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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A
• 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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B• Daisy Mae Bates
• Berengaria
• Annie Besant
• Maeve Binchy
• Helen Blackburn
• Elizabeth Blackwell
• Barbara Bodichon
• Anne Boleyn
• Anne Bonny
• Boudicca (Boadicea)
• Anne Brontë
• Charlotte Brontë
• Emily Brontë
• Ada Augusta Byron, Lady Lovelace
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C
• 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
• Lady Godiva
• Jane Goodall
• Lady Jane Grey
• Louise Guiney
H
• Caroline Herschel
• Catherine Howard
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K
• Katherine of Valois
• Margery Kempe
L
• Anna Leonowens
• Doris Lessing
• Ada Lovelace
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M
• Margaret of Anjou
• Margaret of Scotland (Saint Margaret)
• Margaret Tudor
• Margery Kempe
• 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
• Julian of Norwich
P
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Catherine Parr
• Alice Paul
• Anna Pavlova
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Q
• Eve Queler
S
• Charlotte Angas Scott
• Jane Seymour
• 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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T
• Ida Tarbell
• Margaret Thatcher
• Elizabeth Tilney
• Jayne Torvill
• Sophie Tucker
• Margaret Tudor
V
• Catherine of Valois
• Queen Victoria
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W
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Victoria Woodhull
• Elizabeth Woodville
