Ellen Mary Clerke
Irish journalist and writer
Irish journalist and writer
Ettie Rout gained a public profile as a cyclist, vegetarian, freethinker and physical culturist.
American poet and essayist
American critic and essayist
American author, elected as honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and in 1910 received the degree of Litt. D. from Columbia University.
English poet and the author of several beautiful hymns
Russian artist and writer
Italian prima donna
“She was the mother of Methodism in a religious and moral sense; for, her courage, her submissiveness to authority, the high tone of her mind, its independence and self-control, the warmth of her devotional feelings, and the practical direction given to them, came up and were visibly repeated in the character and conduct of her son.”
Prolific writer on many subjects, producing about fifty volumes of prose, poems and selections, many of which attained wide popularity.