Nino Nakashidze 1872-1963 / Writer, public figure. She chaired the Society for Women of the Caucasus, sat on the board of the Society for the Promotion of Literacy among Georgians and was a member of the Georgian Writers' Union. By Eka Tsereteli
Liza /Elisabed/ Nakashidze-Bolkvadze 1885-1937 / Public figure. In 1904 Liza became a member of Georgia's Social Democratic Party. She worked among peasants in Guria. In 1905, she supported the Mensheviks when the rift appeared in the party. By Irakli Khvadagiani
Minadora Orjonikidze-Toroshelidze 1879-1967 / Public figure. In 1919 she was elected to be a member of the Georgian Democratic Republic's founding congress under the Social Democrats' party list. By Irakli Khvadagiani
Mako Sapharova 1860-1940 / Actress. Mako made her successful debut in 1878 in a play by Moliere. In 1879 she became the first permanent member of the Tbilisi theatre troupe. That same year her first benefit performance was staged. By Shorena Gabunia
Anna /Ola/ Sologhashvili In 1919 she was elected to the founding congress of the Georgian Democratic Republic under the list of the Social Democratic Party. By Irakli Khvadagiani
Eleonora /Lola/ Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze 1875-193? / Public figure. Eleonora joined the Georgian Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1902. By Irakli Khvadagiani
Nino Tkheshelashvili 1874-1956 / Public figure. As a suffragette battling for equal rights for women, Nino got involved in the movement started after the 1905 revolution that fought for women's participation in civic and political life. By Lela Gaprindashvili
Marjory Wardrop 1869-1909 / Translator. The English polyglot Marjory Wardrop started learning Georgian while still in London and in 1894 published a collection of Georgian folktales translated into English. By Tamar Tata Tsopurashvili
Bertha Von Suttner 1843-1914 / Writer, public figure. A member of Austria's high aristocracy, Bertha was a writer and peace activist who worked as Alfred Nobel's secretary. By Tamar Tata Tsopurashvili
Ekaterine Porakishvili-Sarajishvili 1862-1916 / Public figure, philanthropist. After marrying businessman Davit Sarajishvili, Ekaterine gained many new friends. During the last years of Russian imperial rule and during Georgia's brief independence (1918-21), their family worked to develop the Georgian "national idea", reform the education system and popularize Georgian culture. By Lela Gaprindashvili