Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Saint Adelaide 931-999 From: Germany Fields: Government and Politics, Religion Key Words/Phrases: regent for Otto III, founded churches, monasteries and convents Grace Aguilar 1816-1847 From: United Kingdom Fields: Literature and Poetry, Religion Key Words/Phrases: writer, novelist, religious reformer Zainab al-Ghazali 1917-2005 From: Egypt Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Islamist, founder of the Muslim Women's Association Gladys Aylward 1902-1970 From: China, United Kingdom Fields: Religion, Sociology/Social Work Balthild c.627-680 From: France Fields: Government and Politics, Religion St. Bernadette of Lourdes 1844-1879 From: France Fields: Religion Martha McChesney Berry 1866-1942 From: United States: Alabama, Georgia Fields: Education, Philanthropy, Religion Annie Wood Besant 1847-1933 From: India, United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: activist, Theosophist Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell 1825-1921 From: United States: New Jersey, New York Fields: Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: first American woman ordained minister, activist Catherine Booth 1829-1890 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Antoinette Bourignon 1616-1680 From: Belgium Fields: Religion Sister Antonia Brenner From: Mexico Fields: Religion St. Bridget of Sweden 1303-1373 From: Sweden Fields: Religion Olympia Brown 1835-1926 From: United States Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion St. Catherine of Alexandria 4th Century A.D.- From: Egypt Fields: Religion St. Catherine of Siena 1347-1380 From: Italy Fields: Religion Lydia Maria Child 1802-1880 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Journalism and Broadcasting, Religion Pema Chodron 1936- From: Lesotho, United States: California, Colorado, New York Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: Buddhist nun St. Margaret Clitherow 1556-1586 From: United Kingdom Fields: Religion Malinda Cramer 1844-1906 From: United States: Indiana Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: founder of the Church of Divine Science, New Thought Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz 1651-1695 From: Mexico Fields: Art, Astronomy, Music, Religion Key Words/Phrases: writer, poet, nun Marguerite d'Youville 1701-1771 From: Canada Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Key Words/Phrases: a saint, founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal Mary Daly -2010 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Religion Dorothy Day 1897-1980 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Philosophy, Religion Sarada Devi 1853-1920 From: India Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: Hinduism, Ramakrishna Movement Catherine de Hueck Doherty 1896-1985 From: Canada, Russia, United States: New York Fields: Religion Mary Dyer ?-1660 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts, Rhode Island Fields: Religion Mary Baker Eddy 1821-1910 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Religion Ennigaldi-Nanna 6th century BCE-6th century BCE From: Iraq Fields: Archaeology, Education, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Babylonian princess, priestess, created first museum St. Faustina (Kowalska) 1905-1938 From: Poland Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: saint, nun, visionary, mystic St. Genevieve 422-500 From: France Fields: Religion Hosokawa Gracia 1563-? From: Japan Fields: Religion Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon 1648-1717 From: France Fields: Religion Joan Halifax 1942- From: United States: California, New Hampshire Fields: Anthropology, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Buddhist roshi, Ojai Foundation, hospice caregiver Barbara Harris 1930- From: United States: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Heloise (abbess) c. 1101-1164 From: France, Sweden Fields: Literature and Poetry, Religion Key Words/Phrases: nun, abbess, writer, scholar Hildegard of Bingen 1098-1179 From: Germany Fields: Biology, Education, Health and Medicine, Literature and Poetry, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Other Key Words/Phrases: mystic, nun, abbess, counselor, scientist, composer, polymath Emma Curtis Hopkins 1849-1925 From: United States: Connecticut, Illinois Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: theologian, organized New Thought Katharine Jefferts Schori 1954- From: United States: Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Washington Fields: Oceanography, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Bishop in Episcopal Church, oceanographer Joan of Arc 1412-1431 From: France Fields: Military and Warfare, Religion Key Words/Phrases: saint, military heroine, prisoner of war, POW, martyr Marie Laveau 1801-1881 From: United States: Louisiana Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: Voodoo priestess Margaret Alice Murray 1863-1963 From: India, United Kingdom Fields: Anthropology, Religion Key Words/Phrases: anthropologist, Egyptologist, pagan religions, Wicca Pauli Murray 1910-1985 From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law, Religion Elizabeth Clare Prophet 1939-2009 From: United States: Colorado, New Jersey Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: spiritual leader, New Age church Della Reese 1931- From: United States: California Fields: Music, Religion, Stage and Screen St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774-1821 From: United States: Maryland, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Philanthropy, Religion Anna Howard Shaw 1847-1919 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: women's suffrage, minister, physician Mary Slessor 1848-1915 From: Nigeria, United Kingdom Fields: Human Rights, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Christian missionary, women's rights advocate Maria Stewart 1803-1879 From: United States: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion St. Teresa of Avila 1515-1582 From: Spain Fields: Religion Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1910-1997 From: Albania, India Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Key Words/Phrases: nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and Nobel laureate Empress Theodora c.500-548 From: Turkey Fields: Government and Politics, Religion Key Words/Phrases: Empress of the Byzantine Empire, a saint Saint Therese of Lisieux 1873-1897 From: France Fields: Religion Irina Tweedie 1907-1999 From: India, Russia, United Kingdom Fields: Religion Margaret Newton Van Cott 1813-1914 From: United States: New York Fields: Religion Key Words/Phrases: first woman preacher, Methodist, Episcopalian Susanna Wesley 1669-1742 From: United Kingdom Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Lucia Wiley 1906-1998 From: United States: New York, Oregon Fields: Art, Religion Jemima Wilkinson 1752-1819 From: United States: New York, Rhode Island Fields: Religion |
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