Home›Religious Founders, Prophets & Reformers›Gender›FemaleBrowse ByFemaleThis page groups historical religious figures by gender, letting a visitor separate, for example, the women prophets and mystics a tradition recorded from the men. Wikipedia defines gender as "the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or portraying a third gender." Many traditions recorded far fewer women in positions of religious authority, so this grouping also shows that imbalance directly.FactsFemaleConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1FemaleFilter Results24 entriesTraditionAllBahá’í Faith (1)Christianity (5)Goddess Movement (1)Kongo Religion (1)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)New Thought (5)Omoto (1)Tenrikyo (1)Wicca (1)Xhosa Traditional Religion (1)EraAll1492 to 1554 (1)1499 to 1552 (1)1591 to 1643 (1)1684 to 1706 (1)1768 to 1832 (1)1798 to 1887 (1)1804 to 1879 (1)1817 to 1852 (1)1821 to 1910 (1)1827 to 1915 (1)1836 to 1918 (1)1841 to 1898 (1)1844 to 1906 (1)1845 to 1931 (1)1849 to 1925 (1)1861 to 1945 (1)1862 to 1950 (1)1890 to 1944 (1)1900 to 1980 (1)1909 to 1981 (1)1941 to 2014 (1)1942 to 2007 (1)Place of ActivityAllAngola (1)Australia (1)Germany (1)Grimma (1)Illinois (1)Iran (1)Japan (1)Massachusetts (1)New York (1)Pennsylvania (1)Saint Paul (1)Santa Monica, California (1)South Africa (1)Tokyo (1)United States (9)Vienna (1)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (24)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (13)Officially Recognized or Venerated (6)Manner Of DeathAllDied by suicide (1)Died of natural causes (6)Disputed (1)Executed (2)Killed in battle (1)NationalityAllAngola (1)Germany (2)Iran (1)Japan (2)Kingdom of Hawaii (1)South Africa (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (14)In GroupAllAfrican and African Diaspora Tradition Founders (2)Baha'i Founders and Forerunners (1)Christian Reform and Anabaptist Founders (1)East Asian New Religion Founders (3)Latter Day Saint Movement Founders (1)Native American and Indigenous Tradition Founders (1)Neopagan and Wiccan Founders (2)New Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders (8)Protestant and Evangelical Founders (3)Member OfAllPTL Club (1)Trinity Broadcasting Network (1)Revered InAllBahá’í Faith (1)Christianity (9)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)New Thought (4)Omoto (1)Tenrikyo (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24Aimee Semple McPhersonFemaleAnne HutchinsonFemaleArgula von GrumbachFemaleChristina GrofFemaleDeguchi NaoFemaleEllen G. WhiteFemaleEmma Curtis HopkinsFemaleEmma Hale SmithFemaleHawayo TakataFemaleHelen SchucmanFemaleJulia SetonFemaleKa'ahumanuFemaleKatharina von BoraFemaleKimpa VitaFemaleMalinda CramerFemaleMary Baker EddyFemaleMyrtle FillmoreFemaleNakayama MikiFemaleNona L. BrooksFemaleNongqawuseFemaleStarhawkFemaleTáhirihFemaleTammy Faye MessnerFemaleZsuzsanna BudapestFemaleConnectionsAssociated WithAfrica, Continents Well-attested This source names Africa directly: "founders of colonial and postcolonial Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Americas, Continents Well-attested This source names Americas directly: "Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Historical Figures2. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.