Caitilín Dubh
1600s Irish poet, the earliest woman poet for whom texts in the Irish language survive in quantity.
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Dr Frene Ginwala
South African journalist and politician, the first speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was a key figure in the writing of the Constitution of South Africa and establishing democracy in South Africa.
Patricia Cockburn
20th century Irish author and artist
Patricia Lynch
Irish children’s writer
Nadine Gordimer
Nobel-winning South African author and activist
Ann Louise Gilligan
Irish theologian, LGBT rights activist and educator
Dora Taylor
Scottish-South African writer and activist
Peggy Leeson
1700s Irish sex worker, brothel-keeper, and memoirist
Dorothy Ruth Boxall
South African music director
Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
South African physician, activist and writer