User:Gobonobo/Gender Gap red list/Women in World History

This page lists some of the 10,000 entries from the Dartmouth Medal-winning encyclopedia Women in World History that do not have articles in Wikipedia. Please note that some of the entries concern historical figures of whom little is known other than birth and death dates, or records of their marriage and children. So, prior to starting an article from this list, be certain the subject meets notability guidelines and that you have multiple reliable sources.

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A

 * Laudomia Accaiuoli (also Laudomia de Medici)
 * Adasse (currently a redirect; fl. 1348), German moneylender
 * Adelaide (needs disambiguation) (c. 794-after 852), French princess
 * Adelaide (needs disambiguation) (fl. 860s)
 * Adelaide de Condet (fl. 12th c.), British patron who commanded the translation of the Proverbs of Solomon (c. 1150)
 * Adele (needs disambiguation) (r. 1017-1031), co-ruler of Vendome
 * Agariste (needs disambiguation) (fl. 515 BCE-490 BCE), Mother of Pericles
 * Agnes of Bohemia (disambiguation needed) (1269-1297), wife of Rudolf II, Duke of Austria
 * Agnes of Huntingdonshire (fl. 13th c.), English doctor
 * Agnes of Jouarre (fl. early 13th c.), French abbess
 * Alice de Joinville, Countess of Lancaster. Second wife of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281–1345)
 * Alisia of Antioch, Ferrarese noblewoman. Third wife of Azo also known as Azzo VI d'Este (1170–1212), 1st lord of Ferrara (r. 1208–1212); children: Azzo VII Novello (d. 1264).
 * Sadie Allen (barrel rider) (b. ca. 1868), rode over Niagara Falls in a barrel with partner George Hazlett on November 28, 1886
 * Katherine Amlingyn (fl. late 15th c.) merchant from Erfurt
 * Anastasia (fl. 800s), Byzantine princess, daughter of Theodora and Theophilos
 * Anna Maria Theresa/Anna Maria, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1879-1961), Princess of Hohenlohe, daughter of Ferdinand IV
 * Anna of Byzantium (fl. 901)/Anna (daughter of Leo VI) (fl. 901), daughter of Leo VI the Wise
 * Anna Victoria of Savoy (Princess of Savoy-Carignan), probably the daughter of Emmanuel Philibert (d. 1709) and Catherine d'Este
 * Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne (d. 1512) (redirect)/Anne de la Tour (d. 1512), Duchess of Albany, daughter of Bertrand de la Tour and Louise de la Tremoille
 * Anne of York (fl. 13th c.), respected doctor in England who served the poor at Saint Leonard's hospital in York
 * Julia Annenkova/Julia Gamarnik/Julia Ilyishchna Annenkova (c. 1898 – c. 1938), Soviet activist and journalist, editor-in-chief of Moscow's Deutsche Zentral-Zeitung
 * Anthusa (mother of John Chrysostom) (born c. 324 or 334), married Secundus
 * Antonia Uccello (redirect) /Antonia Ucello (1456–1491), painter and Carmelite nun, daughter of Paolo Uccello
 * Apphia (redirect), Biblical woman at Colossae mentioned in Philemon 2
 * Emmy Arnold (1884-1980), German-born leader of the Bruderhof movement
 * Aspasia the Younger (redirect)/Aspasia the Wise/Milto (fl. 415-370 BCE), Greek concubine, favorite of Cyrus the Younger
 * Augusta Astor/Charlotte Augusta Gibbes (fl. 1820s-1890s), American philanthropist, married to John Jacob Astor III
 * Sarah Todd Astor (1761-1832), German-born American fur trader who worked with her husband John Jacob Astor
 * Constance Aubert (1803-1881), French journalist and novelist who wrote for fashion magazines
 * Alice Audley (d. 1374), Baroness Neville of Raby, married to Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville
 * Mlle Augusta/Comtesse de Saint-James/Caroline Augusta Josephine Thérèsa Fuchs (1806–1901), French dancer
 * Azubah (wife of Caleb) (redirect), Biblical woman

