List of women in Female Biography

Female biography was identified and named by Mary Hays (1759-1843) as a discrete empirical category of knowledge production and analysis while researching figures for the first Enlightenment prosopography of women, Female Biography; Or, memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of all Ages and Countries (R. Phillips, 1803) in six volumes.

The first American edition came in 1807, arranged as three volumes and with minor typographical corrections (Birch & Small, Philadelphia). A new version of the encyclopedia was published again in six volumes in 2013 and 2014, as part of The Chawton House Library Series Memoirs of Women Writers (Part II: volumes 5-7; Part III, volumes 8-10; Pickering & Chatto, London). The Chawton House Library Edition (or CHLE) was edited by Gina Luria Walker, produced by a collaborative of contemporary scholars representing over 100 institutions in 18 countries and four continents, and contains new annotations and research that contextualize Hays's original sources of information.

This list of women collects all 300 figures included in Female Biography. Approximately 100 of the subjects listed here were also included in Judy Chicago's 1979 art installation The Dinner Party, either with a place setting at the table or with a ceramic tile in the Heritage Floor.

The names in the list below appear as they were spelled and alphabetized by Hays for the original publication. Hays grouped some subjects together in a single entry (resulting in a total count of 294 entries, but 300 subjects), indicated below with asterisks, all of which have been separately identified by scholars working on the modern edition.

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Name	Image	Dates	Origin	Notes	1803 Vol.	CHLE Vol.
Abassa		9th century BCE	Arabian?	Poet	1	5
Adricomia (Cornelia Adrichomia)		16th century	?	Nun, Poet	1	5
Agnes Sorrel, or Sorreille		1421-1450	French	Mistress to King Charles VII of France	1	5
Agreda, Mary de		1602-1665	Spanish	Ecstatic Nun, Mystic	1	5
Agrippina the Elder		1st century	Roman	Roman Noblewoman	1	5
Agrippina the Younger		1st century	Roman	Roman Empress	1	5
Albert, Jane, d’ (Jeanne d'Albret)		16th century	French	Queen, writer, poet, French Huguenot protectress	1	5
Aldrude, Countess of Bertinoro		12th century	Italian	Countess, Led troops to battle	1	5
Aloysia Sigea, of Toledo (Luisa)		1522-1560	Spanish	Poet, Major figure of Spanish Humanism	1	5
Amalasenta		6th century	Roman	Ostrogoth Princess, Queen Regent	1	5
Amboise, Frances d’		15th century	French	Carmelite nun	1	5
Ammannati, Laura Battiferri		1523-1589	Italian	Poet	1	5
Andreini, Isabella		1562-1604	Italian	Actress, Writer	1	5
Anjou, Margaret of		1430-1482	French	Royal consort	1	5
Anne of Austria		1601-1666	Spanish	Princess	1	5
Anne of Beaujeu		1461-1522	French	Princess and Regent	1	5
Anne of Bretagne		1477-1514	French	Queen, patron of the arts	1	5
Anonymous: Bettina d'Andrea*		?-1335	Italian	Professor of Law and Philosophy	3	7
Anonymous: Bettisia Gozzadini*		1209-1260	Italian	Professor of Law	3	7
Anonymous: Dorotea Bocchi*		1360-1436	Italian	Physician	3	7
Anonymous: Laura Bassi*		1711-1778	Italian	Professor of Anatomy, Philosophy and Experimental Physics	3	7
Anonymous: Maddalena Bonsignori*		14th century	Italian	Professor of Law	3	7
Anonymous: Novella d'Andrea*		14th century	Italian	Professor of Law	3	7
Antonia		36 BCE - 37 CE	Roman	Roman Noblewoman	1	5
Aragon, Isabella of		1470-1524	Italian	Princess	1	5
Aragon, Joan of		1502-1575	Italian	Queen regent	1	5
Aragon, Tullia of		1510-1556	Italian	Courtesan, writer, philosopher	1	5
