This is a partial list of notable female calligraphers.
3rd century Xie Daoyun Chinese poet, writer, scholar and calligrapher Wei Shuo (272–349) Chinese calligrapher
7th-10th centuries Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah Arabic calligrapher Al-Nuddar (d. 984) Andalusian calligrapher and scholarAl-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146 Umm al-Darda al-Sughra Sayeed, A., Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp 70-71 Sana (8th Century) Abbasid calligrapher Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanım Hattatlar (Female Calligraphers Past And Present), Istanbul, Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 2010, Chapter 5 Fadl (d. 260/873-74) Abbasid poet and calligrapher Gulsum al-Attabi (d. 220/835) Arabic calligrapher Fadl (10th Century) Duhtar-i ibn Mukla Shirazi (10th Century) Muzna (d. 358/969) Fadl (d. 260/873-74) Fatima (?-?) Andalusian calligrapher
11th-12th centuries Safiyyah bint Abd al-Rabb (d. 1026) Fatima bint Zakariya bint Abdullah al-Shebbarp (d. 1036) Diemoth (b. 1060-130) Bavarian calligrapher Fatima al-Baghdadi bint Hasan b. ‘Alī b. ‘Abdullah Attar (d. 480/1087) Iraqi calligrapher Fakhr-un-Nisa (d. 1112) Iranian calligrapher Lubna (d. 1003) Abbasid poet and calligrapher Momin, A.R., "The Calligraphic World of Nuria Garcia Masip", IOS Minaret, Vol. 10, No. 8, 1–15 September 2015 Online: Zaynab Shahda bint Ahmad b. Al-Faraj b. ‘Omar Al-Abrī (d. 547/1178) Iraqi calligrapher Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanim Hattatlar [Female calligraphers past and present], Istanbul, Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Isleri Daire Baskanligi, 2010, Sittu'r-Rida bint Nasrallah b. Mas'ud (d. after 567/1171)
13th-14th centuries Shuhda Bint Al-‘Ibari (d. 1178) Abbasid calligrapher Adams Helminski, C., Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Shambhala Publications, 2003, [E-book edition], n.p. Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher Cao Miaoqing Chinese poet and calligrapher Sitt Nasim Abbasid calligrapher Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146
15th-16th centuries Clara Hätzlerin (c. 1430–1476) Bavarian scribe Jacomina Hondius (1558–1628) Flemish and Dutch calligrapher Esther Inglis (1571–1624) English miniaturist and calligrapher Margareta Karthäuserin (b. ?) Bavarian scribe Elizabeth Lucar (1510–1537) British calligrapher Marie Pavie (fl. 1600) French calligrapher Fatimah bint Quraymazan (d. 1558) Shin Saimdang (1504–1551) Korean artist, author and calligrapher Maria Strick (1577-1625) Dutch calligrapher and teacher
17th-18th centuries Amina (daughter of calligrapher, Mustafa Chelebi) minor calligrapher active in Ottoman Bosnia Dervisevic, H., "18th-century Qur'an Transcribed by a Woman," Islamic Arts Magazine, 1 June 2017, Goharshad Ghazvini Persian calligrapher Ike Gyokuran (1727–1784) Japanese painter and calligrapher Esmâ Ibret Hanim (b. 1780) Ottoman calligrapher Marjan al-Katib al-Islami Iranian calligrapher Fatıma Ânî Hanım (d.1122 / 1710) Ottoman calligrapher Fatıma Tûtî (d. 1106-1123 / 1694-95) Fang Weiyi (1585–1668) Chinese poet, calligrapher and historian Şerife Zehra Hanim Ottoman calligrapherKazan H., "XIX. Asırda Bir Kadın Hattat: Şerife Zehra Hanım", Toplumsal Tarih, 2014, pp 86-90 Im Yunjidang (1721–1793) Korean philosopher and calligrapher Cao Zhenxiu (b. 1762) Chinese calligrapher
19th-20th centuries Wijdan Ali (b. 1939) Iraqi calligrapher Ameena Ahmad Ahuja Indian painter and calligrapher Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941–2018) English artist and calligrapher Mickie Caspi (b. 1961) Israeli calligrapher and artist Wasma'a Khalid Chorbachi (b. 1944) American-Iraqi artist and calligrapher Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) Chinese poet and calligrapher Winnie Siu Davies (b. ?) Chinese painter and calligrapher Elizabeth Friedländer (1903–1984) German calligrapher Jen Taylor Friedman (b. ?) ritual scribe Wang Huiqin (b. 1945) Chinese-Slovenian calligrapher Hu Jieqing (1905–2001) Chinese painter and calligrapher Pouran Jinchi (b. 1959) Iranian-American artist and calligrapher Samira Kitman (b. 1984) Afghani-British calligrapher and artist Hildegard Korger (b. 1935) German calligrapher Monika Krajewska (b. ?) Polish calligrapher and mizrah artist Patricia Lovett (b.?) British scribe, calligrapher and illuminator Ada Louise Powell (b. 1865) British decorative artist and calligrapher Zahide Selma Hanim (1857–1895) Ottoman calligrapher Türkischer Biographischer Index [Turkish Biographical Index], De Gruyter, 2011, p. 1087 Hilal Kazan - Turkish academic, historian and calligrapher Muslim Heritage, Online: Midori Kono Thiel (b. ?) Japanese-American calligrapher Huda Totonji (b.?) Arab-American calligrapher Carol Twombly (b. 1959) American calligrapher Şerife Fatma "Mevhibe" Hanım Ottoman calligrapherIslamic Arts Portal, Online (in Turkish and English) Ema Saikō (1787–1861) Japanese calligrapher Zulaykhah Khatimi al-Sa'di (?-?) Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 146-147 Emine Servet Hanim (b. 1859) Ottoman calligrapher Schick, T.C., M. Uğur Derman 65th birthday Festschrift Sabancı Universitesi, 2000, p. 347 Soraya Syed (b. 1976) English-Pakistani calligrapher Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (1918–2019) German typographer, calligrapher and book-binder Sheila Waters (1929—2022) English calligrapher Irene Wellington (1904–1984) British calligrapher Mary White (ceramicist and calligrapher) (1926–2013) British calligrapher Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982) Australian calligrapher, artist and designer Rachel Yallop (b. ?) British calligrapher Yuan Xiaoyuan (1901–2003) Chinese diplomat, politician, author, linguist, calligrapher and artist Lou Zhenggang (b. 1966) Chinese artist and calligrapher Nuria Garcia Masip (b. 1978) Spanish Calligrapher
See also Calligraphy Islamic calligraphy
References
Further reading
Salah al-Din al-Munajjid, "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 141–149.