B

 * Gertruda Babilenska (1902-1997), Polish-born Gentile who raised a Jewish boy during WWII after his mother died
 * Ada de Balliol (fl. 1256), Scottish royal, daughter of John I de Balliol
 * Cecily Balliol (d. before 1273), Scottish royal, daughter of John I de Balliol
 * Eleanor Balliol (fl. 1230), Scottish royal, wife of John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
 * Margaret Balliol (c. 1255-?), Scottish royal, sister of John Balliol
 * Margaret Balliol (c. 1325–1380), married Francesco del Balzo, 1st Duke of Andria, mother of James del Balzo
 * Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg (redirect) (c. 1405-1465), Margravine of Brandenburg, wife of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
 * Anamarija Basch (b. 1893), Yugoslav-Jewish activist in the Belgian resistance and nurse in the Spanish Civil War
 * Basine (fl. 428), Frankish queen. Flourished around 428; married Clodion, chief of the Franks (r. 428–447)
 * Mary Elizabeth Bass (1876–1956), American physician, teacher, and chronicler of the history of women physicians in America
 * Mary Roper Basset/Mary Roper Clarke Basset (fl. 1544–1572), English writer and translator
 * Ruby Bates (1913–1976), key American participant in the notorious Scottsboro case
 * Helene Bauer (1871–1942), Austrian journalist and educator, who was wife and collaborator of Social Democratic leader Otto Bauer
 * Marianne Baum (1912–1942), German-Jewish anti-Nazi activist and leading member of the Herbert Baum resistance circle (redirects to Herbert Baum)
 * Edith Baumann/Edith Honecker (de; 1909–1973), German political activist and one of relatively few women among the political leadership of the German Democratic Republic
 * Josephine Perfect Bay/Josephine Holt Perfect Bay (1900–1962), American financier and the first woman to head a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange
 * Beatrice of Kent (d. after 1280), English abbess and author
 * Hawise de Beaumont/Hawise Beaumont (d. 1197), Countess of Gloucester. Died in 1197; daughter of Robert Beaumont (1104–1167), 2nd earl of Leicester, and Amicia de Waer; married William Fitzrobert (d. 1183), 2nd earl of Gloucester, in 1119; children: Amicia Fitzrobert (d. 1225); Mabel Fitzrobert; Avisa of Gloucester (c. 1167–1217)
 * Marie Alexander Becker/Marie Alexandrine Becker (1877–194?), Belgian housewife and mass poisoner
 * Ann Beddingfield (1742–1763), English murderer
 * Doris Beeby/Doris Isabel Beeby (1894–1948), Australian union organizer
 * Lucy Beland/Ma Beland (1871–1941), American drug peddler
 * Denise Bellon/Denise Hulmann (fr; 1902–1999), French photographer
 * Nora Beloff (1919–1997), English author, journalist and first woman correspondent in Britain
 * Gertrude Benham (fl. 1909), British mountain climber and the first woman to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
 * Ursula Benincasa (1547–1618), Italian religious
 * Philothey Benizelos (fl. 1650), Greek abbess
 * Belle Harris Bennett/Isabel Harris Bennett (1852–1922), American church worker
 * Catherine Bentley/Sister Magdalene Augustine (fl. 1635), English-Flemish nun who translated and had published a life of St. Clare of Assisi
 * Marie Bernays (de; 1883–1939), German Jewish social worker
 * Bertha of Avenay (c. 830–c. 852), Abbess of Avenay. Born around 830; died after 852; daughter ofIrmengard (c. 800–851) and Lothair alsoknown as Lothar I (795–855), Holy Roman emperor (r. 840–855)
 * Bertha of Burgundy (d. 1097), Queen of Castile and Leon. Died in 1097; daughter of William I, count of Burgundy, andEtienette de Longwy ; became third wife of Alphonso VI (c. 1030–1109), king of Leon (r. 1065–1070, 1072–1109) and Castile (r. 1072–1109), in 1093.
 * Bertha of Marbais/Bertha de Marbais (d. 1247), saint, nun at the abbey of Aywières. Feast day is 18 July; related to Johanna of Flanders (d. 1244)
 * Bertha-Eudocia the Frank (fl. 900s), Byzantine empress; first wife of Romanos or Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (r. 959–963); no children
 * Berthgyth (fl. 8th c.), English nun and letter writer
 * Bertrada of Evreux/Bertrade d'Evreux (fl. 1170s), Countess of Chester. Flourished in the 1100s; daughter of Simon, count of Evreux, andAmice de Beaumont ; married Hugh de Kevilioc, 3rd earl of Chester; children: Ranulf de Blondville, 4th earl of Chester (c. 1172–1232, who was the second husband ofConstance of Brittany [1161–1201]);Maude of Chester (1171–1233); Hawise, countess of Lincoln; Adeliz de Keveliock; Agnes, Lady of Chartley
 * (1914–1944), Belgian resistance leader, teacher, and poet
 * (1920–1942), German-Jewish member of the anti-Nazi resistance
 * Bid'a (fl. 9th century) (856–915), Arab composer who sang for Caliph al-Mutamid and became enormously wealthy; studied under Oraib
 * Millicent Todd Bingham (1880–1968), American geographer, conservationist, author, and educator
 * Sybil Moseley Bingham (1792-1848), US missionary who founded the first Christian mission in Hawaii
 * Sofija Binkiene (1902-1984), Lithuanian rescuer of Jewish people during World War II
 * Blanche of Rossi (d .1237), Italian noble and soldier, married Battista of Padua and fought to defend Ezzelino in the war between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines
 * Alianore Bohun/Alianore de Bohun (d. 1313), Countess of Hereford and Essex, daughter of Eleanor de Braose
 * Maud Bohun (fl. 1240s)/Maud de Bohun (fl. 1240s), Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Maud of Lusignan and Humphrey Bohun (d. 1275)
 * Maud Bohun (fl. 1275)/Maud de Fiennes (fl. 1275), Countess of Hereford and Essex, spouse of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford
 * Helen Boiardi (1905-1995), Italian-American businessperson who founded Chef Boyardee with husband Ettore Boiardi
 * Antoinette Bonner (1892-1920), Romanian-born jewel thief
 * Anne Bourchier/Eleanor Bourchier (c. 1471-1474), Duchess of Norfolk, wife of John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
 * Carry Brachvogel (1964-1942), German-Jewish novelist
 * Annora de Braose (d. 1241), English noble and recluse, daughter of Maud de Braose


 * Brem
 * Jeanne Brécourt (b. 1837), French courtesan and blackmailer
 * Emily Edson Briggs (also Emily Pamona Edson Briggs; 1830-1910), US journalist
 * Augusta Fox Bronner (1881–1966), US clinical psychologist
 * Eugenia Bronskaya (1882–1953), Russian soprano, taught at Leningrad Conservatory
 * Linda Brown (redirects to Brown v. Board of Education)
 * Anne Browne (d. 1511), Duchess of Suffolk, wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
 * Margaret Bruce (needs disambiguation; c. 1286–?), Scottish royal, daughter of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick
 * Margaret Bruce (needs disambiguation; d. 1346), Scottish princess, wife of William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland
 * Matilda Bruce (c. 1285 - c. 1326), Countess of Ross, wife of Hugh, Earl of Ross
 * Matilda Bruce (d. 1353), Scottish princess, daughter of Elizabeth de Burgh
 * Antonia Bruha (1915–2006), Austrian Nazi resister
 * Ilse Brüll (1925–1942), Austrian-Jewish girl murdered at Auschwitz
 * Josefine Brunner (1909–1943), Austrian Socialist, resistance fighter
 * Anne Brusselsmans, Englishwoman who operated escape lines in Brussels during WWII
 * Luise Büchner (1821–1877), German poet and novelist (de)
 * Justyna Budzińska-Tylicka/Justyna Budzynska-Tylicka (1876–1936), Polish physician, Socialist activist and birth-control pioneer (pl)
 * Marguerite Buffet (d. 1680), French grammarian (fr)
 * Melanija Bugarinović/Melanie Bugarinovic (1905–1986), Serbian mezzo-soprano who sang with the Vienna and Belgrade operas
 * Anna Bullinger (c. 1504–1564), Swedish reformer married to Heinrich Bullinger
 * Emilie Bullowa/Emilie M. Bullowa (1869–1942), US lawyer, reformer and philanthropist; founding member and first president of the National Association of Women Lawyers
 * Frieda von Bülow (1857–1909), German author and creator of the German colonial novel (de)
 * Margarethe von Bülow/Margarete von Bülow (1860–1884), German novelist (de)
 * Charlotte Buresova (b. 1904), Czech-Jewish artist whose work documents her imprisonment at the Terezin-Theresienstadt concentration camp
 * Hildegard Burger (1905–1943), Austrian anti-Nazi activist and member of an underground Communist cell in Graz; sentenced to death by the People's Court
 * Renate Burgess/Renate R. A. Burgess (1910–1988), German-born British art and medical historian
 * Anna Busoni/Anna Weiß-Busoni (1833–1909), Italian pianist and mother of Ferruccio Busoni
 * Helen May Butler/Helen May Spahn (1867–1957), Composer, conductor, and politician, known as the "Female Sousa"; helped establish careers for women musicians; first American woman to lead a professional concert band
 * Mary Butters (fl. 1839), Irish woman accused of sorcery - see Carnmoney
 * Margaret Byers (née Morrow; 1832–1912), Irish educationalist who founded the Ladies' Collegiate School (later Victoria College) in Belfast, in 1859, and took a leading part in campaigns to secure equality for women within the Irish education system. She was a teacher, a businesswoman, a pioneer of higher education for girls, a philanthropist and a suffragist born in Rathfriland. She said: "My aim was to provide for girls an education...as thorough as that which is afforded to boys in the schools of the highest order." In 1905 she was given an honorary degree by Trinity College, Dublin and in 1908 Queen's University, Belfast appointed her to its senate.