Arc, Joan d', Maid of Orleans		1412-1431	French	Soldier	1	5
Aretaphila		2nd century BCE	Miscellaneous	Cyrenean Noblewoman	1	5
Arete (of Cyrene)		4th century	Greek	Philosopher	1	5
Argentaria, Polla		1st century	Roman	Roman Noblewoman	1	5
Armyne, Lady Mary		17th century	English	Benefactress	1	5
Arnaude de Rocas		16th century	Greek	Martyr	1	5
Arnauld, Angelique (Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly)		1624-1684	French	Nun, writer	1	5
Arnauld, Catherine Agnes (Jeanne-Catherine-Agnès Arnauld)		1593-1672	French	Abbess	1	5
Arnauld, Mary Angelique (Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld)		1591-1661	French	Abbess	1	5
Arria		1st century CE	Roman	Roman Noblewoman	1	5
Artemisia Gentileschi		1593-1652	Italian	Painter	1	5
Artemesia I		5th century BCE	Greek	Carian Queen	1	5
Artemesia wife of Mausolus (Artemesia II of Caria)		4th century BCE	Greek	Carian Queen	1	5
Arundel, Mary Countess of		16th century	English	Translations	1	5
Arundell, Blanche Lady		1583-1649	English	Defended Wardour Castle	1	5
Ascham, Margaret		16th century	English	Writer	1	5
Askew, Anne		1521-1546	English	Poet, Protestant Martyr	1	5
Aspasia		5th century BCE	Greek	Courtesan, Intellectual	1	5
Aspasia or Milto		421 - ? BCE	Greek	Mistress of Cyrus	1	5
Astell, Mary		1688-1731	English	Writer	1	5
Athenais		c. 401-460	Greek	Empress	1	5
Aubespine, Madeleine de l’		?-1596	French	Poet, translations	1	5
Bacon, Lady (Ann)		1528-1610	English	Translations	1	5
Barbier, Mary Anne		?-1745	French	Writer, playwright, poet	1	5
Baroni, Leonora		1611-1670	Italian	Singer, musician, composer	1	5
Basine, or Bazine		5th century	German	Queen	1	5
Bavaria, Isabella of		1370-1435	Bavarian / French	Queen consort	1	5
Baynard, Anne		1672-1697	English	Natural Philosopher	1	5
Beale, Mary		1632-1697	English	Painter	1	5
Beaufort, Joan, Queen of Scotland		1st century	English	Queen Consort	1	5
Beaufort, Margaret		1433-1509	English	King Henry VII, Benefactress	1	5
Bectoz, Claude de		?-1547	French	Abbess, poet	1	5
Behn, Mrs.		c. 1640-1689	English	Writer, playwright, poet	1	5
Bendish, Bridget		1650-1726	English	Granddaughter to Oliver Cromwell	1	5
Berenice (daughter of Herod of Agrippa)		1st century BCE - 1st century CE	Roman	Judean princess	1	5
Bernard, Catherine		?-1712	French	Writer, playwright, poet	1	5
Berners or Barnes, Juliana		14th century	English	Abbess, writer	1	5
Berneuille, Maria Catherina le Jumel de, Countess d'Aulnoi		1650-1705	French	Writer	1	5
Bertaut, Frances (Françoise), Madame de Motteville		1621-1689	French	Memoir writer	1	5
Blanche of Castille		13th century	French	Queen, Regent	1	5
Bland, Elizabeth		17th-18th century	English	Hebrew Scholar	2	6
Boadicea (Boudica), Queen of the Britons		1st century	English	Queen	2	6
Bohemia, Elizabeth Frederica of		1618-1680		Queen	1	5
Boleyn, Anne		1507-1536	English	Queen, poet	2	6
Bontems, Madame		1718-1768	French	Translations	2	6
Bourbon, Henrietta of (Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier)		1627-1693	French	Princess, memoirist	1	5
Bourges, Clemence de		16th century	French	Poet, musician	2	6
Bourignon, Antoinette		1616-1680	Belgian	Mystic, writer, printer	2	6
Bovey, Catherine		?-1726	English	Benefactress	2	6
Bregy, Countess of (Charlotte Saumaise de Chasan)		1619-1693	French	Noblewoman	2	6
Broadstreet (Bradstreet), Anne		1612-1672	North American	Poet	2	6
Bruneau, Mary des Loges		?-1641	French	Noblewoman	1
Burleigh, Lady Mildred		1526-1589	English	Writer, translations	2	6
Burnet, Elizabeth		1661-1708	English	Writer, benefactress	2	6
Bury, Elizabeth		1644-1720	English	Diarist	2	6
