Dora Wordsworth

William Wordsworth relied on his sister, wife, and daughter throughout his career. While the latter two (Mary and Dora, respectively) acted as his literary agents, his sister Dorothy was an uncredited editor, as well as transcriber and, after his death, literary executor.

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Amalie Hassenpflug

While the Grimm brothers are well-known for “their” fairy tale collections, well over 100 of them came from women including sisters Jeanette, Marie and Amalie Hassenpflug, who collectively contributed around 40 stories

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Jeanette Hassenpflug

While the Grimm brothers are well-known for “their” fairy tale collections, well over 100 of them came from women including sisters Jeanette, Marie and Amalie Hassenpflug, who collectively contributed around 40 stories

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Marie Hassenpflug

While the Grimm brothers are well-known for “their” fairy tale collections, well over 100 of them came from women including sisters Jeanette, Marie and Amalie Hassenpflug, who collectively contributed around 40 stories

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Dortchen Wild

While the Grimm brothers are well-known for “their” fairy tale collections, Wilhelm’s wife Dortchen Wild went uncredited for contributing a quarter of the stories in the first volume of 86 stories.

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Dorothea Viehmann

While the Grimm brothers are well-known for “their” fairy tale collections, well over 100 of them came from women like Dorothea Viehmann

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