Mabel Haynes Bode

Mabel Haynes Bode (28 October 1864 – 20 January 1922) was one of the first women to enter the academic fields of Pali, Sanskrit and Buddhist studies. She lectured in Pali and Sanskrit, made an edition of the Pali text ''Sāsanavaṃsa'', and helped with translating into English of the German translation of the ''Mahāvaṃsa''. She was specializing in the Pali literature of Burma, about which she wrote a book published in 1909. She was the first woman to have an article published in the prestigious ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Provided by Wikipedia