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Biographium faemineum: The Female Worthies; or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of All Ages and Nations, who Have Been Eminently Distinguished for Their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and Other Excellent Endowments...Containing (Exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies...Collected from History, and the Most Approved Biographers, and Brought Down to the Present Time...
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WorldCat Record | Hathi Trust Record
Biographies
| 1 | B10034 | Acme, A Jewess | ||
| 2 | B10035 | Adroacomia, Cornelia, a Nun and Poetess | ||
| 3 | B10036 | Andreini, Isabela, A Celebrated Comedian | ||
| 4 | B10037 | Anne, Daughter of Charles I of England | ||
| 5 | B10038 | Anne, Princess of Orange | ||
| 6 | B10039 | Joan of Arc, The French Heroine | ||
| 7 | B10040 | Arete, A Teacher of Philosophy | ||
| 8 | B10041 | Arria, a Roman Lady | ||
| 9 | B10042 | Artemisia, Queen of Caria | ||
| 10 | B10043 | Countess of Arundel | ||
| 11 | B10044 | Margaret Ascham | ||
| 12 | B10045 | Anne Askew | ||
| 13 | B10046 | Mary Astell, an Ingenius Writer | ||
| 14 | B10047 | Athenais, Married to the Emperor Theodosius | ||
| 15 | B10048 | Lady Anna Bacon, Governess to Edward VI | ||
| 16 | B10049 | Juliana Barnes, A Prioress | ||
| 17 | B10050 | Elizabeth Barton, The Holy Maid of Kent | ||
| 18 | B10051 | Anne Bayard | ||
| 19 | B10052 | Margaret Beaufort | ||
| 20 | B10053 | Afra Behn | ||
| 21 | B10054 | Catherine Bernard | ||
| 22 | B10055 | Catherine Bovey | ||
| 23 | B10056 | Antoinette Vourignon | ||
| 24 | B10057 | Countess of Bridwater | ||
| 25 | B10058 | Anne Broadstreet, A Poetess of New England | ||
| 26 | B10059 | Martha Broffier | ||
| 27 | B10060 | Elizabeth Burnet | ||
| 28 | B10061 | Mildred Burleigh | ||
| 29 | B10062 | Bury, Elizabeth, Versed in all the Sciences | ||
| 30 | B10063 | Calphurnia, Pliny’s Wife | ||
| 31 | B10064 | Carolina, Wilhelma Dorothea | ||
| 32 | B10065 | Blanche Castille, Queen of France | ||
| 33 | B10066 | Queen Catherine, Queen of Henry VIII | ||
| 34 | B10067 | Saint Catherine | ||
| 35 | B10068 | Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France | ||
| 36 | B10069 | Catherine, Czarina, consort to Czar Peter | ||
| 37 | B10070 | Susannah Centlivre | ||
| 38 | B10071 | Mary Chandler | ||
| 39 | B10072 | Charixena, A Learned Grecian Lady | ||
| 40 | B10073 | Chelonis, daughter of Leonidas K | ||
| 41 | B10074 | Katherine Chidleigh | ||
| 42 | B10075 | Christina, Queen of Sweden | ||
| 43 | B10076 | Lady Mary Chudleigh | ||
| 44 | B10077 | Rufina Claudia, A British Lady, Celebrated by Martial | ||
| 45 | B10078 | Margaret Clement | ||
| 46 | B10079 | Clea | ||
| 47 | B10080 | Cleobule | ||
| 48 | B10081 | Cleopatra | ||
| 49 | B10082 | Catherine Cockburn | ||
| 50 | B10083 | Anna Comnena, daughter of the Emperor Comnenus | ||
| 51 | B10084 | Helena Lucretia Cornaro | ||
| 52 | B10085 | Corinna, a Theban Poetess | ||
| 53 | B10086 | Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi | ||
| 54 | B10087 | Lady Cutts | ||
| 55 | B10088 | Anne Dacier | ||
| 56 | B10089 | Damphila, an Associate of Sappho | ||
| 57 | B10090 | Lady Eleanor Davies | ||
| 58 | B10091 | Diotyma, Instructed by Socrates | ||
| 59 | B10092 | Mary Eagle | ||
| 60 | B10093 | Elfeda, Daughter of Alfred the Great | ||
