
orator
writer
58 Q228564
Gertrude Bell British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926) 1868-07-14 Washington 1926-07-12 Baghdad explorer
archaeologist
writer
mountaineer
diplomat
photographer
spy
assyriologist
politician
arabist
56 Q231360
Irene Dunne American actress and singer (1898–1990) 1898-12-20 Louisville 1990-09-04 Los Angeles film actor
stage actor
television actor
singer
delegate
actor
46 Q230099
Judith Anderson Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992) 1897-02-10
1897-02-20
Adelaide 1992-01-03 Santa Barbara stage actor
film actor
television actor
40 Q230415
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Swedish queen (1720-1782) 1720-07-24 Berlin 1782-07-16 Svartsjö Palace salonnière
aristocrat
consort
33 Q234251
Florence Harding First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 1860-08-15 Marion 1924-11-21 Marion politician
shop assistant
piano teacher
business manager
39 Q233634
Julia Margaret Cameron British photographer (1815–1879) 1815-06-11 Garden Reach 1879-01-26 Kalutara photographer
artist
writer
44 Q230120
Alexandra David-Néel French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer 1868-10-24 Saint-Mandé 1969-09-08 Digne-les-Bains
Germany
explorer
anthropologist
writer
diarist
opera singer
anarchist
women's rights activist
singer
cult leader
43 Q230456
Margaret Rutherford British actress (1892–1972) 1892-05-11 London 1972-05-22 Chalfont St Peter character actor
stage actor
film actor
49 Q230143
Ethel Barrymore American actress (1879–1959) 1879-08-15 Philadelphia 1959-06-18 Beverly Hills stage actor
film actor
actor
53 Q230147
Kate Chopin American author (1850–1904) 1850-02-08 St. Louis 1904-08-22 St. Louis writer
novelist
translator
47 Q230476
Ellen Axson Wilson First Lady of the United States from 1913 to 1914 1860-05-15 Savannah 1914-08-06 White House politician
artist
sunday school teacher
36 Q234283
Lou Henry Hoover First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933 1874-03-29 Waterloo 1944-01-07 New York City politician
geologist
president
47 Q233669
Mary Anning British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847) 1799-05-21
1800
Lyme Regis 1847-03-09 Lyme Regis paleontologist
dealer of naturalia
fossil collector
59 Q230491
Sei Shōnagon Japanese author and court lady 966 Heian-kyō 1025 Kyoto lady-in-waiting
poet
essayist
diarist
writer
historian
68 Q231603
Halide Edib Adıvar Turkish activist, writer and politician 1884-06-11
1883
Constantinople 1964-01-09 Istanbul politician
novelist
writer
university teacher
military personnel
journalist
43 Q234289
May Whitty English actress (1865-1948) 1865-06-19 Liverpool 1948-05-29 Beverly Hills stage actor
film actor
actor
33 Q240193
Bessie Love American actress (1898-1986) 1898-09-10 Midland 1986-04-26 London film actor
actor
screenwriter
stage actor
radio drama actor
television actor
writer
37 Q240238
Mamie Eisenhower First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 1896-11-14 Boone 1979-11-01 Washington, D.C. dancer
writer
politician
53 Q233686
Pola Negri Polish actress (1897-1987) 1897-01-03 Lipno 1987-08-01 San Antonio actor
singer
writer
stage actor
film actor
56 Q230633
Paula Modersohn-Becker German expressionist painter (1876–1907) 1876-02-08 Dresden 1907-11-20 Worpswede painter
printmaker
drawer
artist
42 Q234370
Annie Jump Cannon American astronomer (1863-1941) 1863-12-11 Dover 1941-04-13 Cambridge astronomer
physicist
university teacher
astrophysicist
64 Q230650
Rachel Ruysch Dutch painter (1664-1750) 1664-06-03 The Hague 1750-08-12 Amsterdam botanical illustrator
painter
drawer
34 Q234385
Ngaio Marsh New Zealand writer (1895-1982) 1895-04-23 Christchurch 1982-02-18 Christchurch writer
theatrical director
novelist
autobiographer
screenwriter
stage actor
film actor
playwright
32 Q234392
Peggy Guggenheim American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite 1898-08-26
1999
New York City 1979-12-23
1979
Venice
Camposampiero
art collector
patron of the arts
art dealer
socialite
35 Q233806
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719) 1635-11-27 Niort 1719-04-15 Palace of Versailles salonnière
correspondent
philosopher
46 Q230670
Edith Nesbit English author and poet (1858–1924) 1858-08-15 London
Kennington
1924-05-04 New Romney writer
children's writer
poet
42 Q231708
Dorothea Lange American photojournalist (1895-1965) 1895-05-26 Hoboken 1965-10-11 San Francisco journalist
photojournalist
photographer
documentarian
artist
56 Q230673
Ninette de Valois British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet 1898-06-06 Blessington 2001-03-08 London ballet dancer
choreographer
librettist
ballet master
writer
ballet teacher
film director
33 Q234436
Madame du Barry French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774) 1743-08-19 Vaucouleurs 1793-12-08 Paris royal mistress
courtesan
art collector
modiste
salesperson
53 Q230677
Gale Sondergaard American actress (1899–1985) 1899-02-15 Litchfield 1985-08-14 Woodland Hills actor
stage actor
television actor
film actor
46 Q233845
Harriet Taylor Mill British philosopher (1807–1858) 1807-10-08 London 1858-11-03 Avignon philosopher
poet
writer
economist
suffragist
37 Q240782
Agnès Sorel French Royal mistress 1422 Fromenteau Castle 1450-02-09 Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges lady-in-waiting
royal mistress
art model
34 Q231834
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain Queen Consort of Spain (1746 - 1758) 1711-12-04 Lisbon 1758-08-27 Aranjuez composer
queen regnant
socialite
patron of the arts
35 Q230878
Emma Orczy Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947) 1865-09-23
1865-09-27
Tarnaörs 1947-11-12 Henley-on-Thames translator
novelist
children's writer
writer
playwright
short story writer
crime fiction writer
40 Q234530
Berenice Abbott American photographer (1898-1991) 1898-07-17 Springfield 1991-12-09 Monson photographer
architectural photographer
artist
inventor
39 Q231861
Loïe Fuller American dancer (1862–1928) 1862-01-15 Fullersburg
Hinsdale
1928-01-01 8th arrondissement of Paris lighting designer
choreographer
dancer
stage actor
model
impresario
actor
film director
30 Q180505
Ana Pauker Romanian politician (1893-1960) 1893-12-13 Vaslui County 1960-06-03 Bucharest politician
teacher
translator
diplomat
tailor
38 Q230974
Dorothy Gish American actress (1898–1968) 1898-03-11 Dayton 1968-06-04 Rapallo film actor
stage actor
actor
film director
author
32 Q234536
Archduchess Gisela of Austria Austrian Imperial and Royal 1856-07-12 Laxenburg 1932-07-27 Munich consort
philanthropist
politician
33 Q231871
Emma Lazarus American poet (1849–1887) 1849-07-22
1849
New York City 1887-11-19
1887
New York City poet
writer
journalist
translator
38 Q240959
Margaret of Anjou 15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482) 1430-03-23 Pont-à-Mousson 1482-08-25 Souzay-Champigny politician
aristocrat
consort
51 Q231145
Aphra Behn British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689) 1640-07-10 Canterbury 1689-04-16 London playwright
translator
poet
writer
novelist
women's rights activist
69 Q231886
Jane Addams American activist, sociologist and writer (1860–1935) 1860-09-06 Cedarville 1935-05-22 Chicago journalist
philosopher
writer
women's rights activist
autobiographer
social reformer
social critic
suffragette
peace activist
human rights activist
political theorist
sociologist
90 Q180989
Harriet Martineau English writer and sociologist (1802–1876) 1802-06-12 Norwich 1876-06-27 Ambleside linguist
journalist
economist
historian
translator
novelist
