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List of women in Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women of All Ages and Countries (1803), by Mary Hays
This list contains all 300 figures included in Mary Hays's six-volume biographical dictionary of noteworthy women, first published in 1803 (R. Phillips: London). A new edition of the volumes, The Chawton House Library Edition of Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries (1803). Chawton House Library Series: Women’s Memoirs, Gina Luria Walker, Editor, Memoirs of Women Writers Part II, Part III (Pickering & Chatto: London, 2013, 2014), was produced by Gina Luria Walker and the Female Biography Project, a collaborative of 164 scholars, representing 116 institutions in 18 countries and four continents, with new research and additional annotations.
The names in this list appear as they were spelled and alphabetized in the original publication. Hays grouped some subjects together in a single entry, indicated below with asterisks, some of which have been separately identified by scholars working on the modern edition.
| Name | Image | Dates | Origin | Notes | 1803 Vol. | CHLE Vol. |
| Abassa | 9th C BCE | Arabian? | Poet | 1 | ||
| Adricomia (Cornelia Adrichomia) | 16th C | ? | Nun, Poet | 1 | ||
| Agnes Sorrel, or Sorreille | 1421 – 1450 | French | Mistress to King Charles VII of France | 1 | ||
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1602-1665 | Spanish | Ecstatic Nun, Mystic | 1 | |
| Agrippina the Elder | 1st C | Roman | Roman Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Agrippina the Younger | 1st C | Roman | Roman Empress | 1 | ||
| Albert, Jane, d’ (Jeanne d'Albret) | 16th C | French | Queen, writer, poet, French Huguenot protectress | 1 | ||
| Aldrude, Countess of Bertinoro | 12th C | Italian | Countess, Led troops to battle | 1 | ||
| Aloysia Sigea, of Toledo (Luisa) | 1522-1560 | Spanish | Poet, Major figure of Spanish Humanism | 1 | ||
| Amalasenta | 6th C | Roman | Ostrogoth Princess, Queen Regent | 1 | ||
| Amboise, Frances d’ | 15th C | French | Carmelite nun | 1 | ||
| Ammannati, Laura Battiferri | 1523-1589 | Italian | Poet | 1 | ||
| Andreini, Isabella | 1562–1604 | Italian | Actress, Writer | 1 | ||
| Anjou, Margaret of | 1430-1482 | French | Royal consort | 1 | ||
| Anne of Austria | 1601-1666 | Spanish | Princess | 1 | ||
| Anne of Beaujeu | 1461-1522 | French | Princess and Regent | 1 | ||
| Anne of Bretagne | 1477-1514 | French | Queen, patron of the arts | 1 | ||
| Anonymous: Bettina d'Andrea* | ?-1335 | Italian | Professor of Law and Philosophy | 3 | ||
| Anonymous: Bettisia Gozzadini* | 1209-1260 | Italian | Professor of Law | 3 | ||
| Anonymous: Dorotea Bocchi* | 1360-1436 | Italian | Physician | 3 | ||
| Anonymous: Laura Bassi* | 1711-1778 | Italian | Professor of Anatomy, Philosophy and Experimental Physics | 3 | ||
| Anonymous: Maddalena Bonsignori* | 14th C | Italian | Professor of Law | 3 | ||
| Anonymous: Novella d'Andrea* | 14th C | Italian | Professor of Law | 3 | ||
| Antonia | 36 BCE - 37 CE | Roman | Roman Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Aragon, Isabella of | 1470-1524 | Italian | Princess | 1 | ||
| Aragon, Joan of | 1502-1575 | Italian | Queen regent | 1 | ||
| Aragon, Tullia of | 1510-1556 | Italian | Courtesan, writer, philosopher | 1 | ||
| Arc, Joan d', Maid of Orleans | 1412-1431 | French | Soldier | 1 | ||
