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Born Before 20th Century:

• Elizabeth Clovis Lange, 1784-1882 (Saint Domingue, Cuba, U.S.A.)
• Emma Willard, 1787-1870 (U.S.A.)
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  Emma Willard School
  Pioneers of Women's Education in the United States : Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher, Mary Lyon. by Willystine Goodsell et al.
  Plan for Improving Female Education by Emma Willard
• Mary Lyon, 1797-1849 (U.S.A.)
  Major Joseph Griswold House
  Pioneers of Women's Education in the United States : Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher, Mary Lyon. by Willystine Goodsell et al.
• Milla Granson, c.1800-? (U.S.A.: KY, MS)
• Catherine Esther Beecher, 1800-1878 (U.S.A.)
  Pioneers of Women's Education in the United States : Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher, Mary Lyon. by Willystine Goodsell et al.
• Prudence Crandall, 1803-1890 (U.S.A.)
  Prudence Crandall : Woman of Courage by Elizabeth Yates et al.
  Prudence Crandall : A Biography by Marvis O. Welch
• Laura S. Haviland, 1808-1898 (U.S.A.)
  The Underground Railroad
  Womans Life Work by Laura S. Haviland
• Lydia Moss Bradley, 1816-1908 (U.S.A.)
• Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910 (Great Gritain, U.S.A.)
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  Elizabeth Blackwell : The First Woman Doctor by Francene Sabin, Ann Toulmin-Rothe (Illustrator)
  The First Woman Doctor : The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. by Rachel Baker, Evelyn Copelman (Illustrator)
• Elizabeth (Cabot) Cary Agassiz, 1822-1907 (U.S.A.: MA)
• Mary Shadd Cary (U.S.A.: DE, DC; Canada)
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  Mary Ann Shadd Cary : The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century by Jane Rhodes
• Sarah J. Early, 1825-1907 (U.S.A.: OH, NC)
• Emily Blackwell, 1826-1910 (U.K., U.S.A.)
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• Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891 (U.K.)
• Frances Mary Buss, 1827-1894 (U.K.)
• Emily Davies, 1830-1921 (U.K.)
  The Higher Education of Women 1866 by Emily Davies
• Dorothea Beale, 1831-1906 (U.K.)
• Fannie Jackson Coppin, 1837-1913 (U.S.A.: RI, OH, PA, DC)
• Susan Blow, 1843-1916 (U.S.A.)
• Hallie Q. Brown, c.1845-1949 (U.S.A.: PA, MS, SC, OH)
  Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) by Hallie Q. Brown, Randall K. Burkett (Introduction)
• Elizaveta Fedorovna Litvinova, 1845-1919 (Russia)
• Ella Flagg Young, 1845-1918 (U.S.A.) Another profile
• Soteria Aliberty, 1847-1929 (Greece, Italy, Turkey, Romania)
• Susan I. Moody, 1851-1934 (U.S.A., Iran)
• Utako Shimodo, ca.1854-ca.1934 (Japan)
• Julia Etta Crane, 1855-1923 (U.S.A.)
• Alice Elvira Freeman Palmer, 1855-1902 (U.S.A.)
  Alice Freeman Palmer : The Evolution of a New Woman by Ruth Bordin
• Maria Louise Baldwin, 1856-1922 (U.S.A.: MA)
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  Photo of Maria Baldwin
• Anna Julia Cooper, 1858?-1964 (U.S.A.: NC, DC, MO)
  The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper : Including a Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters (Legacies of Social Thought) by Anna Julia Cooper, Charles Lemert (Editor), Esme Bhan (Editor)
• Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson, 1860-1942 (U.S.A.)
• Julia Anna Flisch, 1861-1941 (U.S.A.)
• Margaret Haley, 1861-1939 (U.S.A.)
• Mary Church Terrell, 1863-1954 (U.S.A.: TN, OH, DC)
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  Colored Woman in a White World (African-American Women Writers, 1910-1940) by Mary Church Terrell, Nellie Y. McKay (Introduction)
  Mary Church Terrell : Leader for Equality by Pat McKissack, Ned O. (Illustrator), Patrici McKissack, Ned Ostendorf (Illustrator), Fredrick L. McKissack (Contributor)
• Eliza Kellas, 1864-1943 (U.S.A.)
• Martha McChesney Berry, 1866-1942 (U.S.A.)
• Grace Harriet Macurdy, 1866-1946 (U.S.A.)
• Anne Sullivan Macy, 1866-1936 (U.S.A.)
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  Portrait of Hellen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Polly Thomson
  Helen and Teacher : The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy by Joseph P. Lash
• Maria Montessori, 1870-1952 (Italy)
  Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori
  The Essential Montessori : An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method, and the Movement by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
• Selena Sloan Butler, 1872-1964 (U.S.A.: GA)
• Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955 (U.S.A.: SC, FL, DC)
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  Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  Mary McLeod Bethune by Malu Halasa, Coretta Scott King (Designer), Nathan I. Huggins (Editor)
  Building a Dream : Mary Bethune's School by Debbe Heller (Illustrator), Richard Kelso
• Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1883-1961 (U.S.A.: NC)
  Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Historic Site
  Charlotte Hawkins Brown : One Woman's Dream by Diane Silcox-Jarrett
  'Mammy' an Appel to the Heart of the South : The Correct Thing to Do-To Say-To Wear Say-To Wear (African American Women Writers Series) by Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Henry Louis, Jr. Gates (Editor), Carolyn Denard (Introduction)
• Mary Muldoon, 1885-1958 (U.S.A.)
• Margaret Newton, 1887-1971? (Canada)
• Gabriela Mistral, 1889-1957 (Chile)
  A Gabriela Mistral Reader by Gabriela Mistral, Marjorie Agosin (Editor), Maria Jacketti (Translator)
• May Richmire, 1893-1955 (Canada, U.S.A.)
• Marguerite Thomas Williams, 1895-? (U.S.A.: DC)
• Septima Poinsette Clark, 1898-1987 (U.S.A.: SC)
• Helen M. Hosmer, 1898-1989 (U.S.A.)
• Hilda Oakley, ? (England, Canada)

