Collective Biographies of Women

Anne Askew

Collections Published per Year: (1877 highlighted)

· 1830

1940 ·

Collection: a012 · Stories of the Lives of Noble Women.
1. London: T. Nelson, 1877
2. London: T. Nelson, 1880
3. London: T. Nelson, 1882
4. London: T. Nelson, 1911 · [brackets]
5. London: T. Nelson, 1904
Collection: a013 · The Sunshine of Domestic Life; or, Sketches of Womanly Virtues, and Stories of the Lives of Noble Women.
1. London: Nelson, 1867
2. London: Nelson, 1868
3. London: Nelson, 1869
4. London: Nelson, 1873
5. London: Nelson, 1876
6. Boston: n.p., 1882
7. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1891
Collection: a030 · Ladies of the Reformation: Memoirs of Distinguished Female Characters, Belonging to the Period of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century . . . England, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
1. London: Blackie, 1854
2. London: Blackie, 1855
3. Edinburgh: Blackie, 1855
4. Glasgow: Blackie, 1855
5. New York: Blackie, 1855
6. New York: Blackie, 1857
Collection: a125 · The Book of Noble Englishwomen: Lives Made Illustrious by Heroism, Goodness, and Great Attainments.
1. London: Nimmo, 1875
2. London: Nimmo, 1878
3. London: Nimmo, 1891
4. Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1875
5. Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1878
6. Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1891
7. New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1878
Collection: a167 · The Female Martyrs of the English Reformation. Selected from The English Martyrology for the use of Sabbath schools. The Christian Lady's Magazine,
1. New York: Taylor, 1844
2. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1834-49
Collection: a293 · Fifty Famous Women and the Lessons of Their Lives: Illustrated with Numerous Wood Engravings. Fifty Famous Women, Their Virtues and Failings and the Lessons of Their Lives.
1. London: Ward, Lock, 1850? · [brackets]
2. London: Ward, Lock, 1879 · [brackets]
3. London: Ward, Lock, 1881 · [brackets]
4. New York: Ward, Lock, 1879 · [brackets]
5. New York: Ward, Lock, 1881 · [brackets]
6. London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1864
7. London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, 1876
Collection: a357 · Self-Surrender: A Second Series of “Consecrated Women”.
1. Philadelphia: Longstreth, 1883
2. Philadelphia: Longstreth, 1893
3. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882
4. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1892
Collection: a428 · Records of Female Piety; Comprising Sketches of the Lives and Extracts from the Writings of Women Eminent for Religious Excellence.
1. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1841
2. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1842
3. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1841
4. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1842
5. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1845
Collection: a479 · Women of Christianity, Exemplary for Acts of Piety and Charity.
1. New York: Appleton, 1852
2. London: Smith Elder, 1852
3. New York: Appleton, 1858
4. New York: Appleton, 1860
5. New York: Appleton, 1864
6. New York: Appleton, 1865
7. New York: Appleton, 1866
8. New York: Appleton, 1869
Collection: a589 · Gems of Womanhood; or, Sketches of Distinguished Women in Various Ages and Nations
1. London: Gall and Inglis, 1870
2. Edinburgh: Gall and Inglis, 1870
3. London and Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1880-94 · [brackets]
Collection: a615 · The Heroines of Domestic Life.
1. London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861
2. New York: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861
Collection: a623 · Woman in the Reformation.
1. Philadelphia: Lutheran, 1882
Collection: a672 · Women of the Church of England.
1. London: Chapman & Hall, 1907
2. London: Chapman & Hall, 1908
Collection: a688 · The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks.
1. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848
2. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1849
3. Philadelphia: Baird, 1853
4. Philadelphia: Baird, 1854
5. Philadelphia: Baird, 1856
6. Philadelphia: n.p., 1859
7. Philadelphia: n.p., 1874
8. Dayton, OH: Alvin Peabody, 1883
Collection: a806 · British Female Biography: Being Select Memoirs of Pious Ladies in Various Ranks of Public and Private Life: Including Queens, Princesses, Martyrs, Scholars, Instructors, Poetesses, Philanthropists, Ministers' Wives.
1. London: Aylott & Jones, 1846
Collection: a843 · The Women Martyrs of the Reformation.
1. London: Religious Tract Society, 1905
2. London: Religious Tract Society, 1911
Collection: c021 · Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain: Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences.
1. London: Printed for T. Evans, 1775
2. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985
3. Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson, for the author, 1752
Collection: c025 · 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...
1. London: Printed for S. Crowder, and J. Payne, 1766
Collection: c026 · The Beauties of History; or, Pictures of Virtue and Vice, Drawn from Real Life: Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth.
1. Dublin: Marchbank, 1775
2. London: E. & C. Dilly, 1777
3. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1782
4. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1787
5. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1794
6. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1802
7. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1813
8. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1815
9. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 1833
10. London: Ballantyne, Hanson and Company, 2008
11. London: for author, 1770
Collection: c044 · Select Female Biography: Comprising Memoirs of Eminent British Ladies, Derived from Original and Other Authentic Sources.
1. London: Harvey & Darton, 1829
2. London: Arch, 1821
Collection: c048 · Specimens of British poetesses; selected and chronologically arranged.
1. London: T. Rodd, 1825
Collection: p012A · Redeeming Eve: Women Writers of the English Renaissance.
1. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987
2. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990