Anna Apostolaki

Anna Apostolaki
1937
Born	Άννα Αποστολάκη 1880 (1880) Margarites, Rethymno province, on the island of Crete, Ottoman Empire
Died	1958 (aged 77–78)
Nationality	Greek
Education	Philosophical School
Alma mater	University of Athens
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist, museum curator, feminist educator
Known for	Greek Textiles

Anna Apostolaki (Greek: Άννα Αποστολάκη, 1880–1958) was a Greek archaeologist and museum curator. She was the first Greek woman to work as a professional archaeologist and served as curator and later the director of the National Museum of Decorative Arts. One of the first women to graduate with a doctoral degree, she was also the first woman member of the Archaeological Society of Athens and an early member of the Christian Archaeological Society. She was an expert in ancient textiles and saw preservation of ancient patterns and Greek weaving traditions as a means to not only support women's traditional work, but bolster Greek nationalism in the interwar period of Greek history.