| Aretaphila | 2nd C BCE | Miscellaneous | Cyrenean Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Arete (of Cyrene) | 4th C | Greek | Philosopher | 1 | ||
| Argentaria, Polla | 1st C | Roman | Roman Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Armyne, Lady Mary | 17th C | English | Benefactress | 1 | ||
| Arnaude de Rocas | 16th C | Greek | Martyr | 1 | ||
| Arnauld, Angelique (Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly) | 1624-1684 | French | Nun, writer | 1 | ||
| Arnauld, Catherine Agnes (Jeanne-Catherine-Agnès Arnauld) | 1593–1672 | French | Abbess | 1 | ||
| Arnauld, Mary Angelique (Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld) | 1591-1661 | French | Abbess | 1 | ||
| Arria | 1st C CE | Roman | Roman Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Artemesia Gentileschi | 1593-1652 | Italian | Painter | 1 | ||
| Artemesia I | 5th C BCE | Greek | Carian Queen | 1 | ||
| Artemesia wife of Mausolus (Artemesia II of Caria) | 4th C BCE | Greek | Carian Queen | 1 | ||
| Arundel, Mary Countess of | 16th C | English | Translations | 1 | ||
| Arundell, Blanche Lady | 1583-1649 | English | Defended Wardour Castle | 1 | ||
| Ascham, Margaret | 16th C | English | Writer | 1 | ||
| Askew, Anne | 1521-1546 | English | Poet, Protestant Martyr | 1 | ||
| Aspasia | 5th C BCE | Greek | Courtesan, Intellectual | 1 | ||
| Aspasia or Milto | 421 - ? BCE | Greek | Mistress of Cyrus | 1 | ||
| Astell, Mary | 1688-1731 | English | Writer | 1 | ||
| Athenais | c. 401-460 | Greek | Empress | 1 | ||
| Aubespine, Madeleine de l’ | ?-1596 | French | Poet, translations | 1 | ||
| Bacon, Lady (Ann) | 1528-1610 | English | Translations | 1 | ||
| Barbier, Mary Anne | ?-1745 | French | Writer, playwright, poet | 1 | ||
| Baroni, Leonora | 1611-1670 | Italian | Singer, musician, composer | 1 | ||
| Basine, or Bazine | 5th C | German | Queen | 1 | ||
| Bavaria, Isabella of | 1370-1435 | Bavarian / French | Queen consort | 1 | ||
| Baynard, Anne | 1672-1697 | English | Natural Philosopher | 1 | ||
| Beale, Mary | 1632-1697 | English | Painter | 1 | ||
| Beaufort, Joan, Queen of Scotland | 1st C | English | Queen Consort | 1 | ||
| Beaufort, Margaret | 1433-1509 | English | King Henry VII, Benefactress | 1 | ||
| Bectoz, Claude de | ?-1547 | French | Abbess, poet | 1 | ||
| Behn, Mrs. | ?-1689 | English | Writer, playwright, poet | 1 | ||
| Bendish, Bridget | 1650–1726 | English | Granddaughter to Oliver Cromwell | 1 | ||
| Berenice (daughter of Herod of Agrippa) | 1st C BCE - 1st C CE | Roman | Judean princess | 1 | ||
| Bernard, Catherine | ?-1712 | French | Writer, playwright, poet | 1 | ||
| Berners or Barnes, Juliana | 14th C | English | Abbess, writer | 1 | ||
| Berneuille, Maria Catherina le Jumel de, Countess d'Aulnoi | 1650-1705 | French | Writer | 1 | ||
| Bertaut, Frances Madame de Motteville | 1621-1689 | French | Memoir writer | 1 | ||
| Blanche of Castille | 13th C | French | Queen, Regent | 1 | ||
| Bland, Elizabeth | 17th-18th C | English | Hebrew Scholar | 2 | ||
| Boadicea, Queen of the Britons | 1st C | English | Queen | 2 | ||
| Bohemia, Elizabeth Frederica of | 1618-1680 | Miscellaneous | Queen | 1 | ||
| Boleyn, Anne | 1507-1536 | English | Queen, poet | 2 | ||
| Bontems, Madame | 1718-1768 | French | Translations | 2 | ||
| Bourbon, Henrietta of (Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier) | 1627-1693 | French | Princess, memoirist | 1 | ||