sociologist
essayist
women's rights activist
philosopher
geographer
writer
suffragist
abolitionist
46 Q234570
Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892-04-15 Amsterdam 1983-04-15 Placentia writer
autobiographer
resistance fighter
32 Q241097
Hrotsvitha German secular canoness, dramatist, and poet 935 Duchy of Saxony 968 Bad Gandersheim playwright
hagiographer
poet
writer
canoness
37 Q170248
Elizabeth Blackwell American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910) 1821-02-03 Bristol 1910-05-31 Hastings physician
medical writer
essayist
women's rights activist
human rights activist
writer
63 Q234572
Vera Mukhina Soviet sculptor (1889-1953) 1889-06-19 Riga 1953-10-06 Moscow sculptor
costume designer
fashion designer
textile designer
lecturer
53 Q234601
Jitō Empress of Japan (645-703) 645 703-01-13 Fujiwara-kyō poet
writer
urban planner
waka poet
politician
44 Q232026
Julia Ward Howe American abolitionist, social activist, and poet 1819-05-27 New York City 1910-10-17 Portsmouth poet
writer
peace activist
songwriter
lyricist
suffragist
34 Q241299
Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress of the French, first wife of Napoleon (1763–1814) 1763-06-23 Les Trois-Îlets 1814-05-29 Rueil-Malmaison art collector
drawer
artist
patron of the arts
75 Q171480
Francesca Caccini Italian composer 1587-09-18 Florence 1640
No/unknown value
Florence composer
poet
lutenist
writer
opera singer
music teacher
actor
31 Q232035
Theda Bara American actress (1885–1955) 1885-07-29 Cincinnati 1955-04-07 Los Angeles film actor
stage actor
actor
48 Q234615
Mary Cassatt American painter and printmaker (1844—1926) 1844-05-22 Allegheny 1926-06-14 Le Mesnil-Théribus painter
printmaker
graphic artist
photographer
etcher
83 Q173223
Djuna Barnes American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982) 1892-06-12 Cornwall-on-Hudson 1982-06-18 Greenwich Village poet
novelist
writer
playwright
journalist
painter
46 Q234721
Thérèse of Lisieux French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897) 1873-01-02 Alençon 1897-09-30 Lisieux theologian
playwright
writer
master of novices
84 Q181715
Geraldine Farrar American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967) 1882-02-28 Melrose 1967-03-11 Ridgefield actor
opera singer
writer
film actor
33 Q241498
Grace Moore American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947) 1898-12-05 Cocke County 1947-01-26 Copenhagen Airport actor
opera singer
musician
film actor
stage actor
33 Q253757
Rani Lakshmibai queen of a princely state in India 1828-11-19 Varanasi 1858-06-17 Gwalior activist
warrior
revolutionary
freedom fighter
68 Q181878
Nadezhda Mandelstam Russian writer and educator 1899-10-30 Saratov 1980-12-29 Moscow writer
autobiographer
biographer
poet
teacher
memoirist
linguist
lecturer
39 Q234765
Teresa of Ávila Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582) 1515-03-28 Ávila 1582-10-15 Monastery of the Anunciación writer
philosopher
founder of Catholic religious community
religious sister
cloistered nun
poet
103 Q174880
Alla Nazimova Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945) 1879-06-03
1879-05-22
Yalta 1945-07-13 Los Angeles film producer
screenwriter
writer
stage actor
film actor
actor
film director
33 Q234795
Marie de' Medici Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642) 1575-04-26 Florence 1642-07-03 Cologne salonnière
art collector
politician
66 Q182021
Rosa Bonheur French artist 1822-03-16 Bordeaux 1899-05-25 Thomery painter
sculptor
drawer
artist
head teacher
47 Q241732
Emma, Lady Hamilton Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815) 1765-04-26 Neston 1815-01-15 Calais singer
model
mime artist
34 Q234811
Christine de Pizan French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430) 1364-09-11 Venice 1431 Poissy writer
poet
translator
philosopher
women letter writer
71 Q234816
Harriet Quimby American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912) 1875-05-11 Michigan 1912-07-01 Squantum aircraft pilot
journalist
screenwriter
34 Q254352
Bessie Coleman American aviator (1892–1926) 1892-01-26 Atlanta 1926-04-30 Jacksonville aircraft pilot
human rights activist
stunt pilot
41 Q254376
Ellen Terry English actress (1847–1928) 1847-02-27 Coventry 1928-07-21 Small Hythe stage actor
film actor
impresario
writer
36 Q241966
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Croatian writer (1874–1938) 1874-04-18 Ogulin 1938-09-21 Zagreb poet
writer
children's writer
43 Q254383
Ban Zhao late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar 45 Eastern Han 116 Han dynasty historian
philosopher
writer
politician
poet
scholar
librarian
instructor
42 Q177081
Milena Jesenská Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944) 1896-08-10 Prague 1944-05-17 Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück
writer
journalist
translator
opinion journalist
editing staff
41 Q234893
Sophie Taeuber-Arp Swiss artist (1889–1943) 1889-01-19 Davos 1943-01-13 Zürich painter
sculptor
architect
dancer
teacher
illustrator
textile artist
artist
31 Q254395
Aleksandra Ekster Ukrainian and French painter and designer (1882–1949) 1882-01-06 Białystok 1949-03-17 Fontenay-aux-Roses painter
costume designer
illustrator
scenographer
graphic artist
designer
artist
textile artist
39 Q242121
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet 1651-11-12 Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1695-04-17 Mexico City poet
religious sister
writer
mathematician
philosopher
composer
playwright
cloistered nun
nun
68 Q183074
Frances Perkins Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945 1880-04-10 Boston 1965-05-14 New York City politician
sociologist
factory inspector
writer
social worker
official
suffragist
33 Q254478
Vera Zasulich Russian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919) 1849-07-27
1849-08-08
1849
Mikhaylovka 1919-05-08
1919
Saint Petersburg writer
journalist
politician
editor
opinion journalist
literary critic
revolutionary
37 Q234980
Emily Davison British activist who fought for women's suffrage 1872-10-11 Blackheath 1913-06-08 Epsom suffragist
women's rights activist
suffragette
teacher
39 Q254858
Sofia Kovalevskaya 19th-century Russian mathematician 1850-01-03 Moscow 1891-02-10 Hedvig Eleonora parish mathematician
physicist
novelist
university teacher
communard
writer
87 Q184535
Theano 6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher 6th century BCE Crotone 5th century BCE mathematician
philosopher
astronomer
dancer
composer
poet
writer
36 Q235426
Mary Baker Eddy American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910) 1821-07-16 Bow 1910-12-03 Chestnut Hill writer
author
theologian
48 Q235069
Boudica queen of the British Iceni tribe 30 Roman Britain 61
62
Roman Britain military leader
ruler
queen regnant
resistance fighter
72 Q184634
Alexandra Kollontai Soviet diplomat (1872-1952) 1872-03-19 Saint Petersburg 1952-03-09 Moscow revolutionary
diplomat
women's rights activist
writer
political theorist
People's Commissar
sociologist
83 Q179558
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson English physician and feminist (1836-1917) 1836-06-09 Whitechapel 1917-12-17 Alde House politician
physician
suffragist
writer
37 Q235464
Louisa May Alcott American novelist (1832–1888) 1832-11-29 Germantown 1888-03-06 Boston writer
nurse
poet
novelist
children's writer
teacher
domestic worker
suffragist
108 Q185696
Eudokia Makrembolitissa Byzantine Empress from 1059 to 1071 1021 1096 writer
sovereign
Christian nun
38 Q232223
