Khadija bint Khuwaylid
As the first wife of Muhammad, Khadija bint Khuwaylid is honored by Muslims as one of the “Mothers of Believers” and is credited as the first convert to Islam following her husband’s first vision.
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Anna Letitia Waring
1800s British hymn writer and poet
Abby Stein
American Jewish trans rights activist
Dr Helen Mackenzie
Korea-born missionary doctor
Catherine Mackenzie
Korea-born missionary and medical professional
Feziwe Bookholane
South African nurse and activist
Mercy Simms
Irish religious and social crusader
Nano Nagle
1700s Irish nun, educator, and founder of the Presentation Order
Nellie Peters Black
Georgia (U.S.) clubwoman
Phoebe Judson
Phoebe Judson was the first non-Indian woman to settle in the Lynden, Washington area (in northern Whatcom County) and became known as the “Mother of Lynden” during the half century that she lived there.