Women Of History
eBook - PDF

Women Of History

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  1. 263 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Women Of History

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About this book

For many millennia, the history of the world has been written by, for, and about men. This fascinating volume takes a different approach, offering brief biographies of dozens of women who have played a role in key world events. Learn more about the influence and impact of ladies like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Pocahontas, Marie Antoinette, and many others.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781775457251

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Lucretia
  5. Sappho
  6. Aspasia of Pericles
  7. Xantippe
  8. Aspasia of Cyrus
  9. Cornelia, the Mother of the Gracchi
  10. Portia
  11. Octavia
  12. Cleopatra
  13. Mariamne
  14. Julia Domna
  15. Zenobia
  16. Valeria
  17. Eudocia
  18. Hypatia
  19. The Wife of Maximus
  20. The Lady Rowena
  21. Olga
  22. The Lady Elfrida
  23. The Countess of Tripoli
  24. Jane, Countess of Mountfort
  25. Laura de Sade
  26. The Countess of Richmond
  27. Elizabeth Woodville
  28. Joan of Arc
  29. Jane Shore
  30. Catharine of Arragon
  31. Anne Boleyn
  32. Margaret Roper
  33. Elizabeth Lucas
  34. Gaspara Stampa
  35. Anne Askew
  36. Queen Elizabeth
  37. Lady Jane Grey
  38. Tarquinia Molza
  39. Mary, Queen of Scots
  40. Gabrielle D'Estrees
  41. Anne, Duchess of Pembroke
  42. Esther Inglis
  43. Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle
  44. Lady Pakington
  45. Noor Mahal
  46. Pocahontas
  47. Lucy Hutchinson
  48. Lady Fanshawe
  49. Dorothy Osborne
  50. Catherine Philips
  51. Madame de Maintenon
  52. Countess de Grammont
  53. Mademoiselle de la Valliere
  54. Madame Dacier
  55. Lady Masham
  56. Anne Killigrew
  57. Queen Anne
  58. Esther Johnson
  59. Esther Vanhomrigh
  60. Mary Astell
  61. Madame des Ursins
  62. Lady Grizel Jerviswoode
  63. Madame de Pontchartrain
  64. Elizabeth Halkett
  65. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
  66. Madame du Deffand
  67. Phoebe Bentley
  68. Marquise du Chatelet
  69. Lady Huntingdon
  70. Maria Theresa
  71. Meta Moller
  72. Elizabeth Blackwell
  73. Laetitia Barbauld
  74. Hannah More
  75. Anna Seward
  76. Catherine Cockburn
  77. Elizabeth Berkeleigh
  78. Caroline Herschel
  79. Madame D'Arblay
  80. Madame Roland
  81. Marie Antoinette
  82. Sarah Siddons
  83. Mrs Grant
  84. Elizabeth Inchbald
  85. Elizabeth Hamilton
  86. Countess de Vemieiro
  87. Joanna Baillie
  88. Josephine
  89. Anne Radcliffe
  90. Miss Edgeworth
  91. Charlotte Corday
  92. Madame de Stael
  93. Madame de la Rochejaquelein
  94. Madame Recamier
  95. Mary Brunton
  96. Felicia Hemans
  97. Augustina Zaragoza
  98. Charlotte Bronte
  99. Endnotes