| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 500 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter Æbbe (fl. 664-81) -- chapter Albani, (Marie Louise) Emma (Cecile) (1852-1930) -- chapter Alexandra (1844-1925) -- chapter Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) -- chapter Anning, Mary (1800-47) -- chapter Anspach, Margravine of -- chapter Arnaud, Yvonne (Germaine) (1892-1958) -- chapter Ashford, Daisy, pseudonym of Mrs Margaret Devlin (1881-1972) -- chapter Asquith of Yarnbury, Lady -- chapter Atholl, Duchess of; Katherine Marjory Stewart-Murray (1874- 1960) -- chapter Austral, Florence, stage-name of Florence Fawaz or Wilson (1894- 1968) -- chapter Ayres, Ruby M(ildred) (1883- 1955) -- chapter Balfour, Clara (Lucas) (1808-78) -- chapter Bateson, Mary (1865-1906) -- chapter Berengaria of Navarre (c. 1172- after 1230) -- chapter Betterton, Mary (c. 1637-1712) -- chapter Blackwell, Elizabeth (fl. 1737) -- chapter Blyton, Enid (Mary) (1897-1968) -- chapter Boadicea -- chapter Bowdler, Jane (1743-84) -- chapter Braddock, Bessie (1899-1970) -- chapter Braddon, Mary (Elizabeth) (1837- 1915) -- chapter Bride, St -- chapter Brittain, Vera (Mary) (1893-1970) -- chapter Brontë, Emily (Jane) (1818-48) -- chapter Broughton, Rhoda (1840-1920) -- chapter Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness (1814-1906) -- chapter Bury, Elizabeth (1644-1720) -- chapter Cable, (Alice) Mildred (1878- 1952) -- chapter Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815- 79) -- chapter Caroline (1768-1821) -- chapter Carr, Philippa -- chapter Cartwright, Julia, known as Mrs Henry Ady (1851-1924) -- chapter Cary, Elizabeth, Viscountess Falkland (1585-1639) -- chapter Cellier, Elizabeth (fl. 1679-88) -- chapter Chadwick, Helen (1953-96) -- chapter Chapone, Hester (1727-1801) -- chapter Chatham, Hester, Lady -- chapter Chidley, Catherine (fl. 1590-1667) -- chapter Clare, Elizabeth de (1291?-1360) -- chapter Clerke, Agnes Mary (1842-1907) -- chapter Clifford, Rosamund (?-1176?) -- chapter Cobham, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (c. 1405-1457) -- chapter Coleridge, Sara (1802-52) -- chapter Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1884- 1969) -- chapter Cooper, Selina (Jane) (1864-1946) -- chapter Corbett Ashby, Dame Margery -- chapter Cork and Orrery, Countess of -- chapter Cowley, Hannah (1743-1809) -- chapter Craighton, Elizabeth (fl. 1728-76) -- chapter Crowe, Catherine Stevens (1800- 76) -- chapter Dawson, Margaret (Mary) Damer (1875-1920) -- chapter de Valois, Dame Ninette (1898- 2001) -- chapter Delaney, Mary (1700-88) -- chapter Devonshire, Duchess of -- chapter Dod, Lottie (1871-1960) -- chapter Dors, Diana, stage-name of Diana Mary Fluck (1931-84) -- chapter Douglas, Lady Eleanor (1590- 1652) -- chapter Drake, Judith (fl. 1696-1707) -- chapter Dresdel, Sonia, stage-name of Lois Obee (1909-76) -- chapter Durham, (Frances) Hermia (1873- 1948) -- chapter Eadgifu (fl. 919-51) -- chapter Eardley, Joan (1921-63) -- chapter Edwards, Amelia (Ann) Blandford (1831-92) -- chapter Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) -- chapter Elstob, Elizabeth (1683-1756) -- chapter Engelbach, Florence (1872-1951) -- chapter Essex, Countess of -- chapter Evans, Dame Joan (1893-1977) -- chapter Farren, Elizabeth (1759?-1829) -- chapter Faucit, Helen, stage-name of Helena Saville (1820-98) -- chapter Ferrier, Kathleen (1912-53) -- chapter Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea (1660-1720) -- chapter Fonteyn, Dame Margot (1919-91) -- chapter Forbes, Katherine -- chapter Fox, Elizabeth, Baroness Holland (1771-1845) -- chapter Franklin, (Stella Maria) Miles (1879-1954) -- chapter Freud, Anna (1896-1982) -- chapter Fry, Elizabeth (1780-1845) -- chapter Furse, Dame Katharine (1875- 1952) -- chapter Gilbert, Elizabeth (1824-85) -- chapter Ginner, Ruby (1886-1978) -- chapter Gleichen, Lady Feodora Georgina Maud (1861-1922) -- chapter Gore-Booth, Eva (Selina) (1870- 1926) -- chapter Green, Alice Sophia Amelia (1847-1929) -- chapter Grey, Maria (Georgina) (1816- 1906) -- chapter Grierson, Constantia (1706-33) -- chapter Grote, Harriet (1792-1878) -- chapter Grymeston, Elizabeth (before 1563-c. 1603) -- chapter Gwyn, Nell (1650-87) -- chapter Hale, Cicely (1884-1981) -- chapter Hammond, Kay, stage-name of Katharine Standing (1909-80) -- chapter Harvie Anderson, Betty (1914-79) -- chapter Henriette Anne, Duchess of Orléans (1644-70) -- chapter Herschel, Caroline (Lucretia) (1750-1848) -- chapter Heyer, Georgette (1902-74) -- chapter Hild (614-80) -- chapter Hoby, Elizabeth (1528-1609) -- chapter Hodson, Henrietta (1841-1910) -- chapter Hopkins, (Jane) Ellice (1836-1904) -- chapter Horniman, Annie (Elizabeth Fredericka) (1860-1937) -- chapter Horsburgh, Florence, Baroness Horsburgh (1889-1969) -- chapter Houston, Dame (Fanny) Lucy (1857-1936) -- chapter How-Martyn, Edith (c. 1875- 1954) -- chapter Hubbard, Louisa (Maria) (1836- 1906) -- chapter Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821) -- chapter Inglis, Elsie Maud (1864-1917) -- chapter Inglis, Esther (1571-1624) -- chapter Irwin, Margaret (Emma Faith) (?-1967) -- chapter Iurminburg (fl. 678-685) -- chapter Jersey, Countess of -- chapter Jewsbury, Geraldine (Endsor) (1812-80) -- chapter Joan of Kent -- chapter John, Gwen (1876-1939) -- chapter Johnson, Amy (1904-41) -- chapter Jordan-Lloyd, Dorothy (1889- 1946) -- chapter King, Jessie M(arion) (1876-1949) -- chapter L E.L |
| Summary |
This reference work brings together biographies of over 1000 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, offering an engaging record of female achievement spanning 2000 years of British life |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: The Europa biographical dictionary of British women. ©1983 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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Women -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
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Women
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Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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Electronic books
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dictionaries.
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Biographies
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Dictionaries
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionnaires.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203403908 |
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9780203403907 |
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9781857432282 |
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1857432282 |
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