Junior 11-15
Brief biographies of sixteen great Englishwomen who lived before the 20th century.
In a time when women were rarely noted, these women made such an impact that their names are still known today.
CONTENTS:
- Queen Bertha (died 606)
- Maude the Good (1080-1118)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)
- Philippa of Hainault (1313-1369)
- Margaret of Anjou (1429-1480)
- The Lady Margaret (1441-1509)
- Margaret Roper (1501-1544)
- Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554)
- Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662)
- Lady Rachel Russell (1636-1723)
- Angelica Kaufmann (1741-1807)
- Hannah More (1745-1833)
- Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)
- Mary Somerville (1780-1872)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861)
- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
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