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Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida
Angola’s “Mother of the Revolution”, Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida had many roles throughout her short life: nationalist, militant, writer, poet and translator, teacher and radio host.
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Sierra Leone activist, teacher and fiction writer Adelaide Casely-Hayford advocated for the Creole community, cultural nationalism, feminism and education for women and girls.
Aagje Deken
Dutch novelist
Marija Pečkauskaitė
Lithuanian writer (pen name “Satrijos Ragana”) best known for her children’s books.
Zuhra Karim
Pakistani-British journalist and magazine founder/editor
Fátima de Madrid
Astronomer and writer
Lois Weber
Lois Weber was the leading female director-screenwriter in early Hollywood.
Vera Douie
During her 41 years at the Women’s Library, she had developed it from a few bookcases for the use of members into a major research collection.
Veronica Wedgwood
Despite never holding an academic post Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood was a well known and respected historian and public intellectual.