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Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was Queen of Portugal and Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI. She was...

Aneliya Nuneva-Vechernikova (Bulgarian: Анелия Нунева-Вечерниковa; born June 30, 1962) is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria who competed mainly in the 100...

Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (4 December 1784 – 13 July 1840), was the first wife of Christian VIII from 1806 until 1810, before...

Phyllis Eleanor Bentley OBE (19 November 1894 – 27 June 1977) was an English novelist. The youngest child of a mill owner, she grew up in Halifax in the...

Olga Wisinger-Florian (1 November 1844 – 27 February 1926) was an Austrian impressionist painter, mainly of landscapes and flower still life. She was a...

Hildegard Neumann (born 4 May 1919) was a chief overseer at several Nazi concentration, transition and detention camps during the last year of World War...

Sarah Gaugler is a Filipino-American tattoo artist, visual artist, designer, illustrator, model, actress and musician. She is best known for her signature...

Masha Hamilton (born February 1, 1961) is an American journalist and the author of five novels. She founded two world literacy projects, and has worked...

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (1864–1948) was the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania; she had previously attended Wellesley...

Tagami Kikusha (田上菊舎, 3 Nov 1753–23 Aug 1826 [ Hōreki 3.10.14 – Bunsei 9.8.23]) was a Japanese Early Modern literata (bunjin). Best known for her haiku...