| Bourges, Clemence de | 16th C | French | Poet, musician | 2 | ||
| Bourignon, Antoinette | 1616-1680 | Belgian | Mystic, writer, printer | 2 | ||
| Bovey, Catherine | ?-1726 | English | Benefactress | 2 | ||
| Bregy, Countess of (Charlotte Saumaise de Chasan) | 1619-1693 | French | Noblewoman | 2 | ||
| Broadstreet (Bradstreet), Anne | 1612-1672 | North American | Poet | 2 | ||
| Bruneau, Mary des Loges | ?-1641 | French | Noblewoman | 1 | ||
| Burleigh, Lady Mildred | 1526-1589 | English | Writer, translations | 2 | ||
| Burnet, Elizabeth | 1661-1708 | English | Writer, benefactress | 2 | ||
| Bury, Elizabeth | 1644-1720 | English | Diarist | 2 | ||
| Calphurnia (Calpurnia), wife of Pliny (the younger) | 1st C | Roman | Wife of Pliny | 2 | ||
| Calpurnia, wife of Julius Caesar | 1st C BCE | Roman | Wife of Julius Caesar | 2 | ||
| Capello, Bianca | 1545-1590 | Italian | Noblewoman | 2 | ||
| Carew, Lady Elizabeth | 16th C | English | Writer | 3 | ||
| Carolina, wife to George II | 1683-1737 | German | Queen consort | 2 | ||
| Catherine I of Russia | 1684-1727 | Latvian? | Queen | 2 | ||
| Catherine II of Russia | 1729-1796 | German | Queen, writer | 2 | ||
| Catherine of Aragon | 1485-1536 | Spanish | Queen, Regent | 2 | ||
| Catherine of Medicis | 1519-1589 | French | Queen consort, patron of the arts | 2 | ||
| Centrelivre, Susannah | 1667-1723 | English | Poet, actress, dramatist | 3 | ||
| Chandler, Mary | 1689-1745 | English | Poet | 3 | ||
| Chapone, Mrs. | 1727-1801 | English | Writer | 3 | ||
| Charixena | ? | Greek | Writer, poet | 3 | ||
| Chatelet, Marchioness de | 1706-1749 | French | Writer, mathemetician, physicist | 2 | ||
| Chelonis, wife of Cleomrotus II | 3rd C BCE | Greek | Queen | 3 | ||
| Christina, Queen of Sweden | 1626-1689 | ? | Queen | 3 | ||
| Chudleigh, Lady Mary | 1656-1710 | English | Writer, poet | 3 | ||
| Cibber, Susannah Maria | 1714-1766 | English | Singer, actress | 3 | ||
| Clemente, Margaret | 1508-1570 | English | Learned woman, niece of Thomas More | 3 | ||
| Cleobule, Cleobuline, daughter of Cleobulus | 6th C BCE | Greek | Known for her verse riddles | 3 | ||
| Cleopatra | 69-30 BCE | Egyptian | Pharaoh | 3 | ||
| Clifford, Anne, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery | 1589-1675 | English | Noblewoman, diarist | 3 | ||
| Clive, Catherine | 1711-1785 | English | Actress | 3 | ||
| Cockburn, Catherine | 1679 – 1749 | Scottish | Novelist, dramatist, philosopher | 3 | ||
| Colonne, Victoire, Marchioness de Pescaire (Vittoria Colonna) | 1490-1547 | Italian | Noblewoman, poet | 3 | ||
| Comnena, Anna | 12th C | Greek | Byzantine princess, scholar, historian | 3 | ||
| Cordaud, Isabella de (Isabella Losa of Cordova) | Spanish | Scholar, Doctor of Theology | 3 | |||
| Cordey, Charlotte | 1768-1793 | French | Assasinated Jean-Paul Marat | 3 | ||
| Corinna | 5th C BCE | Greek | Poet, teacher | 3 | ||
| Cornaro, Helena Lucretia | 1646-1685 | Italian | Mathemetician, Doctor of Philosophy | 3 | ||
| Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi | 2nd C BCE | Roman | Roman noblewoman | 3 | ||
| Cromwell, Elizabeth wife of Oliver | 1598–1665 | English | Wife of Oliver Cromwell | 3 | ||
| Cruz, Juana Inez de la | 1648-1695 | Mexican (New Spain) | Scholar, poet, nun | 3 | ||
| Cynisca | 440 - ? BCE | Greek | Spartan princess, first woman to win at Olympic games | 3 | ||
