From: England, Occupation: All, Field: Literature, Politics: All, Gender: Female, Genre: All, Instrument: All, Religion: All, Award: All, Star sign: All ▸ 576 people found
Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist
Christina Rossetti
English poet
Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
English noblewoman
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
English socialite, style icon, author, and activist
Imogen Holst
English composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and festival administrator
Caroline Leakey
English novelist and poet
Hannah More
English religious writer, poet, playwright, philanthropist
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist
Catherine Parr
Queen Consort of Henry VIII
Doreen Valiente
English writer
Beatrix Potter
English children's writer and illustrator
Elizabeth Rowe
Poet and writer
Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist
Dawn French
British actress and comedian
Celia Imrie
English actress
Bonnie Wright
British actress and filmmaker
Dorothy L. Sayers
English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer
Gertrude Bell
English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy
Jane Austen
English novelist
Eleanor Hibbert
English novelist
Barbara Cartland
English writer and media personality
Coleen Nolan
English singer, author, beauty queen and television presenter
George Eliot
English novelist, journalist and translator
Catherine Tate
English comedian, actress and writer
Isabella Beeton
English journalist, publisher and writer
Isabella Whitney
English poet
Eliza Acton
English food writer and poet
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
English writer
Elizabeth Raffald
English author, innovator, entrepreneur
Jade Goody
English reality television personality
Irene Baird
Novelist
Emma Sheppard
English writer on poverty and the workhouses
Emma Sheppard
English writer and workhouse reformer
Fay Weldon
English author, essayist and playwright
Caroline Norton
English feminist, social reformer, and author
Elsie J. Oxenham
English writer
Janet Ross
English historian and biographer
Catherine Ann Dorset
English children's writer
Cecily Bulstrode
English courtier