C
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 * Sylvia Caduff (b. 1937), Swiss conductor
 * Mary Gwendolin Caldwell (1863–1909), American philanthropist
 * Marie Callender (redirects to the restaurant, 1907–1995), American piemaker and businesswoman
 * Calypso (Ancient Greek painter) (fl. ca. 200 BCE), mentioned in Pliny the Elder's account of women painters (it is possible that Calypso was not a painter at all but actually the subject of a portrait by Irene)
 * Bessy Cameron (ca. 1851–1895), Aboriginal Australian teacher
 * Luisa Cappiani (also Louisa Kapp-Young; b. 1835), Austrian musician
 * Marion Cardny (fl. 1300s), mistress of Robert II, king of Scotland; daughter of John Cardny; paramour of Robert II (1316–1390), king of Scotland (r. 1371–1390); children: (with Robert II) Alexander Stewart, canon of Glasgow; John Stuart of Arntullie; James Stuart of Kinfauns; Walter Stuart
 * Elizabeth Carmichael (fl. 1530s), mistress of James V
 * Caroline Carnegie/Caroline Cecily Dewar/Caroline Dewar (b. 1934), spouse of James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
 * Caroline (1793-1812), Tuscan noble, daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 * Mel Cashman/Ellen Imelda Cashman (1891-1979), Australian union organizer
 * Marie Catargi, spouse of Milosh of Serbia (d. 1861), mother of Milan II (I), prince of Serbia (?)
 * Catherine of Brittany/Catherine, Princess of Orange (1428- c. 1476), daughter of Margaret, Countess of Vertus
 * Catherine of Habsburg (1256–1282), daughter of Rudolf I of Germany and wife of Otto III, Duke of Bavaria
 * Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (redirect) (d. 1526), spouse of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and mother of Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
 * Madeleine Caulier (d. 1712), French peasant noted for her actions during the siege of Lille in 1708
 * Charlotte de Bourbone-Vendome/Charlotte of Vendôme, duchess of Nevers, mother of Charles II, Count of Nevers
 * Margaret Chanler (b. 1862), US memoirist and friend of Edith Wharton
 * Lidia Chervinskaia/Lidiya Davydovna Chervinskaya (1907-1988), Russian poet and literary critic
 * Elena Chica/Dora d'Istria/Helene Ghica/Elena Ghika (1828-1888), Romanian author
 * Ana, countess of Chinchon/Ana de Osorio (1576-1639), spouse of Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón, namesake of Cinchona/quinine
 * Wladyslawa Laryssa Choms/Wladyslawa Choms (1891-1966), Polish rescuer, "Angel of Lvov", saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust
 * Christina de Forz/Christina de Galloway (d. 1246), spouse of William de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle
 * Christian de Plessetis/Christian de Plessis (c. 1250 - ?), Baroness Segrave, wife of John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave
 * Christine of Gandersheim/Christina of Gandersheim (d. 919), daughter of Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
 * Chrodielde (fl. 590), Frankish nun who waged war to become an abbess
 * Chunsina, Queen of the Franks, wife of Chlothar I
 * Clara/Clara Isabella Fornari/Anna Felicia Fornari (1697-1744), Italian saint
 * Margaret de Clare/Margaret, Countess of Cornwall/Marguerite de Clere (1249-1313), daughter of Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester
 * Maud Clifford (d. 1446), Countess of Cambridge, daughter of Thomas Clifford, 4th baron Clifford and wife of Richard of Conis brough, 2nd earl of Cambridge
 * Clotisinda (redirects to Rictrude, Queen of the Lombards
 * Alexandra Coke/Lady Alexandra Coke/Alexandra Bridget Coke, wife of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie


 * Cole
 * Elizabeth Collingwood (b. 23 April 1924), English royal, second wife of Gerald Lascelles
 * Cattarina Colonna (also Catherine Colonna, d. 1440), Countess of Montefeltro
 * Constance/Maud FitzRoy (fl. 1100), Viscountess de Beaumont, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England by unnamed mistress
 * Marie Contat (1769-1846), French actress and sister of Louise Contat
 * Sybilla Corbet of Alcester (b. 1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, d. after 1157)
 * Constanza (1182-1202), Portuguese princess, daughter of Sancho I of Portugal
 * Louise H.K. Cox/Louise Howland King Cox(b. 1865), American painter
 * May Craig (actor)/May Craig (actress) (c. 1889–1972), Irish actor
 * Ella Phillips Crandall (1871–1938), American nurse
 * Marie-Madeleine Crespé/Mademoiselle Théodore/Marie-Madeleine Crespe (1760–1796), French ballerina (fr)
 * Lois Crisler (1897–1971), American writer whose observations provided some of the first detailed descriptions of wolves' social interactions
 * Evelyne Crochet (1934—), French pianist
 * Bridget Cromwell (1624–c. 1660), Daughter of English soldier and Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
 * Thalassa Cruso (1908–1997), English-born American gardening expert, author, and television personality
 * Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Brandenburg
 * .... to do : Cunigundes
 * Doris Malkin Curtis (1914–1991), American geologist
 * Minnie Astor Fosburgh (1906–1978), American socialite, philanthropist
 * Cypros (c. 90 BCE–?), mother of Herod the Great; Born an Arab in Nabatea, a kingdom east of Judea; married Antipater the Idumaean (d. 43 BCE, minister to the Hasmonian queen Alexandra ); children: sons Phasael, governor of Jerusalem (d. 40 BCE); Herod the Great, king of Judea (73–4 BCE) (redirects to Antipater the Idumaean)

D

 * Emmanuela del Dampierre/Emanuela de Dampierre (1913–2002), Duchess of Segovia (es, fr)
 * Dananir al Barmakiyya (fl. late 700s), Arabian singer who wrote the Book of Choice Songs
 * Patience Darton/Patience Edney (1911–1996), British nurse in the Spanish Civil War and political activist
 * Lili Darvas (1902–1974), Hungarian-born American actress (hu)
 * Madeline Dassault/Madeline Minckes (1901–1992), French industrialist
 * Constance Davey/Constance Muriel Davey (1882–1963), Australian psychologist who specialized in work with children with special needs
 * Caroline Edgeworth David/Caroline Martha David/Cara David (1856–1951), English-born educator, feminist, and social reformer who was active in Australia
 * Ruth Davidow (b. 1911), Russian-born American nurse and political activist who was one of the nurses with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War
 * Margaret Miller Davidson (1823–1838), American poet
 * Dorothy Hilliard Davis (1917–1994), American pilot, member of WASP during World War II, played a crucial role in the campaign to gain government recognition for the WASPs as military veterans
 * Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki/Pa Tepaeru Ariki Davis (1923–1990), Cook Islands traditional leader and president of the House of Ariki from 1980 to 1990 (fr)
 * Theresa de Mello/Theresa Lisboa Figueria de Mello/Thereza Lisboa Figueira de Mello (1913–1997), Princess of Hohenzollern
 * Jennie Dean/Jane Serepta Dean (1852–1913), African-American missionary and school founder
 * Tamara Dembo (1902–1993) Russian-born American psychologist, pioneer of psychological field theory, theorist in rehabilitation psychology, developed a method of studying anger that emphasized the importance of understanding the context of each situation
 * Anna Demel (1872–1956), Austrian proprietor of Viennese pastry shop Demel


