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English novelist and animal rights advocate
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Tarquinia Molza
Italian Singer, Poet, Conductor, Composer and Scholar
Mary Anne Müller
New Zealand’s pioneer suffragist
Jane Austen
English author
Radegund of Poitiers
Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, founder of a scholarly abbey
Pandita Saraswati Ramabai
Advocate for the education of women and the abandonment of the custom of child marriages
Joanna Baillie
No authoress ever enjoyed a larger share than Joanna Baillie of the esteem and affection of her literary contemporaries.
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.