Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea
The most famous of the women of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto in the nineteenth century was undoubtedly Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea.
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Caroline Elizabeth Norton
English poet and novelist
Anna Fellowes Vroland
Passionate about women’s rights and the cause of peace, Vroland was also a humanitarian with strong views on the treatment of Australia’s Aboriginal population; she became one of Victoria’s leading campaigners for Aboriginal rights.
Fanny Crosby
Blind song writer who wrote more than 2500 hymns besides many secular songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions of various kinds.
Giuditta Pasta
Italian singer
Mathilde de Castro Marchesi
French singing teacher
Mary Stuart
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Czech opera singer
Christine Nilsson
Swedish singer and composer
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
One of the most gifted and original of German women poets.