| 61 | B10094 | Queen Elizabeth | ||
| 62 | B10095 | Emma, Mother of St. Edward the Confessor | ||
| 63 | B10096 | Erinna, a Poetess of Teos | ||
| 64 | B10097 | Anne, Dustchess of Estampes | ||
| 65 | B10098 | Eurydice, Wife of Aridaeus K. of Macedeon | ||
| 66 | B10099 | Lady Elizabeth Fane | ||
| 67 | B10100 | Fannia, A Roman Lady | ||
| 68 | B10101 | Fannia, Famous for her Greatness of Soul | ||
| 69 | B10102 | Cassandra Fedele, a Venetian Lady | ||
| 70 | B10103 | Renata, Dutchess of Ferrara | ||
| 71 | B10104 | Francisca, a Famous Devotee | ||
| 72 | B10105 | Fulvia, Wife of Marc Antony | ||
| 73 | B10106 | Eleanora Galligai | ||
| 74 | B10107 | Garnache, Frances de Rohan, a Princess of Franec | ||
| 75 | B10108 | Lady Grace Gethia | ||
| 76 | B10109 | Godiva, Wife of the Duke of Mercia | ||
| 77 | B10110 | Lucretia Gonzaga, an Italian Lady | ||
| 78 | B10111 | Isabella Gonzaga | ||
| 79 | B10112 | Julia Gonzaga | ||
| 80 | B10113 | Mary de Jars Gournay | ||
| 81 | B10114 | Lady Jane Gray | ||
| 82 | B10115 | Constantia Grierson, an Irish Lady | ||
| 83 | B10116 | Gualdrada, a Florentine Lady | ||
| 84 | B10117 | Johanna Maria Bouviers de la Mothe Guyon, a French Lady. | ||
| 85 | B20205 | Anna Halket | ||
| 86 | B10118 | Harriot Eusebia Harcourt | ||
| 87 | B10119 | Lady Elizabeth Hastings | ||
| 88 | B10120 | Flavia Helena, daughter of Coil, King of Britain | ||
| 89 | B10121 | Heloisa, Wife of Abelard | ||
| 90 | B10122 | Helpes, a Sicilian Lady | ||
| 91 | B10123 | Cecilia Heron, Daughter of Sir Thomas More | ||
| 92 | B10124 | Hildegurdis, an Abbes | ||
| 93 | B10125 | Hipparchia, Wife of Crates the Philosopher | ||
| 94 | B10126 | Hippo, Daughter of Chiro the Centaur | ||
| 95 | B10127 | Susanna Hopton | ||
| 96 | B10128 | Hortentia, Daughter of Hortensius the Orator | ||
| 97 | B10129 | Antoinette Houlieres de le Garde | ||
| 98 | B10130 | Lady Mary Howard, Wife of Thomas Duke of Norfolk | ||
| 99 | B10131 | Hypatia, a Teacher of Philosophy | ||
| 100 | B10132 | Jane, Countess of Westmoreland | ||
| 101 | B10133 | Mary Catharine des Jardin | ||
| 102 | B10134 | Esther Inglis, famous for Fine Writing | ||
| 103 | B10135 | Juliana, Anchoret of Norwich | ||
| 104 | B10136 | Margery Kempe | ||
| 105 | B10137 | Katharine Killigrew | ||
| 106 | B10138 | Anne Killigrew | ||
| 107 | B10139 | Margaret Lambrun | ||
| 108 | B10140 | Elizabeth Legge | ||
| 109 | B10141 | Elizabeth Lincoln | ||
| 110 | B10142 | Mary Bruneau Logis, a French Lady | ||
| 111 | B10143 | Jaquiline de Longvic, Dutchess of Montpensier | ||
| 112 | B10144 | Elizabeth Lucar | ||
| 113 | B10145 | Lucretia, a Roman Lady | ||
| 114 | B10146 | Joanna Lumley, Wife of John Lord Lumley | ||
| 115 | B10147 | Madam de Maintenon | ||
| 116 | B10148 | Manto, An Ancient Poetess | ||
| 117 | B10149 | Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby | ||
| 118 | B10150 | Margaret, Queen of Henry VI | ||
| 119 | B10151 | Mariamne, Wife of Herod the Great | ||
| 120 | B10152 | Lucretia Marinella | ||
| 121 | B10153 | Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII | ||
| 122 | B10154 | Mary of Scotland | ||
| 123 | B10155 | Mary, King William’s Queen | ||
| 124 | B10156 | Lady Damaris Mashain | ||
| 125 | B10157 | Moeroe, a Learned Woman Among the Ancients | ||
| 126 | B10158 | Lady Molesworth, Daughter of Lord Molesworth | ||
