Teréz Karacs (18 April 1808 – 2 October 1892) was a Hungarian writer, educator, memoirist, and women's rights activist.

A pioneer of women's education, she was the founder of the Zrínyi Ilona Grammar School in the north-east of Hungary.

Her mother, Eva Takacs, was an advocate for women's rights and her father, Ferenc Karacs, was an engraver and engineer.

Despite her objection, Karacs supported the Countess's initiative actively and proposed another woman, Klára Leövey, to be the head of the aristocratic school.

The school had four female teachers and the three year long curriculum included Hungarian, German, arithmetic, housekeeping and sewing.

During this time Karacs supported her local community by supplying the working people of Diósgyőr with copies of revolutionary newspapers before the revolution in 1848.