| Dacier, Madame | 1651-1720 | French | Scholar, translations | 4 | ||
| Damophila, wife of Damophilus | 7th C BCE | Greek | Poet | 4 | ||
| Dancy, Elizabeth | 1509-? | English | Daughter of Thomas More, scholar | 4 | ||
| Dante, Theodora | 16th C | Italian | Mathemetician | 4 | ||
| Darbach or Karsch, Louisa | 1722-1780's | Polish | Poet | 4 | ||
| Davies, Lady Eleanore | ?-1652 | English | Prophet, author | 4 | ||
| Derby, Countess of | 1599–1664 | English | English noblewoman | 4 | ||
| Desmond, Countess of (Katherine Fitzgerald) | ?-1604 | Irish | Noblewoman | 4 | ||
| Dido, Queen of Carthage | 356-260 BCE | Phoenician? (Tyre, in modern-day Lebanon) | Queen | 4 | ||
| Diotyma | 5th C BCE | Greek | Priestess, philosopher | 4 | ||
| Drusilla, Livia, wife of Augustus | 58 BCE - 29 CE | Roman | Roman empress | 4 | ||
| Dubois, Dorothea | 1728-1774 | English | Novelist, playwright | 4 | ||
| Dupre, Mariae | 17th C | French | Scholar, author, poet | 4 | ||
| Ebba, Abbess of Coldingham | 615 – 683 | Irish | Abbess | 4 | ||
| Edesie, wife of Hermias | 4th C BCE | Greek | Philosopher | 4 | ||
| Egee, Queen of the Amazons | 13 C | ? | Libyan Queen, Amazon warrior | 4 | ||
| Eleanora, wife of Lewis VII of France, and Henry II of England | 1112-1204 | French | Queen consort, patron of literary figures | 4 | ||
| Elizabeth of France, Queen of Spain | 1545-1568 | French | Queen consort | 4 | ||
| Elizabeth, Countess of Lincoln | c.1574-c.1630 | English | Writer | 4 | ||
| Elizabeth, Queen of England | 1533-1603 | English | Queen, writer, translations | 4 | ||
| Elstob, Elizabeth | 1683-1736 | English | Scholar, author, translations | 4 | ||
| Emma, Queen of England | ? -1502 | English | Queen consort | 4 | ||
| Enclos, Ninon de l' | 1616-1706 | French | Author, courtesan, patron of the arts | 4 | ||
| Eponina | 1st C | Roman | Roman matron | 4 | ||
| Erinna | 4th C BCE | Greek | Poet | 4 | ||
| Estrada, Maria d’ | 16th C | Spanish | Warrior | 4 | ||
| Ethelfleda, Queen of England | ?-922 | English | Queen | 4 | ||
| Eurydice | 4th C BCE | Scholar | 6 | |||
| Eusebia (Flavia Auelia, wife of Constance) | 4th C | Roman | Roman matron | 4 | ||
| Falconberg, Lady daughter of Oliver Cromwell | 1637-1713 | English | daughter of Oliver Cromwell | 4 | ||
| Fane, Lady Elizabeth | 16th C | English | Author | 4 | ||
| Fannia (daughter of Paetus Thrasea) | 1st C | Roman | Roman political rebel | 4 | ||
| Fayette, Countess de la (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne) | ?-1698 | French | Author, novelist | 4 | ||
| Fidele, Cassandra | 1465-? | Italian | Scholar, poet | 4 | ||
| Fielding, Sarah | 1714-1768 | English | Author, novelist | 4 | ||
| Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchelsea | 1661-1720 | English | Poet | 4 | ||
| Fischer, Mary | 17th C | English | Quaker zealot | 4 | ||
| Foix, Margaret de, Duchess D’Eperon | 16th C | French | Duchess | 4 | ||
| Fulvia, wife of Marc Antony | 1st C BCE | Roman | Roman aristocrat | 4 | ||
| Galigai, Leonora | ?-1617 | French | Alleged witch | 4 | ||
| Gethin, Lady Grace | 1676-1697 | English | Scholar, essayist | 4 | ||
| Gonzaga, Cecilia de | 1425-1451 | Italian | Scholar | 4 | ||
| Gonzaga, Eleonora | 1493-1570 | Italian | Governed Urbino during her husband's exile, patron | 4 | ||
| Gonzaga, Isabella de (is actually Elisabetta Gonzaga) | 1471–1526 | Italian | Noblewoman | 4 | ||