20th Century:

• Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Egypt)
• Hélène Ahrweiler [née Glykatzi] (Greece, France)
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (New Zealand)
• Mary Frances Berry (U.S.A.: TN, MD, MI, DC, CO, PA)
  Online HewsHour Interview
  Long Memory : The Black Experience in America by Mary Frances Berry, John W. Blassingamer, John W. Blassingame
  Why Era Failed : Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution by Mary Frances Berry
• Tonya Bolden (U.S.A.: NY)
  The Book of African-American Women : 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters by Tonya Bolden
  33 Things Every Girl Should Know : Stories, Songs, Poems and Smart Talk by 33 Extraordinary Women by Tonya Bolden (Editor)
• General Eva Burrows (Australia)
• Mary S. Calderone (U.S.A.)
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• Hélène Cixous (Algeria, France)
• Johnnetta B. Cole (U.S.A.: FL, MA, NY, GA)
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  Dream the Boldest Dreams : And Other Lessons of Life by Johnnetta B. Cole, Johnetta B. Cole
  Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President by Johnnetta B. Cole, Johnetta B. Cole
• Marva N. Collins (U.S.A.: AL, IL)
  Marva Collins' Way by Marva Collins, Civia Tamarkin (Contributor), Alex Haley
  Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers by Marva Collins
• Joan Ganz Cooney (U.S.A.)
  Sesame Street Unpaved : Scripts, Stories, Secrets, and Songs by David Borgenicht, Joan Ganz Cooney
• Antonia Cortese (U.S.A.)
• Joan Oby Dawson (U.S.A.)
• Wendy Ewald (U.S.A.)
  "Conversations with History": Interview with Wendy Ewald
  Wendy Ewald Websites
  I Dreamed I Had a Girl in My Pocket : The Story of an Indian Village by Wendy Ewald, Catherine Chermayeff, Nan Richardson
  Magic Eyes : Scenes from an Andean Childhood by Wendy Ewald
• Sandra Feldman (U.S.A.)
  American Federation of Teachers
• Hanna Fromm (U.S.A.)
• Maud DeGan Graff (U.S.A.)
• Evelyn Boyd Granville (U.S.A.: DC, TN, CA, TX)
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• Uta Hagen (U.S.A.)
  Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel
  A Challenge for the Actor by Uta Hagen
• Sachiko Hashimoto (Japan)
• Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (pseud. Amanda Cross) (U.S.A.)
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  Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
  The Last Gift of Time : Life Beyond Sixty by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
  A Trap for Fools by Amanda Cross
  Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Hoffman (U.S.A.: PA, FL, IA, IL, CO)
• Ceil Jensen (U.S.A.)
• Sarah Raymond Koch (U.S.A.)
• Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (U.S.A.: NC)
• Graça Simbine Machel (Mozambique)
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• Christa McAuliffe (U.S.A.)
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  Christa McAuliffe : A Space Biography by Laura S. Jeffrey
• Marianne McDonald (U.S.A.)
  Ancient Sun, Modern Light : Greek Drama on the Modern Stage by Marianne McDonald
• Grace Mitchell (U.S.A.)
  Common Sense Discipline : Building Self-Esteem in Young Children : Stories from Life by Grace Mitchell, Lois Dewsnap (Contributor)
  Help! What Do I Do About.......? by Grace Mitchell, Lois Dewsnap (Contributor)
• Hanna Neumann (Germany, U.K., Australia)
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• Mamphela Ramphele (South Africa)
  Installation photos
  Interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault
  Across Boundaries : The Journey of a South African Woman Leader by Mamphela Ramphele
  A Bed Called Home : Life in the Migrant Labour Hostels of Cape Town by Mamphela Ramphele, Roger Meintjes (Illustrator)
• Judith Rodin (U.S.A.)
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  Self Directedness : Cause and Effects Throughout the Life Course by Judith Rodin, Carmi Schooler, K. Warner Schaie
• Cheryl Lynne Pickens Rubbo (U.S.A.: CA)
• June Scobee (U.S.A.)
  Silver Linings : Triumph of the Challenger 7. by June Scobee Rodgers
• Donna Shalala (U.S.A.)
• Ruth Simmons (U.S.A.: TX, LA, NJ, CA, MA)
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• Barbara Sizemore (U.S.A.: IL, DC, PA)
• Sally L. Smith (U.S.A.)
  No Easy Answers : The Learning Disabled Child at Home and at School by Sally L. Smith
  Succeeding Against the Odds : How the Learning-Disabled Can Realize Their Promise by Sally L. Smith
• Niara Sudarkasa (U.S.A.: NY, MI, PA)
  The Strength of Our Mothers : African & African American Women & Families : Essays and Speeches by Niara Sudarkasa
  Education Is Still the Key : Selected Speeches & Essays by Niara Sudarkasa
• Rhonda ("Randi") Weingarten (U.S.A.)
• Ruth Westheimer (Germany, Israel, U.S.A.)
  Dr. Ruth Talks to Kids : Where You Came From, How Your Body Changes, and What Sex Is All About by Ruth Westheimer et al.
  Sex for Dummies by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
  Grandparenthood by Ruth K. Westheimer, Steven Kaplan

Also check out:

• Potsdam Normal School: Pioneer Women Educators. (Potsdam is in New York State, U.S.A.)
• Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges