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Katharina von Zimmern

Katharina von Zimmern (l. 1478-1547) was the abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich for 30 years and the last before the monasteries were dissolved.

Hilda of Whitby

Northumbrian princess Hilda of Whitby (also known as Saint Hilda of Whitby, l. 614-680 CE) was the founder and abbess of the monastery at Whitby, Kingdom of Northumbria, Britain.

Anna Adischwyler (also known as Anna Bullinger, l. c. 1504-1564) was the wife of the reformer Heinrich Bullinger who succeeded Zwingli as head of the Reformed Church in Zürich after the latter’s death in 1531.

Argula von Grumbach

Argula von Grumbach was a Bavarian theologian, writer, and reformer, who became a controversial figure after her 1523 letter To the University of Ingolstadt protesting the arrest of a young scholar for teaching Lutheran precepts.

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.

Ende

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