Religion Archives - Infinite Women

Oracle of Nuska

The Oracle of Nuska was an unnamed enslaved girl who became embroiled in a plot to overthrow Esarhaddon circa 671 BCE.

Saint Marcella

Saint Marcella (l. 325-410) was a wealthy Roman Christian woman who, after her husband’s death, devoted herself to her faith through a life of chastity and service to others.

Amenirdis I

Amenirdis I (714-700 BCE) controlled Thebes through her position as God’s Wife of Amun and effectively ruled Upper Egypt.

It is well-established that, by the 13th century, women were involved in book production as scribes, illustrators, and illuminators of manuscripts, but Ende’s work makes clear that women were involved in this process as early as the 10th century.

Kahina

7th century CE Berber (Imazighen) warrior-queen and seer who led her people against the Arab Invasion of North Africa

Amanikhatashan

First century CE queen of Meroe

Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel (l. 1868-1969) was a world traveler, writer, and Buddhist spiritualist who wrote over 30 books on her journeys which took her 18,641.136 miles (30,000 km) around the world on foot or by various conveyances.

Ankhsenamun

1300s BCE princess and the first Egyptian woman of royal blood known to have tried to marry a foreign prince and make him pharaoh

Margaret Carroll

1800s Irish-American Sister of Mercy, educator, historian, and writer

Dr Fatema Mernissi

Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist