Nora O’Mahony
Irish poet and novelist
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Olivia Elder
1700s Irish poet
Constantia Grierson
1700s Irish editor, scholar, and one of Jonathan Swift’s female literary circle
Olivia Knight
Irish poet, translator and teacher
Caitilín Dubh
1600s Irish poet, the earliest woman poet for whom texts in the Irish language survive in quantity.
Diana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups
Mary Corinne Quintrell
Educator in Cleveland public schools who introduced the phonic method of teaching reading
Baleka Mbete
South African politician and poet
Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
South African poet, educator, and activist who was the first new South African Ambassador to France and UNESCO in 1995.
Antjie Krog
South African writer and sociologist, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book Country of My Skull.