Poet and author Sei Shōnagon was a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi), a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems and descriptive passages inspired by moments in her daily life.
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Agnes TuiSamoa spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born children.
Violinist Wilma Smith maintained a strong profile as soloist and chamber musician in Australasia.
Prominent CSIRO scientist whose main area of research is in protein structure and immunoparasitology.
Halappanavar’s preventable death was the catalyst for change in Irish abortion laws
Empress Dowager, the most famous woman in Chinese history
Japanese businesswoman and philanthropist
Advocate for the education of women and the abandonment of the custom of child marriages