Throughout history, there have been many women intellectuals & academics who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female intellectuals & academics such as Jane Goodall, Ann Dunham, Hildegard of Bingen, Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Wollstonecraft.The women intellectuals & academics featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & India and many more countries.
Florence Nightingale12 May 1820, British
Founder of Modern Nursing
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Hypatia0370 AD, Ancient Roman
Mathematician, Philosopher, Astronomer, Writer
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Hannah Arendt14 October 1906, German
Philosopher
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Rosa Luxemburg05 March 1871, German, Polish
Marxist Theorist
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Hildegard of Bingen16 September 1098, German
Philosopher
Helena Blavatsky12 August 1831, American, Russian
Philosopher
Anita Bose Pfaff29 November 1942, German
Economist
Kristalina Georgieva13 August 1953, Bulgarian
Managing Director of the IMF
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Alice Roberts19 May 1973, British
Anthropologist
Camille Paglia02 April 1947, American
Cultural critic
Anna Freud03 December 1895, Austrian
Founder of psychoanalytic child psychology
Charlotte Casiraghi03 August 1986, Monacan
Editor-at-large, Equestrian Sports Ambassador
Simone Weil03 February 1909, French
Philosopher, mystic and social activist
Charlotte Perkins Gilman03 July 1860, American
Writer
Edith Stein12 October 1891, German
Philosopher
Marie Stopes15 October 1880, British
Paleobotanist & Women’s Rights Activists
Christina Hoff Sommers28 September 1950, American
Author, Philosopher
Radia Perlman18 December 1951, American
Computer Network Engineer
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24 May 1878, American
Mother of Modern Management
Maria Gaetana Agnesi16 May 1718, Italian
Mathematician, Philosopher, Theologian
Nora Volkow27 March 1956, Mexican
Psychiatrist
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Inge Lehmann13 May 1888, Danish
Seismologist, Geophysicist
Emily Greene Balch08 January 1867, American
Social Activist
Saint Teresa of Avila28 March 1515, Spanish
Saint
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Felicitas Rombold1988 AD, German
Model
Anna Comnena01 December 1083, Greek
Greek Princess & Scholar
Patricia Lipoma28 October 1965
Entrepreneur
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo1987 AD, Botswanan
Economist, Politician
Carol S. Dweck17 October 1976, American
Physiologists
Mary Somerville26 December 1780, British, Scottish
Mathematician, Linguist, Translator, Astronomer,
Tara Westover27 September 1986, American
Memoirist
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956, French
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Susie Dent21 September 1967, British
Lexicographer, Linguist
Lucy Worsley18 December 1973, British
Historian
Donna Brazile15 December 1959, American
Political strategist
Judith Butler24 February 1956, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
N. K. Jemisin19 September 1972, American
Novelist
Esther Duflo25 October 1972, French
Economist, Professor
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Olga Tokarczuk29 January 1962, Polish
Novelist, Writer, Psychologist
Catherine of Siena25 March 1347, Italian
Philosopher
Juana Inés de la Cruz12 November 1651, Mexican
Poet, Nun, Writer, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Janet Yellen13 August 1946, American
Economist
Pamela Stephenson04 December 1949, New Zealander
Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Author, Television
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands17 May 1971
Queen Consort of the Netherlands
Lou Andreas-Salomé12 February 1861, German, Russian
Psychoanalyst
Vandana Shiva05 November 1952, Indian
Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher
Kim Campbell10 March 1947, Canadian
19th Prime Minister of Canada
Cokie Roberts27 December 1943, American
Journalist
Martha Nussbaum06 May 1947, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Savitri Devi30 September 1905, French
Writer, Poet
Laura Schlessinger16 January 1947, American
Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,
France Nuyen31 July 1939, French
Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Stage actor, Film
Bettany Hughes1968 AD, British
historian
Carol Dweck17 October 1946, American
Psychologist
Iris Murdoch15 July 1919, Irish
Poet, Philosopher, Novelist, Writer, Biographer
Suzannah Lipscomb07 December 1978, British
historian
Elinor Ostrom07 August 1933, American
Economist, Political scientist, University teacher
Tu Youyou30 December 1930, Chinese
chemist, pharmacologist, inventor, university
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Judy Smith27 October 1958, American
Crisis manager
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak24 February 1942, Indian
Writer, Philosopher, University teacher,
Ulrike Meinhof07 October 1934, German
Journalist, Writer, Sociologist
Émilie du ChâteletFrench
Sara Netanyahu05 November 1958, Israeli
Psychologist
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala13 June 1954, Nigerian
Diplomat, Economist
Karen Armstrong14 November 1944, British
Theologian, Writer, University teacher
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Virginia Dare18 August 1587, American
Colonist
Alva Belmont17 January 1853, American
socialite
Julia Kristeva24 June 1941, Bulgarian, French
Philosopher, Writer, Feminist
Joy Adamson20 January 1910, Austrian, Czech, British
Naturalist
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Iris Chang28 March 1968, Chinese, American
Historian, Journalist, Writer
Anandamayi Ma30 April 1896, Indian
Philosopher
Gertrude Himmelfarb08 August 1922, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
Germaine de Staël22 April 1766, French
Philosopher
Akka MahadeviIndian
Hina Rabbani Khar19 November 1977, Pakistani
Diplomat, Politician, Entrepreneur, Economist
Elizabeth Loftus16 October 1944, American
Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher
Dee Dee Myers01 September 1961, American
Political scientist
Emma Georgina Rothschild16 May 1948, British
Economic historian, Historian, University teacher,
Melanie Klein30 March 1882, Austrian, British
Psychanalyst
Harriet Martineau12 June 1802, British
Linguist, Journalist, Economist, Historian,
Philippa Foot03 October 1920, British
Philosopher, University teacher
Antonia Novello23 August 1944, Puerto Rican, American
Former Surgeon General