Marițica Bibescu
Prominent figure in Romanian history, married to Gheorghe Bibescu, who became Prince of Wallachia in 1842.
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Anna Kuliscioff
Russian-Italian revolutionary known for her activism and political beliefs,
Esphyr Slobodkina
Russian-American artist, author, and illustrator
Florence Merriam Bailey
American ornithologist, naturalist, and author
Gertrude Berg
American actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for her pioneering work in early television.
Gloria Naylor
American novelist best known for her debut work, “The Women of Brewster Place” (1982), which won the National Book Award for First Novel in 1983.
Hallie Quinn Brown
African American educator, writer, and women’s rights activist, renowned for her contributions to education and the fight for racial and gender equality.
Dora Mayer
Self-taught researcher, writer, sociologist, journalist, social activist.
Dorothy Livesay
Canadian poet, memoirist and literary critic
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Croatian children’s writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times between 1931 and 1938.