Susan Sontag
American writer and critic
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Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350-280 BCE) was a Cynic philosopher who rejected her upper-class life to live her beliefs and share her values on the streets of ancient Athens.
Timycha of Sparta
Ancient Greek philosopher
Arete of Cyrene
Arete of Cyrene (l. 4th century BCE) was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic School
Simone de Beauvoir
Perhaps the most renowned French feminist writer of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir made significant contributions to the French feminist and existentialist movements.
Katherine Jones
1600s Viscountess Ranelagh and woman of letters
Sister Nivedita
Irish educator, writer, and political activist in India
Susanne Langer
American philosopher
Simone Veil
French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician who championed women’s rights and is remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, the Veil Act (Loi Veil).
Bettina d’Andrea
1300s Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the University of Padua