 * Louise Denis/Louise Mignot Arouet (c. 1710 - 1790), French author, niece of Voltaire

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 * Elizabeth Drake (disambiguator)/Elizabeth Churchill (fl. 1625-1650), mother of Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)

E

 * Eadburh (needs disambiguation), Saxon noblewoman; married Ethelred the Great; children: Elswitha (d. 902)
 * Edflaed (c. 900-?), West Saxon nun, daughter of Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Elder and Edward the Elder
 * Louise Edvina (1878-1948), Canadian soprano
 * Charlotte Eisenblätter (1903-1944), German anti-Nazi activist
 * Elvira Eisenschneider (1924–c. 1944), German anti-Nazi activist who parachuted into Nazi Germany and was later captured (de)
 * Eleanor de Warenne/Eleanor de Warrenne/Eleanor Percy (born c. 1250), English noblewoman, daughter of Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey
 * Elizabeth of Courtenay (died 1205) (d. 1205), French royal; mother of Peter II of Courtenay, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay (died 1194) and Hawise du Donjon; married Peter I de Courtenay (c. 1126–1180) (dab. from Elizabeth of Courtenay)
 * Elizabeth of Gorlitz/Elizabeth of Görlitz/Elizabeth of Luxembourg (c. 1380–c. 1444), Duchess of Gorlitz, Duchess of Luxemburg, 1411–1441
 * Elizabeth of Habsburg (1293–1352), Duchess of Lorraine. Born around 1293 in Vienna; died on May 19, 1352, in Nancy; daughter of Elizabeth of Tyrol (c. 1262–1313) and Albrecht of Habsburg (1255–1308)

F

 * Dora Fabian (1901-1935), German anti-Nazi activist and writer
 * Fadl (singer) (d. c. 870), Arabian singer and poet
 * Faileuba (fl. 586-587), Queen of Austrasia and Burgundy
 * Farida (singer), (c. 830-?), Arabian singer
 * Fausta Cornelia (b. 88 BCE), Roman noblewoman, daughter of Sulla
 * Marie Favart (born 1833) (born Marie Pierette Ignace Pingaud Favart, 1833), French actress
 * Julie Velten Favre (1834-1896), French educator and philosopher
 * Amy Feng (b. 1969), Chinese-born table tennis champion
 * Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866–1932) Born Feodore Victoria Alberta on July 23, 1866; died on November 1, 1932; daughter of Hermann, 6th prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Leopoldine (1837–1903); married Emich, 5th prince of Leiningen, on July 12, 1894; children: five, including Charles, 6th prince of Leiningen
 * Fergusa (fl. 800s), Queen of Dalriada; daughter of Fergus, king of Dalriada (Fergus mac Echdach?); maternal niece of two kings of the Picts, Kenneth II and Alpin II; married her cousin Eochaid IV, king of Dalriada; children: Alpin, king of Kintyre (d. 834)
 * Félicité de and Théophile de Fernig/Félicité de Fernig/Felicite de Fernig/Théophile de Fernig/Theophile de Fernig (c. 1776–after 1831)/(c. 1779–c. 1818), French soldiers known as the "Amazons of the Jemappes" for their bravery at the Battle of Jemappes
 * Fiamma Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer and businesswoman, daughter of Salvatore Ferragamo
 * Anne Ferrers (d. 1342), English noblewoman; daughter of William Ferrers, 1st baron Ferrers of Groby, and Margaret Segrave (c. 1280–?); married Edward Despenser; children: Edward Despenser, 1st baron Despenser.
 * Eliza Anne Fewings (1857–1940), British and Australian educational reformer
 * Agnes Fingerin (d. 1515), German textile merchant from Gorlitz, Germany
 * Francesca da Firenze (fl. 15th c.), Florentine miniaturist and nun
 * Greta Fischer (1909–1988), child welfare worker with the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Agency's Special Child Division
 * Cicely Corbett Fisher (1885–1959), British suffragist and women's rights activist
 * Amy Fitzalan (fl. 1440), also Amy Butler, Countess of Ormonde; daughter of John Fitzalan, 11th earl of Arundel, and Maud Lovell; second wife of James Butler (1420–1461), 5th earl of Ormonde
 * Elizabeth Fitzalan (fl. 1408–1417)/Lady Maltravers, English noblewoman; married John Fitzalan (1385–1421); children: John Fitzalan (1408–1435), 11th earl of Arundel; William Fitzalan (1417–1487), 13th earl of Arundel
 * Joan Fitzalan/Joan Bohun (fl. 1325), Countess of Hereford and Essex; daughter of Edmund Fitzalan, 7th earl of Arundel, and Alice (de Warrenne) Fitzalan (d. around 1338); sister of Richard Fitzalan (c. 1313–1376), 8th earl of Arundel; aunt of Joan Fitzalan (d. 1419); married John Bohun, 5th earl of Hereford, 4th of Essex, in 1325
 * Katherine Fitzalan (disambiguation)
 * Katherine Fitzalan (b. ca. 1520)/Katherine Grey/Catherine Fitzalan, Countess of Arundel; daughter of Thomas Grey (1477–1530), 2nd marquess of Dorset, and Margaret Wotton ; married Henry Fitzalan (1512–1580), 16th earl of Arundel; children: Mary Fitzalan (d. 1557)
 * Katherine Fitzalan (fl. 1530s), English noblewoman; daughter of William Fitzalan, 15th earl of Arundel, and Anne Percy; first wife of Henry Grey (c. 1517–1554), later duke of Suffolk
 * Margaret Fitzalan/Margaret Roos/Baroness Ros (b. ca. 1388), English noblewoman; daughter of John Fitzalan (1365–1391) and Elizabeth Despenser (d. 1408); married William Roos (d. 1414), 7th baron Ros; children: Margaret Roos (who married Reginald Grey); Thomas Roos, 9th baron Ros (d. 1431)
 * Maud Fitzalan/Maud de Verdun (fl. 1200s) English noblewoman; daughter of Roesia de Verdun; married John Fitzalan (who, though not known as an earl of Arundel, occupied the castle of Arundel from 1243 to 1267); children: John Fitzalan (d. 1272); grandmother of Richard, 6th earl of Arundel
 * Amabel Fitzhammon (d. 1157), Countess of Gloucester; married Robert, 1st earl of Gloucester (illegitimate son of Henry I and Nesta Tewdwr ), in 1109 (died 1147); children: William Fitzrobert, 2nd earl of Gloucester
 * Anne Fitzhugh (fl. 1466), Viscountess Lovell; daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, 5th Lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, and Alice Neville (fl. 1480s, sister of the Kingmaker); married Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell, in 1466
 * Amice FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of Gloucester/Amicia Fitzrobert (d. 1225), Countess of Hertford, countess of Gloucester. Name variations: Amicia of Gloucester. Died in 1225; daughter of William Fitzrobert, 2nd earl of Gloucester, and Hawise Beaumont (daughter of Robert, 2ndearl of Leicester); married Richard de Clare, 4th earl of Hertford, about 1180; children: Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Hertford, 1st earl of Gloucester (born around 1180); Richard also known as Roger de Clare; Matilda de Clare (who married William de Braose and Rhys Gryg).
 * Lady Isabella FitzRoy/Isabel Fitzroy (1726–1782), Marquise of Hertford; She married Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. They were parents to Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford and other eleven children.
 * Flaccilla (daughter of Theodosius II)/Flacilla (d. 431), Roman noble, died in childhood; daughter of Theodosius II, East Roman emperor, and Eudocia (c. 401–460)
 * Janine-Marie de Foix (fl. 1377), French soldier, fought for King Charles V
 * Vera Fokina (1886–1958), Russian ballerina
 * Isabella O. Ford (1855–1924), British feminist
 * Małgorzata Fornalska Malgorzata Fornalska (1902–1944), Polish revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Left in the 1930s and during the Nazi occupation
 * Mary Fox, Lady Holland/Mary Augusta Coventry (b. 1817), Born Lady Mary Augusta Coventry in 1817; daughter of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry and Lady Mary Beauclerk; married Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland in 1833 (died 1859); daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Vassall Fox (1770–1845).
 * Martha Minerva Franklin (1870–1968), African-American nurse who founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN)
 * Fredesenda of Hauteville/Fredesenda (fl. 1000), Frankish noblewoman; second wife of Tancred of Hauteville; children: Robert Guiscard (d. 1085, duke of Apulia and Calabria, count of Sicily, r. 1057–1085); William, count of the Principate (d. 1080); Roger the Great, count of Sicily (r. 1072–1101); Fredesendis (fl. 1050); et al.
 * Fredesendis/Fredesendis, Princess of Capua (fl. 1050), Princess of Capua; daughter of Fredesenda of Hauteville and Tancred of Hauteville; married Richard I, prince of Capua
 * Emma B. Freeman (1880–1927), American photographer
 * (1878–1948), Austrian Social Democratic leader and women's rights activist who advocated social reforms in cooperatives, women's suffrage, and adult education
 * Bess Furman/Bess Furman Armstrong (1894–1969), American newspaper reporter
 * Furneria of Mirepoix (fl. 13th c.), French Albigensian. Flourished in the 13th century in France; married William Roger also known as Guillaume-Roger, count of Mirepoix.

