A noted beauty of the court of Napoleon I, and an intimate friend of Josephine, she wrote an essay on the Education of Women, which was honored by the Academy, but her important work was her Mémoirs, published in 1879, and particularly valuable for the light they throw on the court of the First Empire.
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Green chalked up many firsts as a woman radio announcer in New Zealand and was always popular with listeners.
Irish suffragist and writer
Duchess of Newcastle and English writer.
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Popular American nature writer and novelist