Calphurnia		1st century	Roman	Wife of Pliny (the Younger)	2	6
Calpurnia		1st century BCE	Roman	Wife of Julius Caesar	2	6
Capello, Bianca		1545-1590	Italian	Noblewoman	2	6
Carew, Lady Elizabeth		16th century	English	Writer	3	7
Carolina, wife to George II (Caroline of Ansbach)		1683-1737	German	Queen consort	2	6
Catherine I of Russia		1684-1727	Latvian?	Queen	2	6
Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great)		1729-1796	German	Queen, writer	2	6 & 7
Catherine of Aragon		1485-1536	Spanish	Queen, Regent	2	6
Catherine of Medicis		1519-1589	French	Queen consort, patron of the arts	2	6
Centrelivre, Susannah		1667-1723	English	Poet, actress, dramatist	3	7
Chandler, Mary		1689-1745	English	Poet	3	7
Chapone, Mrs. (Hester)		1727-1801	English	Writer	3	7
Charixena		?	Greek	Writer, poet	3	7
Chatelet, Marchioness de (Émilie)		1706-1749	French	Writer, mathematician, physicist	2
Chelonis, wife of Cleombrotus II		3rd century BCE	Greek	Queen	3	7
Christina, Queen of Sweden		1626-1689	Swedish	Queen	3	7
Chudleigh, Lady Mary		1656-1710	English	Writer, poet	3	7
Cibber, Susannah Maria		1714-1766	English	Singer, actress	3	7
Clemente, Margaret		1508-1570	English	Learned woman, niece of Thomas More	3	7
Cleobule (Cleobuline), daughter of Cleobulus		6th century BCE	Greek	Known for her verse riddles	3	7
Cleopatra		69-30 BCE	Egyptian	Pharaoh	3	7
Clifford, Anne, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery		1589-1675	English	Noblewoman, diarist	3	7
Clive, Catherine		1711-1785	English	Actress	3	7
Cockburn, Catherine		1679-1749	Scottish	Novelist, dramatist, philosopher	3	7
Colonne, Victoire, Marchioness de Pescaire (Vittoria Colonna)		1490-1547	Italian	Noblewoman, poet	3	7
Comnena, Anna		12th century	Greek	Byzantine princess, scholar, historian	3	7
Cordaud, Isabella de (Isabella Losa of Cordova)			Spanish	Scholar, Doctor of Theology	3	7
Cordey, Charlotte		1768-1793	French	Assassinated Jean-Paul Marat	3	7
Corinna		5th century BCE	Greek	Poet, teacher	3	7
Cornaro, Helena Lucretia		1646-1685	Italian	Mathematician, Doctor of Philosophy	3	7
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi		2nd century BCE	Roman	Roman noblewoman	3	7
Cromwell, Elizabeth		1598-1665	English	Wife of Oliver Cromwell	3	7
Cruz, Juana Inez de la		1648-1695	Mexican (New Spain)	Scholar, poet, nun	3	7
Cynisca		440 - ? BCE	Greek	Spartan princess, first woman to win at Olympic games	3	7
Dacier, Madame		1651-1720	French	Scholar, translations	4	8
Damophila, wife of Damophilus		7th century BCE	Greek	Poet	4	8
Dancy, Elizabeth		1509-?	English	Daughter of Thomas More, scholar	4	8
Dante, Theodora		16th century	Italian	Mathematician	4	8
Darbach or Karsch, Louisa		1722-1791	Silesian (German-language)	Poet	4	8
Davies, Lady Eleanor		?-1652	English	Prophet, author	4	8
Derby, Countess of		1599-1664	English	English noblewoman	4	8
Desmond, Countess of (Katherine Fitzgerald)		c. 1504-1604	Irish	Noblewoman	4	8
Dido, Queen of Carthage		356-260 BCE	Phoenician (modern-day Lebanon)	Queen	4	8
Diotyma		5th century BCE	Greek	Priestess, philosopher	4	8
Drusilla, Livia		58 BCE - 29 CE	Roman	Roman empress	4	8
Dubois, Dorothea		1728-1774	English	Novelist, playwright	4	8
Dupre, Mariae		17th century	French	Scholar, author, poet	4	8
Ebba, Abbess of Coldingham		c. 615-683	Irish	Abbess	4	8
Edesie, wife of Hermias		4th century BCE	Greek	Philosopher	4	8
Egeé		13th century		Libyan Queen, Amazon warrior	4	8
Eleanor, wife of Lewis VII of France, and Henry II of England		1112-1204	French	Queen consort, patron of literary figures	4	8
Elizabeth, Queen of England		1533-1603	English	Queen, writer, translations	4	8
