Emily Gibson was a pioneer Australian trained horticulturist, the first female landscape architect and a campaigner for professional Australian landscape design training. She wrote prolifically for broadsheet newspapers and worked on significant public landscapes.
English writer. She published numerous works, chiefly educational, including Mental Improvement, Leisure Hours, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex, with Hints for its Improvement and several volumes of descriptive geography.
Martyr of Carthage
Martyr of Carthage
Poet and author Sei Shōnagon was a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi), a collection of essays, anecdotes, poems and descriptive passages inspired by moments in her daily life.
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
American editor, author and poet
Irish poet and nationalist
Irish poet
American social reformer