Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
Prominent Swedish poet of the 1700s.
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Manuela Sanz de Santamaría
Colombian scholar and writer
Anna Maria Van Schurman
Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer known for her exceptional learning and her defense of female education.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican writer and poet
Jeanne Marie Guyon
French religious writer, remembered for the persecutions she experienced because of her views.
Lydia Maria Child
American writer whose 1825 novel, “The Rebels, a Tale of the Revolution,” was very popular.
Marguerite of Navarre
French politician, religious reformer, literary patron, and author.
Margaret Cavendish
Duchess of Newcastle and English writer.
Frances Power Cobbe
Irish feminist, journalist, anti-vivisectionist, and philanthropist
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
The first woman to be ordained as a minister