Women of History

by Various

95 chapters8h 28mEnglish1890

About this book

An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An interesting read. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Chapters (95)

1Lucretia

326

2Sappho

470

3Aspasia of Pericles

385

4Xantippe

223

5Aspasia of Cyrus

290

6Cornelia, The Mother of the Gracchi

257

7Portia

299

8Octavia

265

9Cleopatra

545

10Mariamne

240

11Julia Domna

201

12Zenobia

398

13Valeria

337

14Eudocia

413

15Hypatia

371

16The Wife of Maximus

274

17The Lady Rowena

188

18Olga

272

19The Lady Elfrida

289

20The Countess of Tripoli

156

21Jane, Countess of Mountfort

375

22Laura De Sade

289

23The Countess of Richmond

225

24Elizabethe Woodville

209

25Joan of Arc

468

26Jane Shore

302

27Catharine of Arragon

292

28Anne Boleyn

311

29Margaret Roper

387

30Elizabeth Lucas

190

31Gaspara Stampa

310

32Anne Askew

307

33Queen Elizabeth

571

34Lady Jane Grey

410

35Tarquinia Molza

268

36Mary, Queen of Scots

301

37Gabrielle D'Estrees

515

38Anne, Duchess of Pembroke

293

39Esther Inglis

288

40Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle

141

41Lady Pakington

276

42Noor Mahal

284

43Pocahontas

337

44Lucy Hutchinson

369

45Lady Fanshawe

177

46Dorothy Osborne

339

47Catherine Philips

341

48Madame De Maintenon

314

49Countess De Grammont

339

50Mademoiselle De La Valliere

277

51Madame Dacier

165

52Lady Masham

304

53Anne Killigrew

257

54Queen Anne

509

55Esther Johnson

451

56Esther Vanhomrigh

431

57Mary Astell

354

58Madame Des Ursins

410

59Lady Grizel Jerviswoode

357

60Madame De Pontchartrain

212

61Elizabeth Halkett

143

62Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

371

63Madame Du Deffand

262

64Phoebe Bentley

126

65Marquise Du Chatelet

325

66Lady Huntingdon

277

67Maria Theresa

318

68Meta Moller

450

69Elizabeth Blackwell

346

70Laetitia Barbauld

249

71Hannah More

379

72Anna Seward

347

73Catherine Cockburn

476

74Elizabeth Berkeleigh

372

75Caroline Herschel

154

76Madame D'Arblay

322

77Madame Roland

333

78Marie Antoinette

512

79Sarah Siddons

463

80Mrs Grant

443

81Elizabeth Inchbald

272

82Elizabeth Hamilton

456

83Countess De Vemieiro

160

84Joanna Baillie

152

85Josephine

220

86Anne Radcliffe

319

87Miss Edgeworth

319

88Charlotte Corday

495

89Madame De Stael

363

90Madame De La Rochejaquelein

408

91Madame Recamier

356

92Mary Brunton

403

93Felicia Hemans

235

94Augustina Saragoza

169

95Charlotte Bronte

339

Women of History

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