| Gonzaga, Julia | 1513-1566 | Italian | Noblewoman | 4 | ||
| Gonzaga, Lucretia | 16th C | Italian | Noblewoman, writer, scholar | 4 | ||
| Gray, Lady Jane | 1622-1699 | English | Scholar, Monarch | 4 | ||
| Grierson, Constantia | 1706 – 1732 | Irish | Scholar, poet, midwife | 4 | ||
| Guercheville, Madame de | 16th C | French | Noblewoman, patron | 4 | ||
| Guillaume, Jacquette | 17th C | French | Writer | 4 | ||
| Guillet, Pernette du | 16th C | French | Poet | 4 | ||
| Guyon, Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte) | 1648-1717 | French | Mystic, writer | 4 | ||
| Haerin, Lucia (Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford) | 1580–1627 | English | Patron of arts and literature | 4 | ||
| Halket, Lady Anna | 1622-1699 | English | Writer, autobiographer | 4 | ||
| Harcourt, Harriet Eusebia | 1705-1745 | English | established Protestant nunnery | 4 | ||
| Hardwick, Elizabeth, (Countess of Shrewsbury) | 1520-1607 | English | Noblewoman, famous for her building projects | 4 | ||
| Hastings, Lady Elizabeth | 1682-1739 | English | Benefactress | 4 | ||
| Haywood, Elizabeth | 1698-1756 | English | Writer, actress, publisher | 4 | ||
| Helena Flavia, mother of Constantine the Great | 250 - 330 | Roman | Mother of Emperor Constantine | 4 | ||
| Heloise | 1101-1164 | French | Writer, scholar, abbess | 4 | ||
| Helpes (Elpes, wife of Anicius Marius Torgquatus Severinus Boetius) | 6th C | Roman | Learned woman | 4 | ||
| Heron, Cecilia | 1510-? | English | Learned woman | 4 | ||
| Hersilia | 9th C BCE | Roman | Wife of Romulus, mediator | 4 | ||
| Hildegurdis (Hildegard of Bingen) | 1098-1179 | German | Christian mystic, abbess | 4 | ||
| Hipparchia | 3rd C | Greek | Philosopher | 4 | ||
| Hopton, Susanna | 1627-1709 | English | Religious writer | 4 | ||
| Hortensia | 1st C BCE | Roman | Orator | 4 | ||
| Houlieres, Antoinetta de la garde des | 1638-1694 | French | Scholar, philosopher, poet | 4 | ||
| Hyde, Ann | 1637-1671 | English | Writer | 4 | ||
| Hypatia | 4th C | Greek | Mathemetician, philosopher | 4 | ||
| Inglis, Esther | 1571 – 1624 | Scottish | Calligrapher, translator, writer | 4 | ||
| Isabella, Queen of Hungary | 16th C | Polish | Queen consort | 4 | ||
| Jane, Queen of France | 1337–1378 | French | Queen consort to Charles V | 4 | ||
| Jardins, Mary Catherine de | 1640– 1683 | French | Author, playwright | 4 | ||
| Jars, Mary de, Lady of Gournay | 1565-1645 | French | Author, editor | 4 | ||
| Julia Domna | ?-217 | Roman? | Roman Empress | 4 | ||
| Juliana, anchoret of Norwich | 14th C | English | Mystic | 4 | ||
| Killigrew, Anne | 1660-1685 | English | Poet | 4 | ||
| Killigrew, Katherine | 1530-? | English | Poet | 4 | ||
| Labe, Louise | 1525-1566 | French | Poet | 4 | ||
| Lambrun, Margaret | 16th C | Scottish | Would-be assassin of Queen Elizabeth | 4 | ||
| Landa, Catherine | ?-1526 | Italian | Learned woman, writer | 4 | ||
| Lane, Mrs. Jane | 1626–1689 | English | Assisted in the escape of Charles II | 4 | ||
| Leapor, Mary | 1722-1746 | English | Poet | 4 | ||
| Legge, Elizabeth | 1580-1685 | English | Learned woman, poet | 4 | ||
| Leontium | 4th C BCE | Greek | Philosopher | 4 | ||
| Lionna | 6th C BCE | Greek | Greek heroine | 4 | ||
| Longvie, Jaquiline de, Duchess of Montpensier | 16th C | French | Noblewoman, leader of troops | 4 | ||
| Lucar, Elizabeth | 1510-1537 | English | Calligrapher | 4 | ||