Barbara Strozzi Italian singer and composer 1619-08-06 Venice 1677-11-11 Padua composer
art model
stage actor
opera singer
lyricist
singer
36 Q232235
Vita Sackville-West English writer, poet, and gardener 1892-03-09 Knole House 1962-06-02 Sissinghurst Castle Garden horticulturist
writer
poet
gardener
biographer
39 Q235505
Mary Wortley Montagu noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762) 1689-05-15 Holme Pierrepont 1762-08-21 Westminster explorer
poet
playwright
editor
writer
43 Q235121
Mistinguett French actress and singer 1875-04-04
1875-04-05
1875-04-03
Enghien-les-Bains 1956-01-05 Bougival actor
singer
stage actor
film actor
dancer
screenwriter
30 Q235507
Sabina Spielrein Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts (1885–1942) 1885-10-25 Rostov-on-Don 1942-08-11 Zmievskaya Balka psychiatrist
psychoanalyst
essayist
physician
37 Q232336
Mary Kingsley British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer 1862-10-13 Islington 1900-06-03 Cape Town explorer
nurse
anthropologist
botanical collector
writer
suffragist
38 Q235525
Natalia Goncharova Russian-French artist (1881-1962) 1881-06-21 Nagaevo-Karbonier 1962-10-17 Paris painter
scenographer
costume designer
illustrator
drawer
fashion designer
writer
artist
46 Q232391
Angelica Balabanoff Russian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor 1877-08-04
1878-08-04
1876
Chernihiv 1965-11-25
1965
Rome politician
writer
editor
political activist
33 Q235537
Kōgyoku Empress of Japan 594 661-08-24 Asakura no Tachibana no Hironiwa Palace monarch
consort
poet
writer
41 Q235296
Louise of Sweden Queen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark 1851-10-31 Stockholm Palace 1926-03-20 Amalienborg consort
aristocrat
philanthropist
43 Q232402
Táhirih influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran (1814–1852) 1817 Qazvin 1852-08-27 Tehran poet
theologian
women's rights activist
writer
teacher
30 Q255221
Asta Nielsen Danish actress (1881-1972) 1881-09-11 Gammel Kongevej 1972-05-25 Frederiksberg actor
autobiographer
stage actor
film actor
film director
64 Q232404
Gladys Cooper British actress (1888-1971) 1888-12-18 Hither Green 1971-11-17 Henley-on-Thames actor
stage actor
film actor
theatre manager
34 Q235299
Elizabeth Bowen Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist 1899-06-07 Dublin 1973-02-22 London writer
novelist
short story writer
39 Q235308
Marie Bashkirtseva Ukrainian-French artist 1860-11-11
1858-11-12
Havrontsi 1884-10-31
1884
Paris painter
sculptor
diarist
writer
biographer
artist
45 Q255253
Jeannette Rankin American congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973) 1880-06-11
1879-06-12
Missoula 1973-05-18 Carmel-by-the-Sea politician
social worker
pacifist
women's rights activist
peace activist
suffragist
44 Q232407
Yekaterina Dashkova Russian author and woman of letters (1743-1810) 1743-03-17
1743-03-28
Saint Petersburg 1810-01-04
1810-01-16
Moscow linguist
politician
writer
lady-in-waiting
31 Q235611
Arletty French actress (1898–1992) 1898-05-15 Courbevoie 1992-07-23 16th arrondissement of Paris actor
singer
model
film actor
stage actor
35 Q235617
Voltairine de Cleyre American anarchist writer and feminist 1866-11-17 Leslie 1912-06-20
1912-06-19
Chicago writer
poet
essayist
journalist
women's rights activist
anarchist
peace activist
philosopher
feminist
38 Q235361
Anna Maria van Schurman Dutch painter (1607-1678) 1607-11-05 Cologne 1678-05-04 Wiuwert poet
writer
philosopher
theologian
painter
printmaker
etcher
glass engraver
calligrapher
philologist
historian
medic
artist
graphic artist
36 Q255261
Billie Burke American stage and film actress (1884–1970) 1884-08-07 Washington, D.C. 1970-05-14 Los Angeles film actor
stage actor
television actor
radio personality
actor
41 Q235639
Enheduanna Sumerian high priestess of Inanna 23rd century BCE Akkadian Empire 23rd century BCE poet
writer
priest
philosopher
64 Q232505
Anna Leonowens British educator and writer 1831-11-06 Ahilyanagar 1915-01-19 Montreal teacher
autobiographer
writer
traveler
pedagogue
memoirist
suffragette
educator
abolitionist
30 Q234244
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire English socialite, style icon, author, and activist 1757-06-07 Althorp 1806-03-30 Devonshire House salonnière
novelist
socialite
writer
activist
political activist
aristocrat
32 Q235644
Maria Konopnicka Polish writer and activist (1842-1910) 1842-05-23 Suwałki 1910-10-08 Lviv poet
writer
essayist
children's writer
literary critic
translator
children's rights activist
editor
54 Q257852
Alexine Tinne Dutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869) 1835-10-17 The Hague 1869-08-01 Fezzan
Libya
explorer
photographer
adventurer
scientific collector
botanical collector
30 Q255347
Ruth Gordon American actress and writer (1896–1985) 1896-10-30 Quincy 1985-08-28 Edgartown screenwriter
playwright
stage actor
film actor
television actor
writer
actor
47 Q232562
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard French painter (1749-1803) 1749-04-11 Paris 1803-04-24 Paris painter
visual artist
miniaturist
artist
35 Q235647
Clara Barton American Civil War nurse 1821-12-25 Oxford 1912-04-12 Glen Echo nurse
diarist
philanthropist
teacher
humanitarian
author
writer
47 Q188039
Aspazija Latvian poet and playwright (1865–1943) 1865-03-04 Zaļenieki Parish
Mitava parish
1943-11-05 Dubulti poet
playwright
politician
translator
writer
journalist
32 Q257872
Lady Caroline Lamb English writer 1785-11-13 Dorset 1828-01-26 London poet
writer
novelist
32 Q235665
Gertrude Stein American author (1874–1946) 1874-02-03 Allegheny 1946-07-27 Neuilly-sur-Seine writer
poet
art collector
salonnière
autobiographer
librettist
playwright
author
collector
79 Q188385
Mabel Normand American actress (1893–1930) 1892-11-10 Staten Island 1930-02-23
1930-02-22
Monrovia film producer
film director
screenwriter
comedian
model
film actor
actor
38 Q235918
Margaret Fuller American writer and women's activist (1810–1850) 1810-05-23 Cambridge 1850-07-19 Fire Island journalist
translator
reporter
essayist
autobiographer
writer
philosopher
women's rights activist
literary critic
abolitionist
52 Q257953
Gracie Allen American actress and entertainer (1896–1964) 1895-07-26 San Francisco 1964-08-27 Hollywood actor
singer
dancer
stage actor
film actor
comedian
31 Q255786
Sofonisba Anguissola Italian painter (c.1532-1625) 1532 Cremona 1625-11-16 Palermo painter
artist
visual artist
designer
61 Q236038
Lavinia Fontana Italian painter (1552–1614) 1552-08-24 Bologna 1614-08-11 Rome painter
architectural draftsperson
artist
43 Q236050
Marina Tsvetaeva Russian poet (1892 – 1941) 1892-10-08 Moscow 1941-08-31 Yelabuga poet
writer
diarist
prose writer
translator
94 Q188526
Betty Compson American actress (1897–1974) 1897-03-19 Beaver 1974-04-18 Glendale stage actor
film actor
film producer
violinist
33 Q255846
Madame de Pompadour chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764) 1721-12-29 Paris 1764-04-15 Versailles salonnière
politician
lady-in-waiting
royal mistress
68 Q188965
Erinna ancient Greek poet 4th century BCE Rhodes 4th century BCE poet
writer
epigrammatist
31 Q256241
Eleanor Farjeon English children's writer 1881-02-13 London 1965-06-05 Hampstead poet
writer
children's writer
novelist
biographer
playwright
38 Q258669
Agrippina Vaganova Russian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951) 1879-06-14 Saint Petersburg 1951-11-05 Saint Petersburg ballet dancer
choreographer
music educator
ballet master
ballet teacher
30 Q236413
Helena Blavatsky Russian occult writer 1831-07-31 Dnipro 1891-04-26 London philosopher
