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Miriam O’Brien Underhill

Mountaineer, environmentalist and feminist proponent of all-women climbs

In 1930, she earned her doctorate from the University of Marburg with her thesis on “Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations.” That same year, in 1930, she immigrated to Mandate Palestine. For the next twenty-five years, she taught at a religious Zionist teachers’ seminar.

Alice Childress

American playwright, actress, and author

Alice Walker

American author, poet, and activist whose most famous work, “The Color Purple,” published in 1982, is a seminal novel in American literature, known for its powerful portrayal of African American women’s lives in the early 20th century South.

Margaretha van Godewijk

Prominent Dutch Golden Age poet and a painter.

Marie Wilcox

The last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, an indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California. Her life’s work focused on preserving this endangered language.

Cornelia Sorabji

Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.

Ella M S Marble

American physician who had a diverse career as a journalist, educator, and activist. Marble actively supported women’s interests and participated in various movements from an early age.