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Adelina Maria Patti

Renowned Italian vocalist

Tarquinia Molza

Italian Singer, Poet, Conductor, Composer and Scholar

Jenny Lind

Swedish singer of international renown

Actor and singer Lillian Russell was a noted beauty of the American stage, and much beloved for her kindliness and charities. During the latter part of her life she became interested in public matters, and in 1921 President Harding appointed her a special investigator to study immigration conditions.

Mary Botham Howitt

Mrs. Howitt alone wrote many poems, hymns, and ballads, some novels and books for the young. She also made translations from Frederika Bremer and Hans Anderson, and her independent publications number 110 distinct works.

Pauline Sperry

Pauline Sperry was an American mathematician who worked in projective differential geometry.

Wilma Neruda

Wilma Neruda, known in her later years as Lady Hallé (1839-1911), was an English violinist.

Mary Manson Dreaver

In 1941, she won the Waitematā seat in a by-election, becoming the third woman to enter the New Zealand Parliament. Her particular triumph there was to introduce the Women Jurors Bill, which became law in 1942.