writer
journalist
occultist
editor
theosophist
73 Q189454
Anna Sewell English novelist 1820-03-30
1820-03-20
Great Yarmouth 1878-04-25 Norwich writer
novelist
children's writer
42 Q258741
Rabia of Basri Iraqi sufi and poet 710s Basra 801 Basra poet
philosopher
mystic
writer
61 Q256506
Juliette Récamier French salon-holder 1777-12-03 Lyon 1849-05-11 Paris salonnière
writer
socialite
38 Q236442
Cécile Chaminade French composer and pianist 1857-08-08 Batignolles-Monceau 1944-04-13 Monte Carlo pianist
composer
flautist
31 Q236438
H.D. American Imagist poet (1886–1961) 1886-09-10 Bethlehem 1961-09-27 Klinik Hirslanden poet
writer
autobiographer
actor
42 Q236469
Margaret of Valois-Angoulême queen consort of Navarre 1492-04-11 Angoulême 1549-12-21 Odos writer
poet
salonnière
playwright
king
65 Q190058
Inge Lehmann Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993) 1888-05-13 Copenhagen
Østerbro
1993-02-21 Copenhagen seismologist
geologist
surveyor
naturalist
geophysicist
57 Q256839
Christina Rossetti English poet 1830-12-05 London 1894-12-29 London poet
writer
hymnwriter
60 Q236596
Laura Marx daughter of Karl Marx (1845–1911) 1845-09-26 City of Brussels 1911-11-25 Draveil militant
translator
writer
30 Q259334
Alice Hamilton American physician and toxicologist (1869–1970) 1869-02-27 Manhattan 1970-09-22 Hadlyme North Historic District toxicologist
pathologist
university teacher
physician
bacteriologist
writer
33 Q275600
Ethel Smyth English composer and suffragette (1858–1944) 1858-04-22 Sidcup 1944-05-08 Woking composer
librettist
conductor
autobiographer
suffragist
writer
women's rights activist
suffragette
nurse
36 Q236599
Florence Lawrence Canadian-American actress (1886-1938) 1886-01-02 Hamilton 1938-12-27 Beverly Hills actor
stage actor
film actor
patent inventor
32 Q256968
Frances Burney English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright (1752-1840) 1752-06-13 King's Lynn 1840-01-06
1840
London writer
novelist
diarist
essayist
playwright
tragedy writer
41 Q259530
Rebecca West British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist 1892-12-21 London 1983-03-15 London journalist
writer
literary critic
essayist
suffragette
prose writer
opinion journalist
novelist
53 Q236669
Lyubov Popova Russian artist (1889-1924) 1889-04-24 Ivanovskoe 1924-05-25 Moscow painter
university teacher
graphic artist
illustrator
drawer
scenographer
collagist
designer
typographer
architectural draftsperson
fashion designer
artist
33 Q259594
Nadia Boulanger French musician, conductor, and teacher 1887-09-16 9th arrondissement of Paris 1979-10-22 9th arrondissement of Paris pianist
organist
conductor
composer
musicologist
pedagogue
music educator
music theorist
university teacher
51 Q140619
Fanny Crosby 19th century Christian hymnist 1820-03-24 Brewster 1915-02-12 Bridgeport composer
poet
singer
writer
teacher
hymnwriter
30 Q257456
Julian of Norwich English theologian and anchoress 1342-11-08
1343
Norwich 15th century Norwich theologian
writer
anchorite
hermit
Christian mystic
philosopher
41 Q236699
Grandma Moses American artist (1860-1961) 1860-09-07 Greenwich 1961-12-13 Hoosick Falls painter
illustrator
embroiderer
artist
36 Q260683
Käthe Kollwitz German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945) 1867-07-08 Königsberg 1945-04-22 Moritzburg printmaker
drawer
lithographer
poster artist
illustrator
sculptor
autobiographer
designer
graphic artist
painter
architectural draftsperson
artist
57 Q142472
Edith Evans British actress (1888–1976) 1888-02-08 London 1976-10-14 Cranbrook stage actor
film actor
actor
44 Q236718
Norma Talmadge American actress and film producer (1894–1957) 1894-05-02
1894-05-26
Jersey City 1957-12-24 Las Vegas actor
film producer
film actor
31 Q261133
Laura Ingalls Wilder American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957) 1867-02-07 Pepin County 1957-02-10 Mansfield writer
novelist
teacher
reporter
journalist
children's writer
autobiographer
55 Q237514
Emilia Pardo Bazán Spanish author, editor 1851-09-16 A Coruña 1921-05-12 Madrid essayist
literary critic
novelist
journalist
salonnière
writer
poet
editor
gastronomist
short story writer
41 Q275929
Kasturba Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader of British era (1869-1944) 1869-04-11 Porbandar 1944-02-22 Aga Khan Palace activist
politician
freedom fighter
43 Q264908
Edith Cavell British nurse (1865-1915) 1865-12-04 Swardeston 1915-10-12 Schaerbeek nurse
matron
governess
50 Q237564
Louise Dresser American actress (1878–1965) 1878-10-05 Evansville 1965-04-24 Woodland Hills stage actor
film actor
television actor
actor
34 Q275952
Mina Witkojc Sorbian poet 1893-05-28 Burg (Spreewald) 1975-11-11 Papitz journalist
poet
translator
writer
31 Q149516
Maria Edgeworth Irish writer (1768-1849) 1768-01-01 Oxfordshire 1849-05-22 Edgeworthstown essayist
novelist
children's writer
writer
48 Q237575
Eleonora Duse Italian stage actress (1858-1924) 1858-10-03 Vigevano 1924-04-21 Pittsburgh actor
screenwriter
stage actor
film actor
50 Q275970
Dorothy Day American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980) 1897-11-08 Brooklyn Heights 1980-11-29 New York City journalist
writer
social activist
editor
trade unionist
peace activist
autobiographer
suffragist
49 Q150281
Florence Foster Jenkins American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability 1868-07-19 Wilkes-Barre 1944-11-26 New York City musician
opera singer
pianist
socialite
songwriter
38 Q275982
Katherine Anne Porter American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist 1890-05-15 Indian Creek 1980-09-18 Silver Spring journalist
novelist
essayist
writer
screenwriter
44 Q236958
La Belle Otero Spanish dancer, actress and courtesan in France 1868-11-04 Valga 1965-04-10 Nice actor
vedette
singer
prostitute
stage actor
courtesan
dancer
screenwriter
31 Q275991
Radegund Frankish queen consort 518 Erfurt 587-08-13 Poitiers poet
monarch
writer
nun
38 Q236974
Amy Lowell US writer (1874-1925) 1874-02-09 Brookline 1925-05-12 Brookline poet
writer
socialite
37 Q265841
Radclyffe Hall British poet and author 1880-08-12 Bournemouth 1943-10-07 London writer
poet
novelist
32 Q237639
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Dutch queen consort (from 1815 to 1837); second daughter and fourth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt 1774-11-18 Potsdam 1837-10-12 The Hague consort
aristocrat
photographer
33 Q236978
Frances Hodgson Burnett English-American playwright and author 1849-11-24 Manchester 1924-10-29 Plandome Manor dramaturge
writer
children's writer
novelist
short story writer
playwright
71 Q276028
Ninon de Lenclos French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts 1620-11-10 Paris 1705-10-17 Paris salonnière
writer
patron of the arts
56 Q237045
Rosalba Carriera Rococo portrait painter (1675–1757) 1675-10-07
1673-01-12
Venice 1757-04-15 Venice painter
drawer
architectural draftsperson
artist
visual artist
35 Q237726
Gerda Wegener Danish artist (1885-1940) 1885-03-15 Hammelev 1940-07-20 Frederiksberg painter
illustrator
designer
40 Q266086
Lydia Koidula Estonian poet 1843-12-12 Vändra 1886-07-30 Kronstadt poet
translator
journalist
writer
50 Q237056
Edith Wharton American novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937) 1862-01-24 New York City 1937-08-11 Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt writer
novelist
poet
translator
prose writer
art historian
82 Q276032
Madame de Lafayette French writer (1634-1693) 1634-03-18
1634-03-16
Paris 1693-05-25 Paris writer
salonnière
novelist
historian
correspondent
