Egeria (also known as Etheria, l. c. 380s) was a Christian traveler and writer known only from her work Itinerarium. Based on the text, she was a woman of the upper class who went on pilgrimage to significant sites mentioned in the Bible. She traveled through the regions of modern-day Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and back to the region of Anatolia.
Argula von Grumbach was a Bavarian theologian, writer, and reformer, who became a controversial figure after her 1523 letter To the University of Ingolstadt protesting the arrest of a young scholar for teaching Lutheran precepts.
Isabella d’Este (l. 1474-1539), was the leading lady of Renaissance Italy who funded the works of such renowned artists as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Irish epidemiologist
Irish author and cancer awareness advocate
Marie de France (wrote c. 1160-1215 CE) was a multilingual poet and translator, the first known female poet of France, and a highly influential literary voice of 12th-century CE Europe.
Ono no Komachi was a poetess of great renown during Japan’s Heian Period (794-1185 CE)
1800s Welsh antiquarian, artist, entomologist and writer
4th century BCE courtesan who became famous for writing a manual on lesbian sexual positions and the proper etiquette for courting a member of the same or opposite sex.
The youngest daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his first wife Khadija. Taking up after her father, Fatimah became highly spiritual and devoted to Islam.