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Elena Morgan

Welsh fiction and children’s writer

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

Jenny von Droste zu Hülshoff

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

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

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

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.

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

Eleanor Stodart

Eleanor Stodart worked in the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research and later authored and illustrated many nature and science books for children, including the acclaimed ‘Australian Junior Field Guides’ series, campaigned tirelessly for quality science books, took a leading role in the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and was editor of the journal ‘Reading Time’.

Julia Kavanagh

1800s Irish novelist, short-story writer, and biographer

Lillie Meade

Irish novelist