G

 * Gaboimilla, Queen of the South American Amazons of Chile
 * Frances D. Gage / Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808-1884), US reformer and author
 * Galiana, Moorish princess, daughter of Gadalfe, king of Toledo (Al-Andalus)
 * Kitty Gallagher (fl. mid-19th c.) Irish ex-convict and cattle driver who lived in Australia
 * Sancha Garcia (fl. 1230), Spanish abbess of Las Huelgas
 * Mary Sewall Gardner (1871-1961), US nurse, pioneer of public health nursing
 * Mary Smith Garrett (1839-1925), US educator of the deaf, sister of Emma Garrett
 * Ana Gasteazoro (1950-1993), Salvadoran political activist during the dirty war
 * Eleanor Wright Gatehouse (1886-1973), Australian golfer
 * Reverend Mother Gayatri Devi (needs disambiguation; c. 1897-1995), spiritual leader of Ramakrishna Brahma-Vadin
 * Marie Geistinger (1833-1903), Austrian soprano
 * Cecile Staub Genhart/Cécile Staub Genhart (1898–1983), European-born pianist
 * Gersende of Bigorre/Gersenda of Bigorre (fl. 1000), Countess of Bigorre; married Bernardo, count of Cousserans; married Bernard I, count of Foix; children: (first marriage) Gilberga (d. 1054); (second marriage) Estefania of Barcelona (fl. 1038)
 * Irene Langhorne Gibson (1873-1956), the original Gibson Girl
 * Katherine Everett Gilbert (1886–1952), American philosopher

H
..done through Helen of Hungary..
 * Habbaba (d. 724), Arabian singer who exerted great influence in the court of Yazid II (r. 720–724) of the Eastern Caliphate
 * Ellen Hagan (1873–1958), Swedish feminist, journalist and speaker
 * Anne Hall (1792–1863), American painter of miniature portraits and figures on ivory
 * Margaret Halliday (b. 1956), New Zealand-born Australian racer who, in April 1984, became the first woman in the world to win a national motor sport Grand Prix
 * Anna Hallowell (1831–1905), American welfare worker and educational reformer who was the first woman to be chosen as a member of the Board of Public Education in Philadelphia
 * Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Lennox (b. ca. 1480), daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton (d. 1479), and Mary Stewart (d. 1488, daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders ); married Matthew Stewart, 2nd earl of Lennox; children: John Stewart, 3rd earl of Lennox (murdered by royal architect James Hamilton of Finnart in 1536)
 * Mary, Duchess of Hamilton (1613–1638), also Mary Hamilton/Margaret Fielding; born Mary Fielding; died on May 10, 1638; daughter of William Fielding, 1st earl of Denbigh, and Susan Villiers ; married James Hamilton (1606–1648), 1st duke of Hamilton, in 1630
 * Johanna Harcourt/Jeanne d'Harcourt (d. 1488), Duchess of Lorraine, Countess of Tancarville, first wife of René II, Duke of Lorraine
 * Mary Stillman Harkness (1874–1950), American philanthropist
 * Marjorie Silliman Harris (1890-1976), US philosopher
 * Mary Belle Harris (1874-1957), US prison administrator
 * Phoebe Harris (currently a redirect; 1755-1786), British coiner who was one of the last people in England to be executed by hanging and burning at the stake
 * May Harrison (1891-1959), English violinist
 * Alice Hart (fl. late-19th c.), British-born social activist who founded the Donegal Industrial Fund with husband Ernest Abraham Hart
 * Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck (1827–1910), American editor and reformer who was the first American woman to hold elected office
 * Anne Hastings, Countess of Derby (born ca. 1487), daughter of Edward Hastings of Hungerford, Lord Hastings; married Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, in 1507; children: Edward Stanley, 3rd earl of Derby (1509–1572, who married Dorothy Howard); Margaret Stanley
 * Orie Latham Hatcher (1868–1946), American pioneer in vocational guidance
 * Hatheburg/Hatheburg von Merseburg (fl. 906), Saxon princess; daughter of Erwin of Saxony; became first wife of Henry I the Fowler (c. 876–936), Holy Roman emperor (r. 919–936), in 906; children: Thangmar
 * Hathumoda/Hathumonda (d. November 29, 874), First abbess of Gandersheim; daughter of Oda (806–913) and Liudolf (c. 806–866), count of Saxony; sister of Gerberga (d. 896).
 * Angeliki Hatzimichali (1895–1956), Greek writer and folklorist
 * Adelaide Hautval/Haidi Hautval/Adélaïde Hautval (1906–1988), French physician who, as an Auschwitz prisoner, refused to participate in medical experiments on Jewish prisoners
 * Hawise of Salisbury/Hawise de Salisbury, Countess of Dreux; Married Rotrou the Great, count of Perche; married Robert (c. 1123–1188), count of Dreux
 * Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928), American suffragist and temperance reformer
 * Alice Hayles/Alice Italys (d. after 1326), Countess of Norfolk. Died after May 8, 1326; daughter of Roger Hayles; married Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk (son of King Edward I and Margaret of France [1282–1318]), around 1316; children: Edward Plantagenet (c. 1319–c. 1332); Margaret, duchess of Norfolk (c. 1320–1400); Alice Plantagenet (d. 1351)
 * Margery Haynes (fl. 15th c.), English businesswoman. Flourished in the 15th century in Wiltshire.
 * Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), American author and educator who was the fifth president of Wellesley College
 * Catherine Campbell Hearst/Catherine Wood Campbell (1917–1998), American philanthropist, socialite, and mother of prominent kidnap victim Patty Hearst
 * Anna Heer (1863–1918), Swiss physician who played a decisive role in founding Switzerland's first professional nursing school
 * Helaria (fl. 6th c.), Deaconess of the early Frankish church. Flourished in the 6th century in France; daughter of Remy, bishop of Rheims; never married; no children.
 * Elen ferch Llywelyn (fl. 1275), Countess of Mar; became countess of Mar in 1291; more than likely a daughter of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1173), prince of Wales; married Malcolm (MacDuff), earl of Fife (r. 1228–1266); married Donald, 6th (some say 10th) earl of Mar (died around 1292); children: (first marriage) Colbran, earl of Fife; (second marriage) Gratney or Gartnait, 7th earl of Mar (d. before September 1305); Margaret of Mar (who married John of Strathbogie, earl of Atholl); Isabella of Mar (d. 1296).

