Jane Austen
English author
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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.
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.