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Lucy Aikin

English writer; her most important works are her memoirs of the courts of Elizabeth (1818) James I (1822), and Charles I (1833), and her Memoirs of Addison (1843).

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.

Ethna Carbery

Irish poet, writer, and journalist

Browne wrote a great deal of poetry; three three-volume novels, My share of the world: an autobiography (1861), The Castleford case (1862), and The hidden sin (1866); and The Ericksons (1852) and Our uncle the traveller’s stories (1859) for children. She published much in magazines and newspapers, including ‘Legends of Ulster’, but is remembered today chiefly for Granny’s wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times (1857).