| Lucretia | 5th C BCE | Roman | Roman matron | 4 | ||
| Lumley, Joanna Lady | ?-1620 | English | Scholar, translations | 4 | ||
| Macaulay, Mrs. | 1733-1791 | English | Writer, historian | 5 | ||
| Maeroe | ? | ? | Learned woman | 5 | ||
| Magdalene de St Nectaire | 1526-1570 | French | Protestant heroine of holy wars | 5 | ||
| Maintenon, Madame de (Francoise d'Aubigne Madame Scarron) | 1635-1719 | French | Influential wife to King Louis XIV of France | 5 | ||
| Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite d'Angouleme) | 1492-1549 | French | Queen consort, author, patron | 5 | ||
| Maria | 4th C BCE | Greek | Greek warrior | 5 | ||
| Marinelli, Lucrezia | 17th C | Italian | Writer | 5 | ||
| Mary, an Anglo-Norman Poetess | 13th C. | French | Poet | 5 | ||
| Mary, Queen of Hungary | 1503-1558 | Hungarian? | Queen consort | 5 | ||
| Mary, Queen of Scots | 1517-1567 | English | Queen regent | 5 | ||
| Masham, Damaris Lady | 1659-1708 | English | Philosopher | 5 | ||
| Matoaks or Matoaka | 1585-1617 | North American | Native American, assisted Jamestown settlers | 5 | ||
| Moesa and Mammea - Julia Avita Mamaea | 180–235 | Roman | Roman matron, daughter of Julia Moesa | 5 | ||
| Moesa and Mammea - Julia Moesa | ca. 165 –ca. 224 | Roman | Roman matron, sister of Julia Domna | 5 | ||
| Molsa, Tarquinia | 1474-1534 | Italian | Singer, poet | 5 | ||
| Monk, The Honourable Mrs. | ? - 1715 | Irish | Poet | 5 | ||
| Morata, Olympia Fulvia | 1526-1555 | Italian | Scholar | 5 | ||
| Mountfourt, Countess of | 14th C | French | Consort Duchess of Brittany | 5 | ||
| Nemours, Dutchess of (Marie d'Orléans-Longueville) | 1625-1707 | French | Memoirist | 5 | ||
| Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of | 1623-1673 | English | Writer | 5 | ||
| North, The Honorable Mrs. Dudley | 1675-1712 | English | Scholar | 5 | ||
| Norton, Lady Frances | 1650-1720 | English | Writer, poet | 5 | ||
| Octavia, wife of Marc-Antony | ? - 744 | Roman | Roman matron | 6 | ||
| Octavia, wife to Nero | 40 - 62 | Roman | Roman Empress | 6 | ||
| Oldfield, Mrs. | 1683-1730 | English | Actress | 6 | ||
| Padilla, Maria Pacheco | 1496-1531 | Spanish | Spanish matron, warrior | 6 | ||
| Pakington, Dorothy Lady | 1623-1679 | English | Writer | 6 | ||
| Parthenai, Anne de | 16th C | French | Learned woman | 6 | ||
| Parthenai, Catherine de | 16th C | French | Poet | 6 | ||
| Paulina (wife of Seneca) | 1st C | Roman | Intellectual | 6 | ||
| Perilla | 1st C BCE | Roman | Poet | 6 | ||
| Perwich, Susanna | 1636-1661 | English | Learned woman, musician | 6 | ||
| Phila | 4th C | ? | Noblewoman, politician | 6 | ||
| Philippa, Queen of England | 1311-1369 | English? | Queen consort, regent | 6 | ||
| Phillips, Katherine | 1631-1664 | English | Poet | 6 | ||
| Pilkington, Letitia | 1712 - | Irish | Poet | 6 | ||
| Pix, Mrs. (Mary) | 1666-1720 | English | Novelist, playwright | 6 | ||
| Poitiers, Diana de | 1499 – 1566 | French | Noblewoman, Mistress to Henry II of France | 6 | ||
| Porcia, daughter of Cato | 70-43 BCE | Roman | Learned woman | 6 | ||
| Pozzo, Modesto | 1555-1592 | Italian | Writer | 6 | ||
| Praxilla | 8th C BCE | Greek | Lyric poet | 6 | ||
| Proba (Valerie Falconia) | 4th C | Roman | Poet | 6 | ||
| Renata, Duchess of Ferrara (Renée de France) | 1510-1574 | French | Duchess | 6 | ||
| Rohan, Anne de (Anne de Rohan-Chabot and Madame de Frontenay) | 1562 – 1646 | French | Noblewoman, Mistress to Louis XIV | 6 | ||