Elizabeth of France, Queen of Spain		1545-1568	French	Queen consort	4	8
Elstob, Elizabeth		1683-1736	English	Scholar, author, translations	4	8
Enclos, Ninon de l'		1616-1706	French	Author, courtesan, patron of the arts	4	8
Emma, Queen of England		c. 985-1052	English (Norman)	Queen consort	4	8
Eponina (or Epponina)		1st century	Roman	Roman matron (wife of Julius Sabinus)	4	8
Erinna		4th century BCE	Greek	Poet	4	8
Estrada, Maria d’		16th century	Spanish	Warrior	4	8
Ethelfleda, Queen of England		?-922	English	Queen	4	8
Eurydice		4th century BCE		Scholar	6	8
Eusebia (Flavia Auelia, wife of Constance)		4th century	Roman	Roman matron	4	8
Falconberg, Lady daughter of Oliver Cromwell		1637-1713	English	daughter of Oliver Cromwell	4	8
Fane, Lady Elizabeth		16th century	English	Author	4	8
Fannia (daughter of Paetus Thrasea)		1st century	Roman	Roman political rebel	4	8
Fayette, Countess de la (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne)		?-1698	French	Author, novelist	4	8
Fidele, Cassandra		1465-?	Italian	Scholar, poet	4	8
Fielding, Sarah		1714-1768	English	Author, novelist	4	8
Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchelsea		1661-1720	English	Poet	4	8
Fischer, Mary		17th century	English	Quaker zealot	4	8
Foix, Margaret de, Duchess D’Eperon		16th century	French	Duchess	4	8
Fulvia, wife of Marc Antony		1st century BCE	Roman	Roman aristocrat	4	8
Galigai, Leonora		?-1617	French	Alleged witch	4	8
Gethin, Lady Grace		1676-1697	English	Scholar, essayist	4	8
Gonzaga, Cecilia de		1425-1451	Italian	Scholar	4	8
Gonzaga, Eleonora		1493-1570	Italian	Governed Urbino during her husband's exile, patron	4	8
Gonzaga, Isabella de (is actually Elisabetta Gonzaga)		1471-1526	Italian	Noblewoman	4	8
Gonzaga, Julia		1513-1566	Italian	Noblewoman	4	8
Gonzaga, Lucretia		16th century	Italian	Noblewoman, writer, scholar	4	8
Gray, Lady Jane		1622-1699	English	Scholar, Monarch	4	8
Grierson, Constantia		1706-1732	Irish	Scholar, poet, midwife	4	8
Guercheville, Madame de		16th century	French	Noblewoman, patron	4	8
Guillaume, Jacquette		17th century	French	Writer	4	8
Guillet, Pernette du		16th century	French	Poet	4	8
Guyon, Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte)		1648-1717	French	Mystic, writer	4	8
Haerin, Lucia (Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford)		1580-1627	English	Patron of arts and literature	4	8
Halket, Lady Anna		1622-1699	English	Writer, autobiographer	4	8
Harcourt, Harriet Eusebia		1705-1745	English	established Protestant nunnery	4	8
Hardwick, Elizabeth, (Countess of Shrewsbury)		1520-1607	English	Noblewoman, famous for her building projects	4	8
Hastings, Lady Elizabeth		1682-1739	English	Benefactress	4	8
Haywood, Elizabeth		1698-1756	English	Writer, actress, publisher	4	8
Helena Flavia, mother of Constantine the Great		250 - 330	Roman	Mother of Emperor Constantine	4	8
Heloise		1101-1164	French	Writer, scholar, abbess	4	8
Helpes (Elpes, wife of Anicius Marius Torgquatus Severinus Boetius)		6th century	Roman	Learned woman	4	8
Heron, Cecilia		1510-?	English	Learned woman	4	8
Hersilia		9th century BCE	Roman	Wife of Romulus, mediator	4	8
Hildegurdis (Hildegard of Bingen)		1098-1179	German	Christian mystic, abbess	4	8
Hipparchia		3rd century	Greek	Philosopher	4	8
Hopton, Susanna		1627-1709	English	Religious writer	4	8
Hortensia		1st century BCE	Roman	Orator	4	8
Houlieres, Antoinetta de la garde des		1638-1694	French	Scholar, philosopher, poet	4	8
Hyde, Ann		1637-1671	English	Writer	4	8
Hypatia		4th century	Greek	Mathematician, philosopher	4	8
Inglis, Esther		1571-1624	Scottish	Calligrapher, translator, writer	4	8
