Leila Ahmed
Egyptian scholar, writer and women’s rights activist
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Mabel Addis
American writer, teacher and the first video game writer who designed The Sumerian Game for the IBM 7090 in 1964, which inspired other kingdom management games
Savitribai Phule
Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely considered the first female teacher of modern India.
Maria Lacerda de Moura
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
Michela Murgia
Italian feminist writer and activist for the rights of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants
Nadia Anjuman
Afghan poet murdered by her husband
Nadia Murad
Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer
Nezihe Muhiddin
Trailblazing Turkish women’s rights activist, journalist, writer and political leader
Paz Márquez-Benítez
Living amid the Philippines’ American colonial period, Paz Márquez-Benítez wrote her way into history as a prominent short-story author, educator, and editor.