| Rohan, Marie Eleonore de | 1628 – 1681 | French | Abbess, writer | 6 | ||
| Roland, Madame | 1754 – 1793 | French | Writer, politician | 6 | ||
| Roper, Margaret daughter of Sir Thomas More | ?-1544 | English | Writer, translations | 6 | ||
| Roper, Mary | 16th C | English | Learned woman, translations | 6 | ||
| Rosares, Isabella de | 16th C | Spanish | Preacher | 6 | ||
| Rowe, Mrs. Elizabeth | 1674-1737 | English | Poet, novelist | 6 | ||
| Rufina, Claudia | 1st C | Roman | Writer | 6 | ||
| Russel, Lady Elizabeth | 1529-1609 | English | Poet, musician | 6 | ||
| Russel, Lady Rachel | 1636-1723 | English | Author | 6 | ||
| Sade, Laura | 1310-1348 | French | Muse to Petrarch | 6 | ||
| Sappho | 6th C | Greek | Poet | 6 | ||
| Scala, Alexandra | 1475-1506 | Italian | Scholar | 6 | ||
| Schurman, Anna Maria | 1607-1678 | German | Painter, engraver, poet, scholar | 6 | ||
| Scudery, Madeleine de | 1607-1701 | French | Writer | 6 | ||
| Seguier, Anne de | 16th C | French | Poet | 6 | ||
| Semiramis | 2200 BCE | ? | Assyrian Queen | 6 | ||
| Seturman, Madame | ? | German | Painter, musician, philosopher, scholar | 6 | ||
| Sevigne, Marchioness de | 1626-1696 | French | Letter writer | 6 | ||
| Seymour, Lady Arabella | 1577-1615 | English | Noblewoman | 6 | ||
| Seymour Ladies: Lady Ann* | died 1588 | English | Writer | 6 | ||
| Seymour Ladies: Lady Jane* | c.1541-1561 | English | Writer | 6 | ||
| Seymour Ladies: Lady Margaret* | 1540-? | English | Writer | 6 | ||
| Sforza, Catherine | 15th C | Italian | Medical expert | 6 | ||
| Sforza, Isabella | 16th C | Italian | Humanist writer | 6 | ||
| Sheridan, Mrs. Frances | 1724-1767 | English | Novelist, playwright | 6 | ||
| Sophronia | 4th C | Roman | Martyr | 6 | ||
| Sulpicia, or Sulpitia | 7th C | Roman | Poet | 6 | ||
| Sunderland , Countess of (Dorothy Spencer) | 1617-1683 | English | Noblewoman | 6 | ||
| Suze, Countess de la (Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la Suze) | 1618-1673 | French | Poet, songwriter | 6 | ||
| Sydney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke | 1561-1621 | English | Writer, translations | 6 | ||
| Tanaquil | 6th C BCE | Roman | Roman queen | 6 | ||
| Telesilla | Fl. 510 BCE | Greek | Poet | 6 | ||
| Theano Locrencis (Melica)* | 5th C BCE | Greek | Poet | 6 | ||
| Theano of Crete* | ? | Greek | Poet, philosopher | 6 | ||
| Theano Thuria or Metapotino* | ? | Greek | Poet | 6 | ||
| Thomas, Mrs. (Corinna) | 1675-1730 | English | Poet | 6 | ||
| Thymele | ? | ? | Poet, composer | 6 | ||
| Tishem, Catherine | 16th C | English | Learned woman | 6 | ||
| Tollet, Elizabeth | 1694-1754 | English | Poet | 6 | ||
| Tymicha | 5th C BCE | Greek | Greek heroine | 6 | ||
| Valeria | ? - 315 | Roman | Roman empress, protectress of Christians | 6 | ||
| Valliere, Mademoiselle de la | 1644-1710 | French | Mistress to Louis XVI | 6 | ||
| Veturia | 5th C BCE | Roman | Roman matron | 6 | ||
| Vigne, Anne de la | 1634-1684 | French | Poet | 6 | ||
| Warwick, Countess of (Mary Rich) | 1625-1678 | English | Benefactress | 6 | ||
| Weston, Elizabeth Jane | 1581-1612 | English | Poet | 6 | ||
| Wharton, Anne | 1632-1685 | English | Poet, dramatist | 6 | ||
| Winchelsea, Anne Kingsmill Countess of | 1661-1720 | English | Poet | 6 | ||
| Zenobia | 240-274 | ? | Queen, warrior | 6 |
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