Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
American botanist, educator, author and editor
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Abella of Salerno
1300s Italian physician and writer Abella of Salerno studied and taught at the Salerno School of Medicine.
Bessie Spencer
New Zealand school principal, orchardist, community leader
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
American educator and the founder of Simon’s Rock College of Bard, the first early college entrance program in the United States.
Emily Griffith
American educator who significantly contributed to adult education in Denver
Agnes Catherine Maitland
Writer and principal of Somerville College, Oxford in the 1800s
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Mary Anderson
New Zealand politician
Elena Cuza
Romanian noblewoman, widely recognized for her philanthropic work and her role as a patron of the arts and education.
Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz
Prominent American educator and naturalist, best known for her significant contributions to the field of education, particularly for women, and for co-founding Radcliffe College, which later became part of Harvard University.