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page 120th-century women philanthropists
Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
Audrey Hepburn
British actress (1929–1993)
Nita Ambani
Indian philanthropist and businesswoman
Zein al-Sharaf Talal
Queen consort of Jordan (1916–1994)
Irmã Dulce Pontes
Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992)
Marianne Bernadotte
Swedish actress and philanthropist (1924–2025)
Doris Duke
American heiress, philanthropist and billionaire (1912-1993)
Agda Montelius
Swedish philanthropist (1850-1920)
Maniben Patel
Indian politician
Mary Clubwalla Jadhav
Sheriff of India
Wang Guangmei
Chinese politician (1921-2006)
Margarita Morozova
Russian noble and philanthropist (1873–1958)
Maryam Bayramalibeyova
Azerbaijani activist
Shashikala Kakodkar
Indian politician
Liudmyla Kuchma
first Lady of Ukraine om 1994 to 2005
Emily Bisharat
Jordanian lawyer
Marie-Laure de Noailles
French art collector (1902-1970)
Lee Ya-Ching
Chinese aviator and actor
Sarla Birla
business woman from India
Sara bint Faisal Al Saud
Saudi royal, philanthropist, and activist (born 1935)
Janaki Venkataraman
First Lady of India
Adila Bayhum al-Jazairi
Syrian politician
Avabai Bomanji Wadia
Sri Lankan-born Indian social worker, writer
Shalini Moghe
Indian educationist, social worker and the founder of Kasturba Kanya School for tribal children and Bal Niketan Sangh, the first Montessori school in the state of Madhya Pradesh
Binny Yanga
Indian social worker
Sonika Chauhan
Indian actress
Rosalía Abreu
Cuban naturalist (1862-1930)
Mebrure Aksoley
Turkish statesperson (1902–1984)
Fatma Şakir Memik
Turkish physician and statesperson (1903–1991)
Dorina Nowil
activist for blind people education
Anna Kalmanovich
Russian writer, feminist and suffragist
Annie Botha
South African politician
Princess Aloysia of Liechtenstein
Princess of Liechtenstein
Flora Sassoon
Jewish philanthropist, businesswoman and scholar
Lily Marinho
Brazilian philanthropist (1921-2011)
Isabelle Bogelot
French philanthropist
Emma Budge
German Jewish art collector (1852-1937)
Sheila Singh Paul
Indian paediatrician
Sarah Onyango Obama
Kenyan educator and philanthropist
Georgette Rizek
Palestinian activist (1925–2018)
Ida Silverman
Jewish philanthropist (1882-1973)
Dolores Olmedo
Mexican businesswoman (1908–2002)
Daisy Yen Wu
Chinese biochemist
Manju Bharat Ram
Indian educationist (1945-2012)
Tamara Tarasenko
philosopher and human rights activist
Sara Hildén
Finnish businesswoman and art patron (1905-1993)
Yolanda Penteado
Brazilian socialite
Alice Model
Model [née Sichel], Alice Isabella (1856–1943), philanthropist and family welfare worker
Maria Fischer-Slyzh
Ukrainian Canadian pediatrician and mecenate (1922–2012)
Kathleen Murray
South African export farmer, philanthropist and Black Sash activist
Joan Whitney Payson
American socialite and art collector (1903–1975)
Bethsabée de Rothschild
French philanthropist (1914-1999)