20th-century women educators

Ghanaian author and poet

Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist

Nigerian writer

American activist (1912-2010)

Ukrainian women's rights activist, politician and writer (1892-1976)

Croatian linguist

Azerbaijani philanthropist and women's rights activist (1873-1955)

Ukrainian poet (1860–1947)

Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2019-2026)

Estonian journalist (1841-1923)

Azerbaijani playwright

sorbian writer

Swiss humanitarian (1913-2011)

Nigerian potter

Norwegian educator (1845–1924)

American educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997)

Azerbaijani sport shooter

Afghan politician

Lithuanian writer and activist

Iraqi educator and political activist (1937-1980)

Belgian feminist (1839-1905)

Spouse of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

Cuban dissident (1948-2011)

Albanian politician

Filipino heroine and suffragist (1898–1945)

American poet, playwright, and journalist (1880–1958)

Politician and former Vice President of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan

Yoruba Nigerian educationalist and first African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford

Belgian educator, feminist and Walloon activist (1836–1926)

Croatian female writer and pedagogist (1864–1957)

Indian teacher

Nigerian politician (1897–1990)

Afghan House of the People member

Azerbaijani activist

Chilean diplomat, educator, writer, and feminist (1886-1975)

Azerbaijani ballerina (1927–1999)

Norwegian entomologist (1911-2008)

Jamaican educator, social worker and women's rights advocate (1895-1990)

Portuguese writer and journalist

Russian singer and music educator (1931-2017)

Estonian gymnastics teacher and folk dance teacher (1886-1965)

Czechoslovak politician

Nigerian business magnate, entrepreneur, and academician

Transylvanian pedagogue, teacher and women's rights activist

Indian singer (1916-2007)

Kenyan chemist and professor

Costa Rican writer (1919–1974)

Lithuanian writer

Egyptian painter (1925–2021)

Ukrainian writer (1970-2021)

Georgian feminist, suffragist, writer (1874-1956)

American artist, writer, filmmaker (born 1959)

Ugandan teacher

American activist (1879–1961)

Puerto Rican writer and poet

Indian Urdu writer

singer (1836-1915)

Ugandan politician

Indian musician

Northern Saami schoolteacher and politician (1921–2023)