lady-in-waiting
51 Q237090
Anna Pavlova Russian ballet dancer 1881-02-12
1882-02-16
1881-01-31
Saint Petersburg 1931-01-23 The Hague ballet dancer
choreographer
editor
silent film actor
79 Q151874
Madeleine de Scudéry French writer (1607–1701) 1607-11-15 Le Havre 1701-06-02 Paris writer
salonnière
literary
novelist
poet
French moralist
philosopher
53 Q237095
Alexandra Feodorovna Empress consort of Russia from 1894 to 1917 1872-06-06 Darmstadt 1918-07-17 Yekaterinburg consort
regent
painter
nurse
64 Q152094
Louise Labé French poet of the Renaissance, born in Lyon 1524 Lyon 1566-04-25 Parcieux poet
salonnière
writer
48 Q237098
Madame de Sévigné French noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1695 or 1696) 1626-02-05 Paris 1696-04-17
1695-04-17
Grignan correspondent
writer
philosopher
58 Q237103
Alexandra of Denmark Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 1844-12-01 Yellow Palace 1925-11-20 Sandringham House photographer
painter
aristocrat
60 Q152260
Louise Abbéma French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque (1853-1927) 1853-10-30 Étampes 1927-07-10 9th arrondissement of Paris painter
sculptor
designer
33 Q237911
Vera Figner Russian political activist (1852-1942) 1852-06-25 Kazan 1942-06-15 Moscow political activist
memoirist
biographer
writer
politician
30 Q266783
Ichiyō Higuchi Japanese writer 1872-05-02 Tokyo 1896-11-23 Uchisaiwaichō novelist
writer
waka poet
36 Q237948
Lucretia Mott American suffragist 1793-01-03
1793
Nantucket 1880-11-11
1880
Philadelphia women's rights activist
abolitionist
preacher
peace activist
teacher
writer
suffragist
42 Q267107
Olha Kobylianska Ukrainian writer and feminist 1863-11-27 Gura Humorului 1942-03-21 Chernivtsi writer
women's rights activist
opinion journalist
translator
30 Q267137
Fay Bainter American actress (1893–1968) 1893-12-07 Los Angeles 1968-04-16 Los Angeles actor
stage actor
film actor
46 Q152888
Anna Laetitia Barbauld English author (1743–1825) 1743-06-20 Kibworth Harcourt 1825-03-09 Stoke Newington poet
children's writer
literary critic
essayist
writer
31 Q268305
Saint Rita of Cascia Italian Augustinian nun 1381 Roccaporena 1457-05-22 Cascia Christian nun
philosopher
nun
41 Q153024
Jean Webster American novelist (1876-1916) 1876-07-24 Fredonia 1916-06-11 New York City writer
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
journalist
children's writer
short story writer
humorist
31 Q238140
Louise Bryant American activist and journalist (1885–1936) 1885-12-05 San Francisco 1936-01-06 Sèvres journalist
writer
suffragette
31 Q267629
Mae Marsh American actress (1894-1968) 1894-11-09 Madrid 1968-02-13 Hermosa Beach actor
film actor
television actor
31 Q153332
Christabel Pankhurst suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958) 1880-09-22 Manchester 1958-02-13 Santa Monica suffragist
women's rights activist
architect
editor
activist
suffragette
feminist
39 Q269863
Fanny Brice American actress, singer and comedian (1891–1951) 1891-10-29 Manhattan 1951-05-29 Hollywood musician
singer
stage actor
film actor
model
radio personality
actor
34 Q153358
Maria Feodorovna Empress consort of Russia from 1881 to 1894 1847-11-26 Yellow Palace
Copenhagen
1928-10-13 Hvidøre consort
aristocrat
painter
nurse
53 Q153601
Mary Somerville British science writer and polymath (1780-1872) 1780-12-26 Jedburgh 1872-11-28 Naples mathematician
writer
scientist
physicist
geologist
51 Q268702
Ellen Key Swedish writer (1849-1926) 1849-12-11 Gladhammar church parish 1926-04-25 Västra Tollstad church parish translator
writer
critic
pedagogue
suffragette
women's rights activist
44 Q238443
Marie Under Estonian poet (1883-1980) 1883-03-27 Tallinn 1980-09-25 Stockholm poet
archivist
translator
writer
journalist
49 Q154410
Alfonsina Storni Argentine writer 1892-05-29 Capriasca 1938-10-25 Mar del Plata diarist
poet
journalist
writer
teacher
sociologist
52 Q238557
Olga Constantinovna of Russia Queen of the Hellenes (1851–1926) 1851-09-03 Pavlovsk 1926-06-18 Rome
Pau
consort
aristocrat
charity worker
philanthropist
42 Q155178
Edith Sitwell British poet (1887-1964) 1887-09-07 Scarborough 1964-12-09 St Thomas' Hospital poet
essayist
literary critic
writer
biographer
41 Q259921
Alice of the United Kingdom Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878 1843-04-25 Buckingham Palace 1878-12-14 Darmstadt nurse
politician
aristocrat
45 Q155566
Madame d'Aulnoy French writer 1652 Barneville-la-Bertran 1705-01-14 Paris writer
salonnière
novelist
collector of fairy tales
35 Q260006
Annette Kellermann Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer (1887–1975) 1886-07-06 Sydney 1975-11-06 Southport synchronized swimmer
film actor
writer
31 Q274172
Suzanne Valadon French painter (1865—1938) 1865-09-23 Bessines-sur-Gartempe 1938-04-07 16th arrondissement of Paris painter
art model
model
drawer
printmaker
artist
44 Q156889
Alma Mahler Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964) 1879-08-31 Vienna 1964-12-11 New York City composer
painter
biographer
model
writer
art collector
49 Q156898
Victoria Woodhull American suffragist, editor (1838-1927) 1838-09-23 Homer 1927-06-09 Bredon stockbroker
suffragist
editor
politician
journalist
women's rights activist
writer
50 Q260378
Maria Malibran Spanish opera singer and composer 1808-03-24 Paris 1836-09-23 Manchester opera singer
composer
actor
stage actor
34 Q232783
Freya Madeline Stark British travel writer (1893-1993) 1893-01-31 Paris 1993-05-09 Asolo explorer
travel writer
photographer
essayist
mountaineer
30 Q292480
Lilya Brik muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky 1891-10-30
1891-11-11
Moscow 1978-08-04 Peredelkino film director
sculptor
film actor
writer
prose writer
translator
memoirist
34 Q260537
Alice Guy-Blaché French film director (1873–1968) 1873-07-01 Saint-Mandé 1968-03-24 Mahwah film producer
film director
screenwriter
author
director
film actor
theatrical director
38 Q263367
Kassia Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer 810 Istanbul 865 Istanbul composer
poet
hymnwriter
nun
36 Q263592
Agnodice Athenian physician, midwife and gynecologist 4th century BCE Athens 4th century BCE gynaecologist
midwife
physician
obstetrician
33 Q263812
Anna Atkins English botanist and photographer (1799-1871) 1799-03-16 Tonbridge 1871-06-09 Halstead Place photographer
illustrator
botanist
writer
botanical collector
41 Q264269
Fanny Elssler Austrian ballerina (1810-1884) 1810-06-23 Gumpendorf 1884-11-27 Vienna dancer
choreographer
ballet dancer
45 Q435304
Lucy Maud Montgomery Canadian writer (1874–1942) 1874-11-30 Prince Edward Island 1942-04-24 Toronto writer
novelist
children's writer
poet
diarist
biographer
short story writer
journalist
teacher
64 Q273034
Nadežda Petrović Serbian artist (1873-1915) 1873-10-12 Čačak 1915-04-03 Valjevo art critic
painter
visual artist
41 Q264453
Minna Canth Finnish writer, editor 1844-03-19 Tampere 1897-05-12 Kuopio writer
journalist
playwright
businessperson
editor
short story writer
44 Q298027
Lesya Ukrainka Ukrainian poet and writer (1871–1913) 1871-02-13 Zviahel 1913-08-01 Surami poet
translator
writer
playwright
89 Q298033
Isabelle Eberhardt Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904) 1877-02-17 Geneva
Switzerland
1904-10-21 Aïn Séfra
Algeria
explorer
journalist
writer
30 Q271903
Dolores Ibárruri Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician (1895-1989) 1895-12-09 Gallarta 1989-11-12
1989
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal politician
journalist
activist
65 Q238955
Sacagawea Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16 1788-05-16
