Women of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard Authors by Various

Women of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard Authors

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Title: Women of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard Authors

Contents: Lucretia / Bayle -- Sappho / Mure -- Aspasia of Pericles / Grote -- Xantippe / Brucker -- Aspasia of Cyrus / Bayle -- Cornelia, The Mother of the Gracchi / Plutarch -- Portia / Plutarch -- Octavia / Bayle -- Cleopatra / Merivale -- Mariamne / Merivale -- Julia Domna / Gibbon -- Zenobia / Gibbon -- Valeria / Gibbon -- Eudocia / Gibbon -- Hypatia / Brucker -- The Wife of Maximus / Gibbon -- The Lady Rowena / Verstegan -- Olga / Gibbon -- The Lady Elfrida / Hume -- The Countess of Tripoli / Sismondi -- Jane, Countess of Mountfort / Hume -- Laura de Sade / Sismondi -- The Countess of Richmond / Tytler -- Elizabeth Woodville / Hume -- Joan of Arc / De Quincey -- Jane Shore / Hume -- Catharine of Arragon / Tytler -- Anne Boleyn / Tytler -- Margaret Roper / Ballard -- Elizabeth Lucas / Ballard -- Gaspara Stampa / Hallam -- Anne Askew / Hume -- Queen Elizabeth / Hume—Macaulay -- Lady Jane Grey / Hume -- Tarquinia Molza / Hilarion de Coste -- Mary, Queen of Scots / Robertson -- Gabrielle D'Estrees / Davenport Adams -- Anne, Duchess of Pembroke / Bishop Rainbow -- Esther Inglis / Ballard -- Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle / Ballard -- Lady Pakington / Ballard -- Noor Mahal / James Mill -- Pocahontas / Dr Hugh Murray -- Lucy Hutchinson / Jeffrey -- Lady Fanshawe / Jeffrey -- Dorothy Osborne / Macaulay -- Catherine Philips / Ballard -- Madame de Maintenon / St Simon -- Countess de Grammont / Count A. Hamilton -- Mademoiselle de la Valliere / Davenport Adams -- Madame Dacier / Hallam -- Lady Masham / Ballard -- Anne Killigrew / Ballard -- Queen Anne / Miss Strickland -- Esther Johnson / Jeffrey -- Esther Vanhomrigh / Sir Walter Scott -- Mary Astell / Ballard -- Madame des Ursins / St Simon -- Lady Grizel Jerviswoode / Anderson -- Madame de Pontchartrain / St Simon -- Elizabeth Halkett / Conolly -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / Jeffrey -- Madame du Deffand / Jeffrey -- Phœbe Bentley / Cumberland -- Marquise du Chatelet / Professor Craik -- Lady Huntingdon / Isaac Taylor -- Maria Theresa / Carlyle -- Meta Moller / Letters -- Elizabeth Blackwell / James Bruce -- Lætitia Barbauld / Johnstone -- Hannah More / Professor Craik -- Anna Seward / Sir Walter Scott -- Catherine Cockburn / Professor Craik -- Elizabeth Berkeleigh / Temple Bar -- Caroline Herschel / Professor Craik -- Madame D'Arblay / Macaulay -- Madame Roland / Carlyle -- Marie Antoinette / Carlyle -- Sarah Siddons / Cunningham -- Mrs Grant / Professor Craik -- Elizabeth Inchbald / Cunningham -- Elizabeth Hamilton / Professor Craik -- Countess de Vemieiro / Sismondi -- Joanna Baillie / Professor Spalding -- Josephine / Alison -- Anne Radcliffe / Edinburgh Review -- Miss Edgeworth / Jeffrey -- Charlotte Corday / Carlyle -- Madame de Stael / Jeffrey -- Madame de la Rochejaquelein / Jeffrey -- Madame Recamier / Davenport Adams -- Mary Brunton / Dr Brunton -- Felicia Hemans / Jeffrey -- Augustina Saragoza / Alison -- Charlotte Bronte / Mrs Gaskell.

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Author: Various

EBook No.: 39843

Published: May 29, 2012

Downloads: 122

Language: English

Subject: Women -- Biography

LoCC: History: Biography

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.