American novelist, known under the pen name of Elizabeth Wetherell. She wrote a number of stories, usually with moral teachings, and collaborated with her sister Anna, but she is chiefly remembered for her very successful novel, The Wide, Wide World, published in 1851.
Swedish saint
Co-founder of the Volunteers of America
Mexican writer and poet
Irish poet, republican, and mystic
Shamaness, matriarch and warrior A Nong was a prominent figure among the Zhuang and Nùng people in the 11th century.
Martyr of Carthage
Martyr of Carthage
English surgical nurse who had sole charge of a hospital in Walsall.
English authoress and moralist