Teréz Karacs (18 April 1808 – 2 October 1892) was a Hungarian writer, educator, memoirist, and women's rights activist. She was a leading figure in the early feminist movement in Hungary, as well as the general social reform movement, and a famous literary writer of contemporary Hungary. A pioneer of women's education, she was the founder of the Zrínyi Ilona Grammar School in the north-east of Hungary.