Biographies of British Women

An ever-expanding list of biographies of notable women in British history, including those who are famous and those who should be more well known. New indicates biographies added within about a month (visible if your browser has javascript activated).

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• Diane Abbott
• Aelfgifu
• Aelfled
• Aelfthryth
• Aethelflaed
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
• Regina M. Anderson
• Margaret of Anjou
• Anne Neville
• Anne of Cleves
• Anne of Hanover
• Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Nancy Astor
• Anne Ayres

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• Cartimandua
• Catherine of Valois
• Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
• Cordelia

D
• Emily Davies
• Bernadette Devlin
• Diana, Princess of Wales
• Margaret Douglas

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E
• Eadgyth of England
• Edith of England
• Edith of Polesworth
• Edith of Wilton
• Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Elen Luyddog
• Elfreda
• Elfrida
• Elfthryth
• Elizabeth I of England
• Elizabeth Woodville
• Elizabeth of York
• Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother
• Ethelfleda

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F
• Millicent Garrett Fawcett
• Rosalind Franklin
• Elizabeth Fry

G
• Jane Goodall
• Lady Jane Grey
• Louise Guiney

H
• Caroline Herschel

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I

J

K
• Katherine of Valois

L
• Anna Leonowens
• Doris Lessing
• Ada Lovelace

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• Margaret of Anjou
• Margaret of Scotland (Saint Margaret)
• Margaret Tudor
• Mary I of England
• Mary of Guise
• Mary Queen of Scots - Mary Stuart
• Empress Matilda, Lady of the English
• Empress Maud
• Thea Musgrave

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N
• Anne Neville
• Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
• Florence Nightingale

O

P
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Catherine Parr
• Alice Paul
• Anna Pavlova

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Q
• Eve Queler

R
• Mary White Rowlandson

S
• Charlotte Angas Scott
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Sarah Siddons
• May Sinclair
• Hannah Snell
• Mary Somerville
• Diana, Princess of Wales (nee Lady Diana Spencer)
• Alicia Boole Stott
• Maud O'Farrell Swartz
• (Florence) Madge Syers

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• Ida Tarbell
• Margaret Thatcher
• Jayne Torvill
• Sophie Tucker
• Margaret Tudor

U

V
• Catherine of Valois
• Queen Victoria

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• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Elizabeth Woodville

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Z

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