Vida Tomšič née Bernot (26 June 1913 – 10 December 1998) was a Slovenian Partisan fighter during World War II, prominent communist politician, women's activist, and people's hero in postwar Yugoslavia.

Separated from her son, Vida Tomšič was incarcerated in a string of Italian prisons until the fall of Italy, when she founded one of the first overseas partisan brigades.

[5] Vida Tomšič eventually returned to Yugoslavia and settled in Slovenia, where she was elected to the Slovenian National Liberation Council (SNOS) and threw herself into wartime political activities, particularly among women.

[6] Vida Tomšič often represented Yugoslavia on the international stage, both in bilateral diplomatic relations and within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

She was a high level delegate in 1957 with Ada Krivic and Mara Naceva to meet representatives of Eugénie Cotton's Women's International Democratic Federation.