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Women of the Tudor period. Women of the Tudor period, a category for women who were of significance in Tudor controlled lands from 1485 – 1603. See also: female members of the House of Tudor.
^A – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Margaret Atherton's Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period. Hackett; 1994. ISBN 0-87220-259-3 ^B – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Jacqueline Broad's Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth ...
1880. Abolitionist and women's rights campaigner. [ 39] 1700–1799. Judith Sargent Murray. United States. 1751. 1820. Early American proponent of female equality and author of On the Equality of the Sexes.
Women in the Middle Ages. Women in the Middle Ages in Europe occupied a number of different social roles. Women held the positions of wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun, as well as some important leadership roles, such as abbess or queen regnant. The very concept of women changed in a number of ways during the Middle Ages, [ 2] and several ...
Valeria, the name of the women of the Valeria gens. Valeria, first priestess of Fortuna Muliebris in 488 BC [1]; Aemilia Tertia (с. 230 – 163 or 162 BC), wife of Scipio Africanus and mother of Cornelia (see below), noted for the unusual freedom given her by her husband, her enjoyment of luxuries, and her influence as role model for elite Roman women after the Second Punic War.
Anna May Wong a.k.a. Wong Liu Tsong. Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, both in Hollywood and internationally, and the first Asian American woman to receive a star on the Hollywood ...
17th century. Barbara Strozzi, sometime between c. 1730–1740. Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678) Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) Leonora Baroni (1611–1670) Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676) Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665) Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker (born 1940) – specialist in the position of women during the Middle Ages; Mayke de Jong (born 1950) – political and religious history of the early Middle Ages; Eileen Power (1889–1940) – Middle Ages; Miri Rubin (born 1956) – social and religious history, 1100–1500