20th-century women educators

founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Hungarian poet, translator (1884-1943)

Canadian prospector

Belgian writer and educator

Norwegian painter, illustrator and church decorator (1874-1961)

Nigerian-born nurse; first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria

Ecuadorian professor, essayist, and literary critic

Afghan educator and cabinet minister

Iraqi artist (1927–2008)

13th president of Ewha Womans University

Taiwanese politician

Colombian sculptor (1915-1997)

Scottish academic & suffragist

Paraguayan poet

Estonian management scientist (1960-2018)

Austrian artist (1877–1964)

Danish women's rights activist

Paraguayan politician and women's and human rights activist

Palestinian fighter and activist

Chilean actor

Sergeant of the Mouvements unis de la Résistance d’Auvergne (United movements of the Auvergne resistance)

New Zealand teacher, feminist, community leader

Cuban writer (1913-2006)

Puerto Rican educator (1903-1989)

Ecuadorian writer (1831-1910)

Belgian teacher and LGBT activist

Finnish politician

Finnish humanist, pacifist and peace educationalist (1926-2014)

Mexican writer

Estonian politician (born 1937)

Soviet Russian linguist and academic (1921–2015)

Thai female politician

Iranian actor

Estonian linguist (born 1942)

Austrian teacher (1868–1946)

pedagogue and political activist (1885-1959)

Dominican feminist, teacher, writer

Finnish politician

Czech teacher and suffragist

Sierra Leonean traditional ruler

Finnish politician