Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
Andalusian poet in the 1000s CE
Andalusian poet in the 1000s CE
South African historian
South African curator and advocate for the arts
South African politician
South African author and zoologist. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch, and was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at this university. She later lectured at Potchefstroom University College and did research.
South African writer and anti-apartheid activist
South African poet
British-South African author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women’s rights
Australian historian and biographer whose interests include the history of science and technology and the institutions associated with them.
Maggie Smith was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the ’60s .