1786
Salmon 1812-12-12
1884-04-09
Fort Lisa explorer
interpreter
Aitzindari
association football player
politician
48 Q238960
Sophia Tolstaya Russian writer 1844-08-22 Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo 1919-11-04 Yasnaya Polyana writer
autobiographer
diarist
biographer
photographer
37 Q271934
Sylvia Pankhurst English feminist and socialist (1882–1960) 1882-05-05 Manchester 1960-09-27 Addis Ababa anti-imperialist
journalist
women's rights activist
editor
oil painter
suffragist
artist
writer
feminist
39 Q298213
Corinne Griffith American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979) 1894-11-21 Waco 1979-07-13 Santa Monica actor
film producer
film actor
writer
33 Q272079
Elizabeth Magie American board game designer (1866–1948) 1866-05-09 Macomb 1948-03-02 Arlington County game designer
stenographer
writer
30 Q273459
Maria Mitchell American astronomer 1818-08-01 Nantucket 1889-06-29 Lynn astronomer
librarian
university teacher
writer
naturalist
52 Q239229
Anita Loos American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981) 1889-04-26
1888-04-26
Mount Shasta 1981-08-18 New York City writer
screenwriter
novelist
autobiographer
film actor
memoirist
38 Q272088
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange British princess (1709-1759); eldest daughter of George II 1709-11-02 Hanover 1759-01-12 The Hague aristocrat
regent
painter
33 Q239487
Ma Rainey American blues singer (1886–1939) 1886-04-26 Columbus 1939-12-22 Columbus street artist
singer
songwriter
34 Q239533
Augusta, Lady Gregory Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932) 1852-03-15 Loughrea 1932-05-22 Coole Park linguist
poet
playwright
translator
autobiographer
diarist
writer
41 Q239540
Carrie Chapman Catt American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947) 1859-01-09 Ripon 1947-03-09 New Rochelle journalist
politician
peace activist
women's rights activist
writer
suffragist
37 Q270207
Eliza Orzeszkowa Polish writer 1841-06-06 Miĺkaŭščyna 1910-05-18 Hrodna writer
essayist
translator
short story writer
47 Q240174
Ana Aslan Romanian biologist and physician 1897-01-01 Brăila 1988-05-20 Bucharest physician
gerontologist
biologist
inventor
university teacher
33 Q270262
Manuela Sáenz de Aizpuru Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856) 1797-12-27 Quito 1856-11-23 Paita military officer
political activist
politician
LGBTQ rights activist
30 Q372074
Marie Dressler Canadian-American actress (1868-1934) 1868-11-09 Cobourg 1934-07-28 Santa Barbara film actor
film producer
stage actor
screenwriter
film director
55 Q253282
Olga Rozanova Russian artist (1886-1918) 1886-06-21
1886
1886-06-22
Melenki 1918-11-07
1918
Moscow poet
illustrator
drawer
painter
collagist
writer
visual artist
artist
textile artist
30 Q270460
Shirley Booth American actress (1898–1992) 1898-08-30 Brooklyn 1992-10-16 Chatham voice actor
stage actor
film actor
television actor
radio personality
58 Q253308
Jeanne Baret French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807) 1740-07-27 La Comelle 1807-08-05 Saint-Aulaye botanist
explorer
naturalist
39 Q437168
Marie d'Agoult Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805-1876) 1805-12-31 Frankfurt 1876-03-05 Paris writer
salonnière
historian
diarist
poet
essayist
composer
novelist
39 Q253453
Ruth Chatterton American actress (1892–1961) 1892-12-24 New York City 1961-11-24 Norwalk stage actor
film actor
television actor
novelist
writer
aircraft pilot
33 Q287713
Sibilla Aleramo Italian writer and feminist, editor (1876-1960) 1876-08-14 Alessandria 1960-01-13 Rome writer
poet
editor
32 Q287741
Matilde Serao Italian journalist and writer, editor 1856-03-07
1856
Patras 1927-07-25
1927
Naples writer
journalist
novelist
editor
30 Q384594
Charlotte Perkins Gilman American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860-1935) 1860-07-03 Hartford 1935-08-17 Pasadena poet
novelist
philosopher
sociologist
writer
artist
economist
women's rights activist
editor
suffragist
49 Q287752
Juliette Adam Author, salonnière 1836-10-04 Verberie 1936-08-23 Callian writer
salonnière
novelist
memoirist
essayist
poet
editor
31 Q270617
Anne Bradstreet Anglo-American poet (1612-1672) 1612-03-20 Northampton 1672-09-16 Andover poet
writer
philosopher
36 Q242332
Katherine Mansfield New Zealand author (1888–1923) 1888-10-14 Wellington 1923-01-09 Avon writer
diarist
poet
prose writer
67 Q270632
Marion Davies American actress, producer, screenwriter and socialite (1897–1961) 1897-01-03 Brooklyn 1961-09-22 Hollywood actor
film producer
screenwriter
model
film actor
35 Q242416
Dorothy Parker American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967) 1893-08-22 West End 1967-06-07 New York City columnist
poet
screenwriter
writer
literary critic
journalist
songwriter
dialogue writer
70 Q270707
Isabella Bird British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904) 1831-10-15 Boroughbridge 1904-10-08 Edinburgh explorer
writer
naturalist
geographer
photographer
traveler
botanical collector
36 Q288210
Maria Dąbrowska Polish writer (1889-1965) 1889-10-06 Russów 1965-05-19
1965
Warsaw novelist
diarist
translator
journalist
writer
dramaturge
44 Q242423
Lynn Fontanne British actress (1887–1983) 1887-12-06 London
Woodford
1983-07-30
1983-07-10
Genesee Depot stage actor
film actor
television actor
actor
31 Q242484
Margaret Murray Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963) 1863-07-13 Kolkata 1963-11-13 Welwyn anthropologist
archaeologist
egyptologist
34 Q242542
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist 1623
1617
Colchester 1673-12-15 Kingdom of England philosopher
physicist
poet
writer
essayist
science fiction writer
lady-in-waiting
42 Q242640
Ida B. Wells American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931) 1862-07-16 Holly Springs 1931-03-25 Chicago journalist
sociologist
suffragist
writer
human rights activist
46 Q289428
Beatrice Webb English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer 1858-01-22 Gloucestershire 1943-04-30 Liphook economist
sociologist
politician
historian
social reformer
suffragist
writer
36 Q242666
Emily Carr Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945) 1871-12-13 Victoria 1945-03-02 Victoria painter
autobiographer
writer
ceramicist
artist
35 Q289624
Hedda Hopper American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966) 1885-05-02 Hollidaysburg 1966-02-01 Hollywood journalist
stage actor
film actor
television actor
radio personality
film critic
writer
42 Q271324
Ethel Waters American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977) 1896-10-31 Chester 1977-09-01 Chatsworth singer
jazz musician
stage actor
film actor
32 Q242725
Elizabeth Fry social reformer from England (1780-1845) 1780-05-21 Norwich 1845-10-12 Ramsgate nurse
philanthropist
diarist
politician
suffragist
writer
32 Q271477
Fernán Caballero Spanish women novelist 1796-12-24 Morges 1877-04-07 Seville writer
folklorist
novelist
34 Q291397
Lady Randolph Churchill American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921) 1854-01-09
1851
Brooklyn 1921-06-29 London autobiographer
writer
socialite
editor
32 Q243011
Agnes Arber British botanist (1879-1960) 1879-02-23 Primrose Hill 1960-03-22 Cambridge biologist
botanist
translator
geneticist
historian
plant morphologist
botanical collector
illustrator
30 Q394451
Ida Tarbell American journalist (1857-1944) 1857-11-05 Erie County 1944-01-06 Bridgeport journalist
writer
biographer
historian
investigative journalist
32 Q271712
Marianne Moore American poet (1887–1972) 1887-11-15 Kirkwood