Isabella, Queen of Hungary		16th century	Polish	Queen consort	4	8
Jane, Queen of France		1337-1378	French	Queen consort to Charles V	4	8
Jardins, Mary Catherine de		1640-1683	French	Author, playwright	4	8
Jars, Mary de, Lady of Gournay		1565-1645	French	Author, editor	4	8
Julia Domna		?-217	Roman?	Roman Empress	4	8
Juliana, anchoret of Norwich		14th century	English	Mystic	4	8
Killigrew, Anne		1660-1685	English	Poet	4	8
Killigrew, Katherine		1530-?	English	Poet	4	8
Labe, Louise		1525-1566	French	Poet	4	8
Lambrun, Margaret		16th century	Scottish	Would-be assassin of Queen Elizabeth	4	8
Landa, Catherine		?-1526	Italian	Learned woman, writer	4	8
Lane, Mrs. Jane		1626-1689	English	Assisted in the escape of Charles II	4	8
Leapor, Mary		1722-1746	English	Poet	4	8
Legge, Elizabeth		1580-1685	English	Learned woman, poet	4	8
Leontium		4th century BCE	Greek	Philosopher	4	8
Elizabeth, Countess of Lincoln		c. 1574 - c. 1630	English	Writer	4	8
Lionna		6th century BCE	Greek	Greek heroine	4	8
Longvie, Jaquiline de, Duchess of Montpensier		16th century	French	Noblewoman, leader of troops	4	8
Lucar, Elizabeth		1510-1537	English	Calligrapher	4	8
Lucretia		5th century BCE	Roman	Roman matron	4	8
Lumley, Joanna Lady		?-1620	English	Scholar, translations	4	8
Macaulay, Mrs.		1733-1791	English	Writer, historian	5	9
Maeroe		?	?	Learned woman	5	9
Magdalene de St Nectaire		1526-1570	French	Protestant heroine of holy wars	5	9
Maintenon, Madame de (Francoise d'Aubigne Madame Scarron)		1635-1719	French	Influential wife to King Louis XIV of France	5	9
Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite d'Angoulême)		1492-1549	French	Queen consort, author, patron	5	9
Maria		4th century BCE	Greek	Greek warrior	5	9
Marinelli, Lucrezia		17th century	Italian	Writer	5	9
Mary, an Anglo-Norman Poetess		13th century	French	Poet	5	9
Mary, Queen of Hungary		1503-1558	Hungarian?	Queen consort	5	9
Mary, Queen of Scots		1517-1567	English	Queen regent	5	9
Masham, Damaris Lady		1659-1708	English	Philosopher	5	9
Matoaks or Matoaka		1585-1617	North American	Native American, assisted Jamestown settlers	5	9
Moesa and Mammea - Julia Avita Mamaea		180-235	Roman	Roman matron, daughter of Julia Moesa	5	9
Moesa and Mammea - Julia Moesa		c. 165 - c. 224	Roman	Roman matron, sister of Julia Domna	5	9
Molsa, Tarquinia		1474-1534	Italian	Singer, poet	5	9
Monk, The Honourable Mrs.		? - 1715	Irish	Poet	5	9
Morata, Olympia Fulvia		1526-1555	Italian	Scholar	5	9
Mountfourt, Countess of		14th century	French	Consort Duchess of Brittany	5	9
Nemours, Dutchess of (Marie d'Orléans-Longueville)		1625-1707	French	Memoirist	5	9
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of		1623-1673	English	Writer	5	9
North, The Honorable Mrs. Dudley		1675-1712	English	Scholar	5	9
Norton, Lady Frances		1650-1720	English	Writer, poet	5	9
Octavia, wife of Marc-Antony		? - 744	Roman	Roman matron	6	10
Octavia, wife to Nero		40 - 62	Roman	Roman Empress	6	10
Oldfield, Mrs.		1683-1730	English	Actress	6	10
Padilla, Maria Pacheco		1496-1531	Spanish	Spanish matron, warrior	6	10
Pakington, Dorothy Lady		1623-1679	English	Writer	6	10
Parthenai, Anne de		16th century	French	Learned woman	6	10
Parthenai, Catherine de		16th century	French	Poet	6	10
Paulina (wife of Seneca)		1st century	Roman	Intellectual	6	10
Perilla		1st century BCE	Roman	Poet	6	10
Perwich, Susanna		1636-1661	English	Learned woman, musician	6	10
Phila		4th century	?	Noblewoman, politician	6	10
Philippa, Queen of England		1311-1369	English?	Queen consort, regent	6	10
Phillips, Katherine		1631-1664	English	Poet	6	10
