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.
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Florence Nightingale12 May 1820, British
Statistician
Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Hannah Arendt14 October 1906, German
Philosopher
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Rosa Luxemburg05 March 1871, German, Polish
Marxist Theorist
Alice Roberts19 May 1973, British
Anthropologist
Camille Paglia02 April 1947, American
Cultural critic
Hypatia0370 AD, Ancient Roman
Mathematician, Philosopher, Astronomer, Writer
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Hildegard of Bingen16 September 1098, German
Philosopher
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Christina Hoff Sommers28 September 1950, American
Author, Philosopher
Anita Bose Pfaff29 November 1942, German
Economist
Simone Weil03 February 1909, French
Philosopher, mystic and social activist
Edith Stein12 October 1891, German
Philosopher
Charlotte Perkins Gilman03 July 1860, American
Writer
Anna Freud03 December 1895, Austrian
Founder of psychoanalytic child psychology
Marie Stopes15 October 1880, British
Paleobotanist & Women’s Rights Activists
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24 May 1878, American
Mother of Modern Management
Maria Gaetana Agnesi16 May 1718, Italian
Mathematician, Philosopher, Theologian
Inge Lehmann13 May 1888, Danish
Seismologist, Geophysicist
Nora Volkow27 March 1956, Mexican
Psychiatrist
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Emily Greene Balch08 January 1867, American
Social Activist
Saint Teresa of Avila28 March 1515, Spanish
Saint
Anna Comnena01 December 1083, Greek
Greek Princess & Scholar
Felicitas Rombold1988 AD, German
Model
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo1987 AD, Botswanan
Economist, Politician
Patricia Lipoma28 October 1965
Entrepreneur
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956, French
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Catherine of Siena25 March 1347, Italian
Philosopher
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands17 May 1971
Economist, Judge
Judith Butler24 February 1956, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher,
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Susie Dent21 September 1967, British
Lexicographer, Linguist
Bettany Hughes1968 AD, British
historian
Carol Dweck17 October 1946, American
Psychologist
Sara Netanyahu05 November 1958, Israeli
Psychologist
Kim Campbell10 March 1947, Canadian
19th Prime Minister of Canada
Janet Yellen13 August 1946, American
Economist, Professor, Banker
Hina Rabbani Khar19 November 1977, Pakistani
Diplomat, Politician, Entrepreneur, Economist
France Nuyen31 July 1939, French
Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Stage actor, Film
Laura Schlessinger16 January 1947, American
Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,
Juana Inés de la Cruz12 November 1651, Mexican
Poet, Nun, Writer, Mathematician, Philosopher,
Martha Nussbaum06 May 1947, American
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Iris Murdoch15 July 1919, Irish
Poet, Philosopher, Novelist, Writer, Biographer
Pamela Stephenson04 December 1949, New Zealander
Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Author, Television
Vandana Shiva05 November 1952, Indian
Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Suzannah Lipscomb07 December 1978, British
historian
Marjorie Merriweather Post15 March 1887, American
Socialite
Birgit Prinz25 October 1977, German
Association football player, Psychologist
Olympe de Gouges07 May 1748, French
Playwright, Journalist, Philosopher, Writer,
Ulrike Meinhof07 October 1934, German
Journalist, Writer, Sociologist
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak24 February 1942, Indian
Writer, Philosopher, University teacher,
Kristalina Georgieva13 August 1953, Bulgarian
Economist, University teacher
Tu Youyou30 December 1930, Chinese
chemist, pharmacologist, inventor, university
Elizabeth Loftus16 October 1944, American
Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher
German nobilityGerman
Emma Georgina Rothschild16 May 1948, British
Economic historian, Historian, University teacher,
Elinor Ostrom07 August 1933, American
Economist, Political scientist, University teacher
Aspasia0470 BC, Greek
Philosopher
Karen Armstrong14 November 1944, British
Theologian, Writer, University teacher
Alva Belmont17 January 1853, American
socialite
Julia Kristeva24 June 1941, Bulgarian, French
Philosopher, Writer, Feminist
Frances Perkins10 April 1880, American
politician, sociologist
Cokie Roberts27 December 1943, American
Journalist
Iris Chang28 March 1968, Chinese, American
Historian, Journalist, Writer
Philippa Foot03 October 1920, British
Philosopher, University teacher
Anandamayi Ma30 April 1896, Indian
Philosopher
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala13 June 1954, Nigerian
Diplomat, Economist
Melanie Klein30 March 1882, Austrian, British
Psychanalyst
Germaine de Staël
Mary Somerville26 December 1780, British, Scottish
Mathematician, Linguist, Translator, Astronomer,
Harriet Martineau12 June 1802, British
Linguist, Journalist, Economist, Historian,
G. E. M. Anscombe18 March 1919, British
Laura Mulvey15 August 1941, British
Art historian, Film director
Akka MahadeviIndian
Luce Irigaray03 May 1930, Belgian, French
Philosopher, Linguist, University teacher,
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Anne Carson21 June 1950, Canadian
Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, University
Marsha M. Linehan05 May 1943, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Writer
Barbara W. Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer, Biographer
Drew Gilpin Faust18 September 1947, American
Historian, University teacher
Ayesha JalalPakistani
Deborah Coyne24 February 1955, Canadian
Lawyer
Marija Gimbutas23 January 1921, American
Archaeologist
Olga Tokarczuk29 January 1962, Polish
Novelist, Writer, Psychologist
Mary Ainsworth01 December 1913, Canadian, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Margaret MacMillan23 December 1943, Canadian
historian, university teacher
Deirdre McCloskey11 September 1942, American
Economist, Professor, Teacher