| 127 | B10159 | Monimia, Wife of Mithridates | ||
| 128 | B10160 | Mrs. Hon. Monk, Daughter of Lord Molesworth | ||
| 129 | B10161 | Mad. de Montelspan | ||
| 130 | B10162 | Olympia Fulvi Morata | ||
| 131 | B10163 | Musca, a Lyric Potess | ||
| 132 | B10164 | Myra, a Byzantian Elegiac Poetess | ||
| 133 | B10165 | Margaret de Navarre, Queen of Valois | ||
| 134 | B10166 | Jane Navarre, Queen of Albert | ||
| 135 | B10167 | Margaret, Dutchess of Newcastle | ||
| 136 | B10168 | Nicaule, Queen of Sheba | ||
| 137 | B10169 | Nicolstrata, Mother of Evander | ||
| 138 | B10170 | Hon. Mrs. Dudley North, a Daughter of Lord North and Grey | ||
| 139 | B10171 | Lady Frances Norton | ||
| 140 | B10172 | Octavia, Sister to Augustus Caesar | ||
| 141 | B10173 | Dorothy Pakington, Wife of Sir John Pakington | ||
| 142 | B10174 | Pamphila, Famous for Her Writings | ||
| 143 | B10175 | Panthea, Wife of Abradates, King of Susa | ||
| 144 | B10176 | Catherine Parr, Queen of Henry VIII | ||
| 145 | B10177 | Blanch Parry, Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth | ||
| 146 | B10178 | Anne de Parthenai | ||
| 147 | B10179 | Catherine de Parthenay | ||
| 148 | B10180 | Mary Sydney Pembroke | ||
| 149 | B10181 | Anne, Countess of Pembroke | ||
| 150 | B10182 | Penelope, Wife of Ulysses | ||
| 151 | B10183 | Perilla, a Roman Lady | ||
| 152 | B10184 | Phemonoe, Priestess of Apollo | ||
| 153 | B10185 | Katherine Phillips, the Famous Orinda | ||
| 154 | B10186 | Philla, One of the Most Illustrious Ladies of Antiquity | ||
| 155 | B10187 | Mrs. Loetitia Pilkington of Ireland | ||
| 156 | B10188 | Pompeia Plotina, Wife of the Emperor Trajan | ||
| 157 | B10189 | Argentaria Polla, Wife of Lucan | ||
| 158 | B10190 | Praxilla, a Sicyonian Dithyrambiv Poetess | ||
| 159 | B10191 | Valeria Falconia Proba | ||
| 160 | B10192 | Catherine, Countess of Ranelagh | ||
| 161 | B10193 | Margaret Roper, Daughter of Sir Thomas More | ||
| 162 | B10194 | Mary Roper, Daughter of Thomas More | ||
| 163 | B10195 | Elizabeth Rowe | ||
| 164 | B10196 | Lady Elizabeth Russel | ||
| 165 | B10197 | Sappho, A Famous Poetess | ||
| 166 | B10198 | Anna Maria Schurman | ||
| 167 | B10199 | Magdeline de Scudery | ||
| 168 | B10200 | Semiramis, Queen of Assyria | ||
| 169 | B10201 | Marie de Savigne | ||
| 170 | B10202 | Anne Seymour | ||
| 171 | B10203 | Arabella Seymour | ||
| 172 | B10204 | Sophronia, a Roman Lady | ||
| 173 | B20206 | Sosipatra of Lydia | ||
| 174 | B10205 | Stella, Dean Swift’s Wife | ||
| 175 | B10206 | Sulpicia, a Roman Lady | ||
| 176 | B10207 | Sulpicia, a Celebrated Poetess | ||
| 177 | B10208 | Suze, Henriette Suze, Countess of Coligni | ||
| 178 | B10209 | Tanaquil, Wife of Tarquinius Priscus | ||
| 179 | B10210 | Renie Taveau | ||
| 180 | B10211 | Telesilla, A Noble Poetess of Argos | ||
| 181 | B20208 | Theano, The Name of Three Poetesses | ||
| 182 | B10212 | Corinna Thomas | ||
| 183 | B10213 | Thymele, A Musical Poetess | ||
| 184 | B10214 | Catherine Tishen, a Great Linguist | ||
| 185 | B10215 | Catherine Trother, a Scots Lady | ||
| 186 | B10216 | Tymicha, A Lacedonian Lady | ||
| 187 | B10217 | Elizabeth Walker | ||
| 188 | B10218 | Elizabeth Jane Weston | ||
| 189 | B10219 | Anna Wharton | ||
| 190 | B10220 | Countess of Winchelsea | ||
| 191 | B10221 | Lady Mary Wroth |
Persons
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