St. Louis
1972-02-05 New York City poet
writer
essayist
translator
literary critic
44 Q278495
Sarojini Naidu Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949 1879-02-13 Hyderabad 1949-03-02 Lucknow poet
politician
independence activist
freedom fighter
64 Q250165
Nettie Stevens American geneticist 1861-07-07 Cavendish 1912-05-04 Baltimore biologist
geneticist
zoologist
librarian
38 Q433487
Edna Ferber American novelist, short story writer and playwright 1885-08-15 Kalamazoo 1968-04-16
1968
New York City playwright
novelist
writer
screenwriter
journalist
poet
42 Q283496
Ida Kamińska Polish actress (1899-1980) 1899-09-18 Odesa 1980-05-21 New York City actor
stage actor
film actor
theatrical director
film director
32 Q284087
Dodie Smith English children's novelist and playwright 1896-05-03 Whitefield 1990-11-24 Finchingfield writer
autobiographer
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
children's writer
36 Q449085
Margaret Sanger American birth control activist, educator and nurse (1879-1966) 1879-09-14 Corning 1966-09-06 Tucson nurse
sex columnist
activist
trade unionist
women's rights activist
film director
writer
educator
58 Q285514
Susanne Langer American philosopher 1895-12-20 Manhattan 1985-07-17 Old Lyme philosopher
university teacher
writer
32 Q466026
Ethel Lilian Voynich British writer and musician 1864-05-11 Ballintemple 1960-07-27
1960-07-28
New York City writer
novelist
activist
composer
prose writer
translator
suffragist
43 Q466068
Kate Sheppard prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage (1847-1934) 1847-03-10 Liverpool 1934-07-13 Christchurch women's rights activist
political activist
suffragette
economist
publisher
journalist
suffragist
42 Q455072
Elizabeth Ann Seton first native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821) 1774-08-28 New York City 1821-01-04 Emmitsburg teacher
abbess
memoirist
nun
nurse
33 Q459032
Catherine of Bologna Italian cloistered nun (1413-1463) 1413-09-08 Bologna 1463-03-09 Bologna painter
nun
teacher
mystic
illuminator
artist
33 Q455252
Meera 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, saint and devotee of the god Krishna 1498
1504
Merta City
Kudki
1546
1547
1552
Dwarka poet
writer
mystic
56 Q466330
Beulah Bondi American actress (1888/1889–1981) 1888-05-03 Valparaiso 1981-01-11 Hollywood character actor
stage actor
film actor
television actor
37 Q466440
Na Hye-sok writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948) 1896-04-18 Suwon 1948-12-10 Seoul poet
journalist
philosopher
painter
writer
politician
printmaker
sculptor
activist
36 Q466477
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn American politician (1890-1964) 1890-08-07 Concord 1964-09-05 Moscow women's rights activist
activist
suffragist
trade unionist
politician
party chair
journalist
writer
autobiographer
37 Q463265
Marie Stopes British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958) 1880-10-15
1881
Edinburgh 1958-10-02 Dorking botanist
paleontologist
curator
writer
suffragette
biologist
sexologist
botanical collector
44 Q442231
Tomoe Gozen Female Samurai 1157 Japan 1247 samurai
military personnel
onna-musha
34 Q450780
Margaret Chase Smith member of the United States Senate from Maine (1897-1995) 1897-12-14 Skowhegan 1995-05-29 Skowhegan politician
teacher
business executive
31 Q456750
Hannah Höch German artist (1889–1978) 1889-11-01 Gotha 1978-05-31 West Berlin photographer
painter
drawer
graphic artist
collagist
artist
36 Q463411
Vera Brittain English writer (1893-1970) 1893-12-29 Newcastle-under-Lyme 1970-03-29 Wimbledon nurse
writer
poet
novelist
women's rights activist
pacifist
journalist
peace activist
suffragist
33 Q450802
Frances Marion American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter (1888-1973) 1888-11-18 San Francisco 1973-05-12 Los Angeles screenwriter
novelist
journalist
writer
film actor
actor
film director
film screenwriter
51 Q463883
Gabriele Münter German painter (1877–1962) 1877-02-19 Berlin 1962-05-19 Murnau am Staffelsee painter
drawer
printmaker
artist
37 Q463978
Aletta Jacobs Dutch physician and feminist, editor 1854-02-09 Sappemeer 1929-08-10 Baarn physician
women's rights activist
peace activist
editor
suffragist
35 Q463478
Yaa Asantewaa Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader 1832
1840
Besease 1921-10-17 Seychelles ruler
military leader
resistance fighter
32 Q467803
Tatyana Afanasyeva Russian/Dutch mathematician and physicist (1876-1964) 1876-11-19 Kyiv 1964-04-14 Leiden mathematician
physicist
architect
31 Q463530
Faina Ranevskaya Soviet actress (1896-1984) 1896-08-15
1896-08-27
Taganrog 1984-07-19 Moscow stage actor
film actor
actor
53 Q470466
Lucy Stone American abolitionist and suffragist (1818-1893) 1818-08-13 West Brookfield 1893-10-19
1893-10-18
Boston journalist
women's rights activist
editor
abolitionist
suffragist
writer
39 Q452281
Gertrude Jekyll garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932) 1843-11-29 London 1932-12-08 Surrey horticulturist
painter
gardener
non-fiction writer
botanist
architect
landscape architect
garden designer
photographer
editor
31 Q452354
Isadora Duncan American dancer and choreographer 1877-05-26
1878-05-27
San Francisco 1927-09-14 Nice dancer
choreographer
autobiographer
screenwriter
ballet dancer
writer
103 Q483512
Dorothea Dix American author and social reformer 1802-04-04 Hampden 1887-07-17 Trenton social reformer
public figure
writer
32 Q452469
Lola Anglada Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator 1892-10-28
1891-11-30
1892-01-01
Barcelona 1984-09-12 Tiana writer
comics artist
painter
illustrator
drawer
collector
30 Q459343
Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont French writer, editor 1711-04-26 Rouen 1776-12-06 Avallon journalist
writer
children's writer
collector of fairy tales
editor
novelist
34 Q466788
Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer 1894-05-11 Allegheny 1991-04-01 New York ballet dancer
choreographer
music educator
ballet master
costume designer
dancer
film director
55 Q487604
Elena Cornaro Piscopia Venetian philosopher (1646–1684) 1646-06-05 Venice 1684-07-26 Padua mathematician
philosopher
theologian
university teacher
medic
48 Q466851
Millicent Garrett Fawcett English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929) 1847-06-11 Aldeburgh 1929-08-05 Gower Street politician
women's rights activist
writer
economist
34 Q442818
Tina Modotti Italian photographer and actress 1896-08-17 Udine 1942-01-05 Mexico City photographer
activist
model
actor
film actor
stage actor
artist
34 Q466946
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore French poet and novelist 1786-06-20 Douai 1859-07-23 Paris poet
opera singer
writer
actor
stage actor
40 Q466987
Lydia Maria Child American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880) 1802-02-11 Medford 1880-10-20 Wayland novelist
poet
journalist
writer
geologist
philosopher
32 Q443132
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932) 1880-12-09 Rangpur District 1932-12-09 Kolkata writer
science fiction writer
social reformer
37 Q467083
Princess Eugénie of Sweden Swedish princess (1830-1889); daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg 1830-04-24 Stockholm City 1889-04-23 Stockholm City composer
painter
sculptor
philanthropist
writer
aristocrat
watercolorist
32 Q526915
Elsa Schiaparelli Italian fashion designer and couturier (1890-1973) 1890-09-10 Rome 1973-11-13 8th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
fashion designer
businessperson
jewelry designer
36 Q464023