I

 * Anna Thompson Ickes/Anna Wilmarth Ickes (1873–1935), American politician and reformer
 * Ida de Macon/Ida of Macon (d. 1224), Duchess of Lorraine; daughter of Gerard I, count of Macon and Vienne, and Maurette de Salins, heiress of Salins; married Humbert II de Coligny, around 1170; married Simon II, duke of Lorraine, after 1190
 * Ida of Louvain (d. 1260), Born in Louvain, France; Ida of Louvain died at the abbey of Ramiège in 1260. Her feast day is April 13.
 * Ida of Lower Lorraine (d. 27 July 1162), Noblewoman of Lower Lorraine; daughter of Godfrey I, duke of Lower Lorraine (r. 1106–1139) and Ida of Namur; sister of Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine (d. 1142) and Adelicia of Louvain (c. 1102–1151, queen of England)
 * Ida of Namur, Duchess of Lower Lorraine. Probably died between 1117 and 1121; daughter of Albert III, count of Namur; first wife of Godfrey I, duke of Lower Lorraine also known as Louvain (r. 1106–1139); children: Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine (d. 1142); Adelicia of Louvain (c. 1102–1151, queen of England); Ida of Lower Lorraine (d. 1162)
 * Ida of Nivelles (597–652)/Ida de Nivelles/Ida of Nijvel, Cistercian nun and queen of the Franks; married Pepin I of Landen, mayor of Austrasia (king of the Franks, d.640); aunt of Saint Modesta of Trier (d. about 680); children: Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659); Begga (613–698); Grimoald, mayor of Austrasia (d. 656). Following the death of her husband Pepin I, Ida of Nivelles, queen of the Franks, became a nun at the abbey of Nivelles (Belgium) where her daughter Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess. Ida's feast day is May 8.
 * Ida of Nivelles (d. 1232) (d. 1232, some sources cite 1231), Belgian abbess; died at convent of La Ramée, Belgium
 * Ida of Saxe-Coburg-Meiningen (25 June 1794 – 4 April 1852), Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Meiningen; daughter of Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1763–1837) and George I (b. 1761), duke of Saxe-Meiningen; married Charles Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1792–1862); children: Louise Wilhelmina of Saxe-Weimar (1817–1832); William Charles of Saxe-Weimar (b. 1819); Amelia Augusta (1822–1822); Edward (b. 1823); Hermann Henry (b. 1825), prince of Saxe-Weimar; Gustav of Saxe-Weimar (b. 1827); Anne Amelia of Saxe-Weimar (1828–1864); Amelia Maria da Gloria of Saxe-Weimar (1830–1872, who married Henry von Nassau of the Netherlands)
 * Ida of Swabia (d. 986), Duchess of Swabia; daughter of Herman I, duke of Swabia; married Liudolf also known as Ludolf (980–957), duke of Swabia (r. 948–957), in 948; children: Otto I (b. 954), duke of Bavaria; Matilda of Essen (949–1011); and one other daughter
 * Ida Plantagenet/Isabel Plantagenet (fl. 1175), Countess of Norfolk; daughter of Isabel de Warrenne (c. 1137–1203) and Hamelin de Warrenne (c. 1129–1202, illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Anjou), 5th earl of Surrey; married Roger Bigod, 2nd earl of Norfolk, one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta, and steward of the household of Richard I, king of England; married Robert de Lascy; married Gilbert de Laigle, Lord of Pevensey; children: (first marriage) Hugh Bigod, 3rd earl of Norfolk (r. c. 1200–1225) and earl marshall of England; Margaret Bigod (who married Sir John Jeremy); Margery Bigod (who married William Hastings, steward to Henry II, king of England); Alice Bigod (who married Aubrey IV, 2nd earl of Oxford)
 * Ildico (fl. 453), Teutonic princess; wife of Attila (c. 370/400–453), leader of the Huns
 * Imagi of Luxemburg (c. 1000 – 21 August 1057), Countess of Altdorf; daughter of Frederick (c. 965–1019), count of Luxemburg; sister of Ogive of Luxemburg (d. 1030); married Guelph also known as Welf or Wolfard, count of Altdorf and duke of Nether Bavaria, around 1015 (died 1030, some sources cite 1036); children: Guelph or Welf, duke of Carinthia; Cunegunda d'Este (c. 1020–1055)
 * Niddy Impekoven (1904—2002), German dancer of the Weimar epoch "who combined several styles to become one of the most renowned artists on the periphery of expressionist dance"
 * Ina Maria of Bassewitz-Levitzow/Ina-Maria of Bassewitz-Levitzow (1888–1973), Countess of Prussia and countess von Ruppin
 * Inan (singer) (fl. c. 800), Arabian singer from Yamama; caliphs of Baghdad paid tens of thousands in gold to hear her perform her compositions
 * Inanna (composer) (fl. c. 3000 BCE), Sumerian composer credited with composing "The Song of Life and Marriage" and other Sumerian hymns
 * done through Ingebiorge (fl. 1045–1068)



