Joanna Baillie
No authoress ever enjoyed a larger share than Joanna Baillie of the esteem and affection of her literary contemporaries.
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Frederika Bremer
Swedish novelist whose books were translated into several languages and sold around the world.
Héloïse
Immortalised by Rouseau and made famous by her unfortunate love for Abelard.
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.
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveller, ethnologist and author
Mary Russell Mitford
English novelist and dramatist, the author of Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and characters, which possess charm, grace, and humor akin to Jane Austin’s.
Mary T S Putnam
Besides numerous contributions to magazines in literature and history, she wrote two metrical dramas on slavery, and made a translation from the Swedish of Fredrika Bremer’s The Neighbors.
Margaret Sangster
She became one of the popular American poets in the period following the Civil War, and her poems “Elizabeth Aged Nine,” and “Are the Children at Home?” were known the country over.
Mary Wortley Montagu
English author and letter-writer, who promoted the practice of inoculation against smallpox in Britain.
Mary Everest Boole
Mary Everest Boole was an English mathematician who was married to George Boole. She wrote a number of books on mathematical education.