Margaret Cavendish
Duchess of Newcastle and English writer.
Duchess of Newcastle and English writer.
The first woman to be ordained as a minister
English writer and philosopher
English author
American speaker and writer
Saint Catherine of Siena as a child believed herself to have seen a holy vision, and became convinced that God Himself had come to call her to a better life. She gave up childish amusements, and, fasting and praying, even scourging herself, she filled her life with penances in the manner of the grown-up holy men and women about her.
English author and linguist
Russian traveler, writer and theosophist
Famed English novelist
French novelist, salon host and philosopher