J

 * Jozka Jaburkova (d. 1944), Czech feminist, patriot, journalist, and children's book author
 * Alice Jackson (1887-1974), Australian journalist
 * Nell Jackson (1929-1988), African American track champion
 * Louise Jacobson (1924-1943), French correspondent whose Lettres de Louise Jacobson was adapted for the theatre
 * Katarzyna Jaczynowska (1875-1920), Polish pianist
 * Alice Gibbens James (1849-1922), US society woman, wife of William James
 * Annetje Jans (c. 1605-1663), US Dutch settler and property owner
 * Elly Jansen (b. 1929), Dutch-born social worker, founded Richmond Fellowship
 * Lucy Jarvis (b. 1919), US television producer
 * Jeanne I, Countess of Dreux (d. 1346)
 * Jeanne II, Countess of Dreux (r. 1346-1355)
 * Jeanne de Sarmaize (fl. 1456), impersonator of Joan of Arc
 * Jehudijah, Biblical woman
 * Louie Jermy (also The Maid of the Mill; 1864-1934), English country maiden
 * Jerushah, Biblical woman
 * Rosa Jochmann (1901-1994), Austrian official of the underground Social Democratic movement
 * Eleanor Murdoch Johnson (1892-1987), US educator and editor, founder of children's newspaper My Weekly Reader
 * Hilda Lorne Johnstone (b. 1902), English equestrian
 * Jolanthe of Lorraine (d. 1500), Landgravine of Hesse, wife of William II, Landgrave of Hesse
 * Judith of Fiuli (fl. 910-925), Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Eberhard of Friuli

K

 * Lilian Kallir (b. 1931), Austrian pianist, known for her chamber-music recitals and recordings
 * Helen Lake Kanahele (1916–1976), American labor leader
 * Edith Kanaka'ole/Edith K. Kanakaole/Edith Kanakaole/Edith Ke'kuhikuhi-i-pu'u-one-o-na-ali'i-o-kohala Kenao (1913–1979), Hawaiian composer, chanter, dancer, teacher, and entertainer
 * Kanga the Young (fl. 1220), Queen of Norway; first wife of Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), king of Norway (r. 1217–1263); children: Sigurd; Cecilie (d. 1248, who married Gregor Anderson and Harold, king of Man). Haakon's second wife was Margaret (d. 1270)
 * Hedwig Kanner-Rosenthal/Hedwig Kanner (1882–1959), Hungarian pianist and teacher
 * Empress Kassi/Qasa (fl. 1341–1360), Empress of Mali.; chief wife and paternal cousin of Emperor Suleyman who governed Mali; children: son Kassa
 * Katherine (physician) (fl. 1200s), English physician and surgeon from London
 * Shulamit Katznelson (1919–1999), Israeli professor who brought Jews and Arabs together through language studies
 * Kalliopi Kehajia (1839–1905), Greek educator and feminist (fr)
 * Mary Morton Kehew (1859–1918), American labor and social reformer
 * Margaret Keith/Lady Lindsay (fl. 1395), Noblewoman of Scotland; possibly married Sir James Lindsay, 9th Baron Crawford, of Lanarkshire (d. 1396)
 * Muriel Keith/Muriella de Keith/Muriella Keith/Muriel Stewart (d. 1449), Duchess of Albany; daughter of William Keith and Margaret Fraser ; became second wife of Robert Stewart (c. 1339–1420, son of Elizabeth Muir ), 1st duke of Albany (r. 1398–1420), who was prime minister to his brother Robert III, king of Scotland, and regent to James I, after May 4, 1380
 * Kathryn Thorne Kelly (1904–1998?), American kidnapper who allegedly advanced the career of her husband, Machine Gun Kelly
 * Pearl Kelly (1894–1983), Australian harness driver
 * Marie Hartig Kendall (1854–1943), French-born American photographer who specialized in portraits, landscapes, and documentation
 * Margaret Kiddle/Margaret Loch Kiddle (1914–1958), Australian historian
 * Laura Kieler (fl. 1860s), German writer; inspiration for Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House
 * Diana Kilmury (b. 1948), Canadian union activist
 * Martha G. Kimball/Martha Kimball (1840–1894), American philanthropist and war nurse
 * Henrietta Chamberlain King (1832–1925), American cattle rancher and philanthropist
 * Louisa Yeomans King (1863–1948), American gardener
 * Princess Kira of Leiningen/Kira of Leiningen (b. 1930), Princess of Leiningen, daughter of Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
 * Elizabeth Kirkeby (fl. 1482), English goldsmith and merchant
 * Virginia Kirkus (redirects to Kirkus Reviews; 1893–1980), American critic and author who founded Kirkus Bookshop Service
 * Clotilde Kleeburg (1866–1909), French pianist
 * Afua Koba (fl. 1834-1884), asantehemaa of the Ashanti Empire
 * Rebekah Kohut/Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut (1864–1951), American social welfare leader and educator

L

 * Laelia (daughter of Gaius Laelius), (fl. 2nd c. BCE)
 * Margaret Getchell LaForge (1841-1880), US businesswoman, manager of Macy's
 * Lais (midwife) (fl. 1st c. BCE), Greek midwife and physician mentioned by Pliny the Elder
 * Jessica Landseer (1810-1880), British landscape painter
 * Jane Langton (merchant) (fl. 15th century), English silk merchant
 * Ekatherina Laskaridou/Aikaterini Laskaridou (1842–1916), Greek educator and feminist
 * Elizabeth Latimer (d. 1395), Baroness Latimer. Died on November 5, 1395; married John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, in 1382; children: John Neville, 6th baron Latimer (d. 1430).
 * Laurette de St. Valery (fl. 1200), French noblewoman and healer. Flourished in 1200, in Amiens, France; married Aléaume de Fontaines, of the petty nobility (died 1205).
 * Josée Laval (1911–1992), French daughter of Pierre Laval who staunchly defended her father
 * Elizabeth Lawrence (landscape architect) (1904–1985), American landscape architect whose legendary gardens in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, provided a backdrop for her writings
 * Helen Lawrenson/Helen Brown Nordern (b. 1907), American editor and writer
 * H. Willebeek Le Mair (1889–1966), Dutch illustrator of children's books; also known as Saida
 * Sarra Lebedeva/Sarra Dmitrievna Darmolatova (Лебедева Сарра Дмитриевна; 1892–1967), Russian and Soviet sculptor
 * Mabilia Lecavella (fl. 1206), German merchant
 * Hannah Farnham Lee/Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee (1780–1865), American writer
 * Elizabeth Lefanu (1758–1837), English writer
 * Moira Leitch (fl. late 1300s), paramour of Robert II (1316–1390), king of Scotland (r. 1371–1390); children: (with Robert II) John Stewart, sheriff of Bute.
 * Rebecca Lemp (d. 1590), German woman, mother of six, burned as a witch in Nördlingen

M

 * Maacah (wife of David), (fl. 1000 BCE), Canannite princess, mother of Absalom and Tamar
 * Maacah (wife of Rehoboam), (fl. 931 BCE)
 * Elizabeth Macarthur-Onslow (1840-1911), Australian property owner and businesswoman
 * Naomi Gwladys Royde-Smith (c. 1880-1964), British journalist, novelist, anthologist, playwright

..done through Margaret MacDonald (philosopher) (c. 1907-1956)