Lotte Reiniger German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981) 1899-06-02 Charlottenburg 1981-06-19 Dettenhausen film director
animator
silhouette artist
screenwriter
director
36 Q444011
Akiko Yosano Japanese tanka poet 1878-12-07 Sakai 1942-05-29 Ogikubo poet
translator
waka poet
essayist
writer
49 Q464104
Matilda of Tuscany Canossian dynasty countess of Tuscany (c.1046–1115) 1040s Mantua 1115-07-24 Bondeno di Roncore feudatory
politician
aristocrat
43 Q464162
Rosalía de Castro Galician poet and writer (1837-1885) 1837-02-23 Conxo, Santiago de Compostela 1885-07-15 A Matanza writer
poet
novelist
short story writer
59 Q464264
Eva Gonzalès French painter (1849-1883) 1849-04-19
1847-04-19
Marruecos
Paris
1883-05-05 Paris painter
art model
pastellist
artist
32 Q464300
Madam C. J. Walker Amerika entrepreneur (1867-1919) 1867-12-23 Delta 1919-05-25 Irvington businessperson
philanthropist
inventor
entrepreneur
38 Q447716
Annie Besant British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933) 1847-10-01 Clapham 1933-09-20 Adyar essayist
writer
orator
journalist
editor
politician
feminist
theosophist
suffragist
women's rights activist
civil rights advocate
freedom fighter
74 Q464318
Annie Scott Dill Maunder British astronomer (1868-1947) 1868-04-14 Strabane 1947-09-15 Wandsworth
London
astronomer
mathematician
human computer
scientist
30 Q539093
Li Qingzhao Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages" 1084-03-19 Zhangqiu District 1155-05-19 Hangzhou writer
poet
essayist
ci lyric writer
41 Q464470
Shin Saimdang calligraphist and noted poet (1504-1551) 1504-10-29 Gangneung 1551-05-17 Paju painter
poet
writer
30 Q464485
Hwang Jini Korean gisaeng, poet, dancer and philosopher (1506-1544) 1506 Kaesong 1544 Kaesong poet
dancer
philosopher
painter
writer
32 Q464510
Nur Jahan Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645) 1577-05-31 Kandahar 1645-12-18 Lahore poet
queen consort
Power behind the throne
43 Q541530
Laura Bassi Italian physicist (1711-1778) 1711-10-29 Bologna 1778-02-20 Bologna physicist
university teacher
mathematician
anatomist
professor of philosophy
philosopher
biologist
54 Q541652
Mirra Alfassa spiritual guru and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo 1878-02-21 9th arrondissement of Paris 1973-11-17 Pondicherry mystic
writer
occultist
yogi
teacher
translator
33 Q464879
Fatima Jinnah Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967) 1893-07-31 Karachi 1967-07-09 Karachi dentist
politician
biographer
writer
40 Q464947
Gabriela Zapolska Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress 1857-03-30 Pidhaitsi 1921-12-21
1921-12-17
Lviv translator
playwright
journalist
stage actor
writer
opinion journalist
32 Q454870
Qiu Jin Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer (1875-1907) 1875-11-08 Xiamen 1907-07-15 Shaoxing writer
poet
journalist
women's rights activist
revolutionary
feminist
41 Q465324
Elizabeth Cady Stanton American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist 1815-11-12 Johnstown 1902-10-26 New York City writer
actor
women's rights activist
abolitionist
72 Q465335
Beatrice d’Este duchess of Milan and Bari 1475-06-29 Ferrara 1497-01-03 Milan duke
statesperson
fashion designer
politician
patron of the arts
ambassador
hunter
equestrian
luogotenente
31 Q813280
Mary Seacole British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse 1805 Kingston 1881-05-14 London nurse
autobiographer
writer
traditional healer
34 Q963703
Rosika Schwimmer Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948) 1877-09-11 Budapest 1948-08-03 New York City journalist
non-fiction writer
politician
peace activist
editor
lecturer
suffragist
36 Q853932
Omm Kalthum Egyptian singer and actress (1898–1975) 1898-12-31 Tamayy Elzahayra 1975-02-03 Cairo singer
actor
film actor
102 Q1110560
Fatma Aliye Topuz Turkish feminist writer (1862-1936) 1862-10-09 Istanbul 1936-07-13 Istanbul novelist
essayist
columnist
writer
journalist
35 Q1136761
Isidora Sekulić Serbian writer 1877-02-16 Mošorin 1958-04-05 Belgrade writer
literary critic
art critic
35 Q1279865
Desanka Maksimović Serbian writer (1898-1993) 1898-05-16 Divci 1993-02-11 Belgrade professor
poet
writer
children's writer
teacher
translator
33 Q1280792
Eva Ekeblad Swedish scientist (1724-1786) 1724-07-10 Stockholm 1786-05-15 Lidköping salonnière
land owner
botanist
chemist
agronomist
42 Q1393227
Dinah Craik British novelist and poet 1826-04-20 Stoke-on-Trent 1887-10-12 Shortlands writer
novelist
poet
essayist
children's writer
31 Q2331155
Sister Nivedita Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda 1867-10-28 County Tyrone 1911-10-13 Darjeeling writer
social worker
teacher
priest
39 Q2353846
Mary Astell English feminist writer (1666-1731) 1666-11-12 Newcastle upon Tyne 1731-05-11 London writer
philosopher
women's rights activist
30 Q2359434
Marko Vovchok Ukrainian writer 1833-12-10 Yekaterininskoye 1907-07-28 Nalchik translator
writer
children's writer
editor
short story writer
36 Q2421158
Huda Sha'rawi Egyptian feminist and nationalist 1879-06-23 Minya 1947-12-12
1947
Cairo politician
social activist
poet
journalist
40 Q2423343
Anne Lister English landowner and lesbian diarist 1791-04-03 Halifax 1840-09-22 Kutaisi mountaineer
land owner
traveler
diarist
writer
30 Q2745195
Zitkala-Sa Yankton Dakota writer (1876-1938) 1876-02-22 Yankton Indian Reservation 1938-01-28 Washington, D.C. writer
poet
violinist
human rights activist
31 Q2668090
Agnes Mary Clerke British astronomer (1842–1907) 1842-02-10 Skibbereen 1907-01-20 London astronomer
science writer
writer
31 Q2826927
Caterina Albert Spanish writer (1869-1966) 1869-09-11 L'Escala 1966-01-27 L'Escala writer
sculptor
illustrator
painter
44 Q2914475
May Ziadeh Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941) 1886-02-11
1886
Palestine
Nazareth
1941-10-17
1941
Cairo salonnière
poet
writer
novelist
translator
37 Q2919042
Matilda Joslyn Gage American abolitionist, writer 1826-03-24 Cicero 1898-03-18 Chicago writer
women's rights activist
editor
journalist
suffragist
activism
suffragette
32 Q3119366
Clara Campoamor Spanish politician, feminist (1888-1972) 1888-02-12 Madrid 1972-04-30 Lausanne politician
lawyer
writer
jurist
suffragist
31 Q3321142
Zabel Yesayan Armenian writer 1878-02-04 Üsküdar 1943 South Caucasus writer
translator
opinion journalist
novelist
literary
poet
university teacher
31 Q3574447
Diana Abgar Armenia ambassador 1859-10-12 Yangon 1937-07-08 Yokohama politician
writer
diplomat
opinion journalist
prose writer
32 Q4054419
Nataliya Kobrynska Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920) 1855-06-08
1851-06-08
Beleluia 1920-01-22 Bolekhiv writer
women's rights activist
editor
feminist
33 Q4225202
Janaki Ammal Indian botanist (1897-1984) 1897-11-04 Thalassery 1984-02-07 Chennai botanist
biologist
university teacher
cell biologist
lecturer
34 Q4794782
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977) 1898-04-25 Lviv 1977-04-08 Cambridge composer
pianist
musicologist
music educator
102 Q12162960
Eunice Newton Foote American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888) 1819-07-17 Goshen 1888-09-30 Lenox physicist
climatologist
inventor
women's rights activist
33 Q26763822
Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis French writer, editor and botanical historian (1746-1830) 1746-01-25 Issy-l'Évêque 1830-12-31 Paris harpist
lady-in-waiting
salonnière
novelist
children's writer
editor
composer
educator
aristocrat
historian
philosopher
31 Q55037230

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