Anna Feodorovna Volkova (Russian: Анна Федоровна Волкова, b.? - d. 1876) was a Russian chemist famous for her work in organic chemistry. Volkova was the first chemist to prepare pure , its acyl chloride, and its amide (1870). She was the first chemist to synthesize from para-cresol, a component of plasticizer. Volkova was the first woman to receive a diploma in chemistry (1870), the first woman in the world to publish scientific work in chemistry, and the first woman to be a member of the Russian Chemical Society.