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1800
1800s?
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1828
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1830
1830s?
1831
1832
1833
1834
1834-36
1834-49
1835
1836
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1838
1838-1840
1839
1840
1840-48
1840s
1841
1842
1843
1844
1844-49
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1849-50
1849-55
1850
1850?
1850-59
1851
1852
1852-53
1853
1853-54?
1854
1855
1855-59
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1860-69?
1860s?
1861
1862
1863
1864
1864?
1865
1865-75?
1866
1867
1868
1868-72
1869
187?
1870
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1870-79?
1871
1871-73
1872
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1879-80
1880
1880-1881
1880-1900?
1880-89?
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1880-94
1880s?
1881
1882
1882-84
1883
1883?
1883-95
1884
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1886
1886-87
1887
1887?
1888
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1890
1890?
1890-99
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1892
1892-93
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1894-97
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adventuresses
African
African American
American colonial
ancient or classical
Asia, East
athletics, sports
Australian, Commonwealth
beauties
Biblical
Canadian
classical, virtues of women
climbers, physical venturers, explorers
Colonists, imperial settlers
Courtly circles, associated with royal sovereigns
criminals
Daughters or wards of the eminent
early modern, pre-1600
eminent models, modern periods
English Civil War
fallen women or prostitutes
French
French Revolution
gender alternative, cross-dressing, lesbian
geographical diversity sample
German
girlhood
good character or deeds
India, South Asia
Irish
Italian
Jewish (not biblical)
Latin America
leaders
learned women
literary heroines
living women, occupational
living women, organizational
living women, regional
lovers or muses of authors or artists
military, heroines of battle
missionaries
mistresses, courtesans
mothers not famous
mothers of great men
multiple biographers, edited collection
mythology
national, one era
national, several periods
Native American
Not=advice
Not=advice miscellany
Not=argument, polemic
Not=art history
Not=article
Not=autobiography
Not=biographical fiction
Not=biographical sketches
Not=book series
Not=catalogue
Not=correspondence
Not=drama
Not=encyclopedia
Not=ethnography or anthropology
Not=ethnography or social science
Not=fewer than three
Not=fiction
Not=historical fiction
Not=historiography
Not=history
Not=history lecture
Not=lecture(s) or sermon(s)
Not=list
Not=literary anthology
Not=literary heroines
Not=literary history
Not=literary miscellany
Not=local archive
Not=local compendium
Not=male
Not=male-female
Not=miscellaneous history
Not=miscellany (varied genres)
Not=national miscellany
Not=other than Anglophone
Not=pamphlet
Not=periodical piece or essay
Not=poetry
Not=portrait collection
Not=reference work
Not=reform miscellany
Not=reform typology
Not=religious advice
Not=religious history
Not=religious miscellany
Not=religious typology
Not=thesis or dissertation
Not=typology
nurses
occupational medical
occupational or career (20th c)
one race
patriots, war effort
performing arts
pioneer
post-1750 achievements
post-1960s list of great women
print era, pre-1830
queens and royalty, Asia
queens and royalty, Britain
queens and royalty, Europe
reformers, social workers
relatives of great women, female
relatives of great women, male
religious models, not saints
saints
science
Scottish
sectarian (religious group)
Sexuality and Gender, homo or cross-gender
Sexuality, hetero
single women, unmarried, spinsters
sisters
Society or High Rank, English
Society or High Rank, French
Society or High Rank, U.S.
Spanish
state or region
travellers
typology
US Civil War
visual arts
Wives of Great Men
world history sample
World War I
World War II
writers
young audience
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Abbess
Abolitionist
Accountant
Activist
Activist, Civil Rights
Activist, Women's Rights
Adventure, physical feat or survival
Adventuress, self-promoting entrepreneur
African
American, African
American, Latin
American, Native
American (US)
Anglo-Saxon
Anonymous author
Anonymous group
Anonymous individual
Anonymous set
Artisan
Artist
Artist, illustrator
Artist, painter
Artist, photographer
Artist, sculptor
Asian, East
Asian, South
Assassin
Athlete
Australian
Austrian
Author or presenter
Aviator
Baroness
Beauty, celebrated
Biblical, Christian Bible
Biblical, Hebrew Bible
Businesswoman
Canadian
Caribbean
Celebrity for other than performance
Celibate, chaste or virginal
Charity
Chinese
Classical Greek
Classical Roman
Clergy
Colonial
Composer
Coquette
Corporate Body
Counterpart, Female
Counterpart, Male
Countess
Criminal, thief
Cross-dresser
Daughter of notable man
Daughter of notable woman
Designer
Director
Disabled
Disabled, educator of
Disabled, model of
Divorced or separated
Dowager
Dutch
Editor or publisher
Educational founder, schoolmistress
Educator, professor
Educator, teacher
Engineer
English
Enslaved person, bondservant, former enslaved person
Entrepreneur
Expatriated, exiled person
Fashion leader
Financial crisis or bankruptcy
French
Frontierswoman
Gender nonconforming
German
Heiress
Heroine in war
Heroine of rescue
Historian
Hungarian
Indian
Indigenous
Inventor
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jewish
Journalist
Korean
Laborer, industrial
Laborer, rural
Lawyer, attorney, judge
Learning, sciences
Legendary
Lesbian
Librarian
Literary character
Lover of notable woman
Lover or mistress of great man, middle or lower rank
Lover or muse of writer or artist
Magistrate
Martyr
Mathematician
Medicine, dentist
Medicine, doctor
Medicine, nurse
Medieval
Member of committee or club
Member of local society
Midwife
Military
Missionary
Mistress of aristocrat
Mistress of royalty
Model of domesticity
Model of faith, piety
Model of family life, motherhood
Model of overcoming urban poverty
Model of race
Model of rural virtue
Model single woman
Mother of notable man
Mother of notable woman
Mother who has lost a child
Murderess
Muslim
Mythical
Nationalist
Nun
Official or Administrator
Pacifist
Patriot
Patron of literature or art
Performer, actress
Performer, dancer
Performer, musician
Performer, other entertainment
Performer, singer
Person of Mixed Race or Ethnicity
Philanthropist
Philosopher
Pioneer
Pirate
Politician
Preacher
Printer
Prisoner or captive
Prophet or visionary
Reformer, education
Reformer, nursing
Reformer, political
Reformer, religious
Regent
Religious sect member, founding
Religious sect member, recent or current
Representative of nationality
Representative of region
Representative of state, current
Representative of state, historical
Role in revolution
Royalty
Ruler
Russian
Saint
Salonniere
Scholar of literatures, classics
Scientist
Scottish
Self-made rich woman
Sempstress, milliner
Servant
Sexual agency, transgression (hetero)
Sexual agency, transgression (homo)
Sexually ambiguous, queer
Sex worker
Shopkeeper or seller
Single mother
Single woman, spinster, unmarried
Sister of eminent woman
Sister of notable man
Social scientist, theorist
Social worker
Society or High Rank
Soldier
Son of Notable Person
Spanish
Spanish-speaking
Speaker, Lecturer, Public Reader
Spy
Suffragette
Survivor of rape
Swedish
Swiss
Temperance worker
Transgender, female to male
Transgender, male to female
Translator
Traveler, travel writer
Typist, clerk, or office worker
Victim of injustice
Widow
Wife, Honorable and Dedicated
Wife of notable man
Wife with Great Influence on Husband
Witch
Writer
Writer, diarist
Writer, Epistolary
Writer for children
Writer, hymns
Writer, Nonfiction
Writer, Novel
Writer, Plays
Writer, Poetry
Writer, Short fiction