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Narcyza Żmichowska

Under the nom de plume “Gabryela,” one of the outstanding women poets of Poland.

Liudvika Didžiulienė

Lithuanian renaissance writer

Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė

Lithuanian writer, democrat and educator

Minna Cauer

German pedagogue, activist in the feminist movement, pacifist and journalist.

Gwen Moffat

Brighton’s first female mountain guide, followed by a career as a successful author.

Margaret Avis

Letter writer and source of local history information

Full of young women navigating high society, handsome men with more money than sense, duels, danger, and romance, Georgette Heyer’s novels paint a world that was far from the one lived in by the 1920s and ‘30s readers who were the first to eagerly flock to her work.