Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
One of the most gifted and original of German women poets.
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Lina Morgenstern
German social reformer. At eighteen she had organized a league to aid poor school children, and after her marriage to Dr. Morgenstern she founded the Berlin Kindergarten Association, of which she was president from 1860 – 1866.
Selma Lagerlöf
Eminent Swedish novelist and leader of the modern romantic reaction in Sweden.
Louise A Bertin
French poet and composer
Olive Schreiner
English-South African writer
Louise d’Épinay
French writer whose Memoirs and Correspondence give a true picture of the refined but corrupt manners which prevailed among the higher classes in France during the reign of Louis XV.
Marie de Sévigné
French writer, celebrated for her letters, chiefly written to her daughter
Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Russian litterateur, and one of the leaders of the party that raised Catherine II to the throne
Anne Askew
Protestant martyr
Marie Corelli
Popular English novelist