Pilkington, Letitia		1712-	Irish	Poet	6	10
Pix, Mrs. (Mary)		1666-1720	English	Novelist, playwright	6	10
Poitiers, Diana de		1499-1566	French	Noblewoman, Mistress to Henry II of France	6	10
Porcia, daughter of Cato		70-43 BCE	Roman	Learned woman	6	10
Pozzo, Modesto		1555-1592	Italian	Writer	6	10
Praxilla		8th century BCE	Greek	Lyric poet	6	10
Proba (Valerie Falconia)		4th century	Roman	Poet	6	10
Renata, Duchess of Ferrara (Renée de France)		1510-1574	French	Duchess	6	10
Rohan, Anne de (Anne de Rohan-Chabot and Madame de Frontenay)		1562-1646	French	Noblewoman, Mistress to Louis XIV	6	10
Rohan, Marie Eleonore de		1628-1681	French	Abbess, writer	6	10
Roland, Madame		1754-1793	French	Writer, politician	6	10
Roper, Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas More)		1505-1544	English	Writer, translations	6	10
Roper, Mary (daughter of Margaret Roper)		1526-1588	English	Learned woman, translations	6	10
Rosares, Isabella de		16th century	Spanish	Preacher	6	10
Rowe, Mrs. Elizabeth		1674-1737	English	Poet, novelist	6	10
Rufina, Claudia		1st century	Roman	Writer	6	10
Russel, Lady Elizabeth		1529-1609	English	Poet, musician	6	10
Russel, Lady Rachel		1636-1723	English	Author	6	10
Sade, Laura		1310-1348	French	Muse to Petrarch	6	10
Sappho		6th century BCE	Greek	Poet	6	10
Scala, Alexandra		1475-1506	Italian	Scholar	6	10
Schurman, Anna Maria		1607-1678	German-Dutch	Painter, engraver, poet, scholar	6	10
Scudery, Madeleine de		1607-1701	French	Writer	6	10
Seguier, Anne de		16th century	French	Poet	6	10
Semiramis		2200 BCE	Assyrian	Queen	6	10
Seturman, Madame		?	German	Painter, musician, philosopher, scholar	6	10
Sevigne, Marchioness de		1626-1696	French	Letter writer	6	10
Seymour, Lady Arabella		1577-1615	English	Noblewoman	6	10
Seymour Ladies (Ann)*		died 1588	English	Writer	6	10
Seymour Ladies (Jane)*		c. 1541-1561	English	Writer	6	10
Seymour Ladies (Margaret)*		1540-?	English	Writer	6	10
Sforza, Catherine		15th century	Italian	Medical expert	6	10
Sforza, Isabella		16th century	Italian	Humanist writer	6	10
Sheridan, Mrs. Frances		1724-1767	Irish	Novelist, playwright	6	10
Sophronia		4th century	Roman	Martyr	6	10
Sulpicia		1st century	Roman	Poet	6	10
Sunderland, Countess of (Dorothy Spencer)		1617-1683	English	Noblewoman	6	10
Suze, Countess de la (Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la Suze)		1618-1673	French	Poet, songwriter	6	10
Sydney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke		1561-1621	English	Writer, translations	6	10
Tanaquil		6th century BCE	Roman	Roman queen	6	10
Telesilla		Fl. 510 BCE	Greek	Poet	6	10
Theano Locrencis (Melica)*		5th century BCE	Greek	Poet	6	10
Theano of Crete*		?	Greek	Poet, philosopher	6	10
Theano Thuria or Metapotino*		?	Greek	Poet	6	10
Thomas, Mrs. (Corinna)		1675-1730	English	Poet	6	10
Thymele		?	Greek	Poet, composer	6	10
Tishem, Catherine		16th century	Dutch/English	Learned woman	6	10
Tollet, Elizabeth		1694-1754	English	Poet	6	10
Tymicha		5th century BCE	Greek	Greek heroine	6	10
Valeria		? - 315	Roman	Roman empress, protectress of Christians	6	10
Valliere, Mademoiselle de la		1644-1710	French	Mistress to Louis XIV	6	10
Veturia		5th century BCE	Roman	Roman matron	6	10
Vigne, Anne de la		1634-1684	French	Poet	6	10
Warwick, Countess of (Mary Rich)		1625-1678	English	Benefactress	6	10
Weston, Elizabeth Jane		1581-1612	English	Poet	6	10
Wharton, Anne		1632-1685	English	Poet, dramatist	6	10
Winchelsea, Anne Kingsmill Countess of		1661-1720	English	Poet	6	10
Zenobia		240-274	Syrian	Queen, warrior	6	10

Notes

References

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