Women religious writers

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)

French playwright and political activist (1748–1793)

Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)

Enheduanna ( , also transliterated as , , or variants; ) was the (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad ( BCE). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion. Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history.

Greek-French writer (1905-1982)

Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. The daughter of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, she was born into one of the most prominent families of her time. Táhirih led a radical interpretation that, though it split the

Jewish diarist (1914-1943)

German mystic

Polish writer, translator, Esperantist and Holocaust victim (1904–1942)

French author, historian, and professor

ancient Indian philosopher

philosopher from France

Abbess, author and illustrator from Alsace (c. 1130 – 1195)

Norwegian writer

Belgian philosopher (1923–2022)

Catalan Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and activist

regent of the Duchy of Württemberg and hymn lyricist (1652-1712)

American religious leader

Genevan theologian

French women writer (1805-1848)

medieval Arabic Sufi master and poet

German abbess and writer

Bengali poet and astrologer

Italian mistic (1865–1947)

Cameroonian physician

co-founder of the Religious Society of Friends

Spanish writer

French mystic (1866-1914)

Russian poet and philosopher (1883-1960)

Brazilian nun and theologian

Colombian Catholic nun

Jewish theologian, rabbi

Russian-British Sufi

Spanish writer

Spanish poet

Swedish Writer (1903-2002)

Mexican theologian

Indian writer

Italian author and abbess (1931-2019)

Irish singer and theologian

Canadian politician, Ordained United Church Minister and business woman

English religious writer; Countess of Coventry; (1673-1763)