Fatima al-Fihri
Fatima al-Fihri is traditionally remembered as the founder of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, a mosque that developed over centuries into one of the Islamic world’s great centres of learning.
Gargi Vachaknavi
Gargi Vachaknavi was one of the world's earliest recorded women philosophers. Her famous debate with Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad remains one of humanity's oldest surviving philosophical dialogues.