Women writers of nineteenth century history (including the Victorian era): women who have made an impact through their fiction or journalism or poetry.
Delia Bacon was the first writer to propose the theory that the historical man, William Shakspear, did not write the plays attributed to Shakespeare. Could the man whose will mentions disposition of his second-best bed be the same man who adapted stories found only in Italian or Latin, who knew details of a 1580 visit of Marguerite de Valois and Catherine de Medici to Henry of Navarre's court?
A biography of Anne Brontė, author of
Agnes Grey and
The Tenant of Wildfell and of many poems, plus a guide to many more printe and internet resources.
A biography of Charlotte Brontė, author of
Jane Eyre and of many poems, plus a guide to many more printe and internet resources.
Ethel Lynn Beers is best known for her Civil War-related poem, "The Picket Guard," sometimes known as "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight."
From a biographical note published by Charlotte Bronte with a reissue of her sisters' writings, some information on Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte. It was written under Charlotte Bronte's pseudonym Currer Bell and refers to the sisters under their pseudonyms Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.
Fredrika Bremer biography: a biographical sketch of Fredrika Bremer, Swedish novelist and feminist.
A biography of Emily Brontė, author of
Wuthering Heights and of many poems, plus a guide to many more printe and internet resources.
Quotes by Madame de Stael plus a short profile of this woman who was part of Revolutionary and Napoleonic history in France.
A brief biography, with links to a more in-depth biography and story of how her poetry came to light. Plus a multi-level index to many more Emily Dickinson resources on this site.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- who also wrote as Alice Ruth Moore, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, and Alice Dunbar Nelson -- was an African American woman writer at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Her life and writing provide insight into the culture in which she lived. Here are some recommended books by or about Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
A profile of Alice Morse Earle, whose writings on colonial life and the Puritans focus on domestic life and foreshadow the discipline of women's history.
A profile of Ellen Russell Emerson, writer in the 19th century about Native American myths and Native American legends.
Sarah Josepha Hale - images connected with 19th century writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale.
A profile of Judith Sargent Murray, early American essayist, whose religious and political writing as well as personal letters help us understand that period of history. She also wrote one of the earliest feminist essays in America.
A biography of George Sand, French writer with a notorious love life.
Quotes by George Sand - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Collection of links for Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of
Uncle Tom's Cabin: her life, her work, her world. From your About Women's History Guide.
From your About Guide to Women's History, a biography and links on this 19th century poet, spiritualist, and love interest of Edgar Allen Poe.
A major poet, but often thought to be a bad one, she catered to popular tastes. One poem, represented here among many others, was a conversation between the old century and the new -- the 19th and the 20th. Another is an answer to a male critic who said "Woman is man's enemy, rival and competitor."
From your About Guide to Women's History, articles and quotations on the author of
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.Author Kate Chopin, in a profile from the "Louisiana Leaders" biography collection, author of the once-scandalous
The Awakening.
Fuller's overview of women's history, from the mid-19th century perspective.
Rich directory of resources on the author, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865).