 * Mek
 * Melisende of Montlhéry (fl. 1100), French noblewoman, wife of Hugh of Rethel
 * Melissanthi (pen name of Eve Chougia-Skandalaki; c. 1907-1991), Greek poet
 * Henriette Mendelssohn (currently a redirect; 1768-1831), German-Jewish-born governess, teacher and Berlin society leader
 * Marutha Menuhin (1896-1996), Russian mother of musicians Yehudi, Hephzibah, and Yaltah Menuhin
 * Euphrasie Mercier (1823-?), French murderer
 * Margaret Messenger (b. 1948), Viscountess Lascelles, wife of David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood
 * Augusta Isabella Corson Metcalf (1881-1971) US artist of the West
 * Agnes Ernst Meyer (1887-1970), US journalist and newspaper publisher
 * Lucy Meyer (also Lucy Rider Meyer; 1849-1922), Methodist writer, physician
 * Alicia Meynell (fl. 1804/5), English equestrian (see Epaskal's sandbox)
 * Milh al-Attara (fl. 840s), Arabian singer
 * Annie Jenness Miller (b. 1859), US dress reformer
 * Frieda S. Miller (1889-1973), US labor reformer and gov't official
 * Susanne Miller (b. 1915), Bulgarian-born German historian
 * Cleusa Millet (also Mãe Cleusa Millet; c. 1931-1998), Afro-Brazilian religious leader
 * Charlotte Milligan Fox (1864-1916), Irish singer and collector of folk songs
 * Jean Millington (b. 1949), US musician, co-founder with sister June Millington of Fanny (band)
 * Kiyo Minijima (1833-1919), Japanese businesswoman and philanthropist
 * Jane Misme (1865-1935), French feminist journalist
 * Jenny Mitchel (1820-1899), Irish nationalist, joined husband John Mitchel in exile

N

 * Evdokiia Nagródskaia/Evdokiia Nagrodskaia/Evdokia Nagrodskaia/Evdokia Nagrodskaya/Evdokiya Nagrodskaya/Yevdokia Nagrodskaya/Evdokiia Apollonovna Golovacheva (1866–1930), Russian writer
 * Alice Namakelua/Alice K. Namakelua (1892–1987), Hawaiian composer, guitarist, singer, and teacher
 * Midge Nelson (b. 1937), Australian softball player
 * Genia Nemenoff (1905–1989), French pianist who was known for her duo piano work with her husband
 * Eleanor Neville (fl. 1480s) Countess of Derby; daughter of Richard Neville, 1st earl of Salisbury, andAlice Montacute (c. 1406–1463); sister of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick (1428–1471, known as Warwick the Kingmaker); married Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
 * Jane Neville, Baroness Montagu/Jane Pole (d. 1538), daughter of George Neville, 4th Lord Bergavenny, andMargaret Fenne ; married Henry Pole (son of Margaret Pole ), baron Montagu (died 1538); children: at least one son. Jane Neville may have died in the Tower along with her husband.
 * Joan Neville/Joan Bourchier (fl. 1468), English noblewoman. Flourished around 1468; probably born in 1450; daughter of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, and Catherine Howard (fl. 1450); married Henry Neville (died in battle in 1469); children: Richard Neville, 2nd baron Latimer (1468–1530).
 * Joan Neville, Countess of Arundel (fl. 1480s), Countess of Arundel (aka Joan Fitzalan). Flourished in the 1480s; daughter of Alice Montacute (c. 1406–1463) and Richard Neville, 1st earl of Salisbury; sister of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick (1428–1471, known as Warwick the Kingmaker); married William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel
 * Lucy Neville (fl. late 15th century), English noblewoman. Daughter of John Neville, marquess of Montagu and earl of Northumberland, and Isabel Ingoldsthorp ; sister of Margaret Neville (b. 1466); married Anthony Browne; children: Anne Browne (d. 1511, who married Charles Brandon [1484–1545], duke of Suffolk).
 * Margaret Neville, Countess of Northumberland (d. May 12, 1372) aka Margaret Percy; daughter of Ralph Neville, 2nd baron Neville of Raby, andAlice Audley (d. 1374); married William Roos, 4th baron Ros; married Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, on July 12, 1358; children: Henry Percy (Hotspur); Thomas Percy; Ralph Percy. Margaret Neville is portrayed in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2.
 * Margaret Neville of Horneby/Margaret Neville, Duchess of Exeter (c. 1377–c. 1424); interred at Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk; daughter of Sir Thomas Neville of Horneby, and Joan Furnivall; married Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, before February 15, 1403; children: Henry Beaufort.
 * Margaret Neville, Duchess of Suffolk/Margaret Brandon (b. 1466) aka Margaret Mortimer; death date unknown; daughter of John Neville, marquess of Montagu and earl of Northumberland, andIsabel Ingoldsthorp ; married John Mortimer; married Charles Brandon (1484–1545), 1st duke of Suffolk (r. 1514–1545), before February 7, 1506 (annulled due to consanguinity in 1507).
 * Margaret Neville, Countess of Oxford/Margaret Neville (d. 1506), Sister of the Kingmaker. Born before 1460; died after November 20, 1506; interred at Colne Priory; daughter of Alice Montacute (c. 1406–1463) and Richard Neville (b. 1400), 1st earl of Salisbury; sister of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick (1428–1471, known as Warwick the Kingmaker); married John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford; married William Hastings, Lord Hastings; children: (second marriage) Edward Hastings, Lord Hastings.
 * Ethel Newcomb (1875–1959), American pianist
 * Angelia L. Newman/Angie Newman/Angelia Louise French Thurston Kilgore Newman (1837–1910), American church worker and reformer
 * Frances Newman (1883–1928), American writer and librarian
 * Julia St. Clair Newman (1818–?), Creole swindler who started a prison riot at Millbank Prison; banished to an Australian penal colony
 * Käte Niederkirchner/Käthe Niederkirchner/Katja Niederkirchner (de; 1909–1944), German anti-Nazi who was celebrated in the German Democratic Republic as a hero and martyr of the resistance
 * Janna Nienhuys, "Dutch Nurse of Sumatra" who was captured during World War II and interned in a Japanese concentration camp
 * Helene Knez Nikola (1765–1842), Serbian wife of Karageorge, the founder of Serbian independence
 * Ninnoc/Saint Ninnoc (fr; fl. 6th c.), British saint and abbess
 * Noadiah, Biblical woman (redirects to Book of Nehemiah)
 * Teresa Noce (it; 1900–1980), Italian activist, labor leader, journalist and feminist who served as a parliamentary deputy and advocated sweeping social legislation on behalf of mothers
 * Nonteta Bungu (c. 1875–1935), South African who founded the Church of the Prophetess Nonteta in 1918
 * Sarah White Norman/Goodwife Norman (fl. mid-17th c.) and Mary Vincent Hammon (born c. 1633), American colonial women tried for lesbianism
 * Joana Paula Manso de Noronha/Joana de Noronha (fl. c. 1850), Argentinean-Brazilian feminist, journalist, and literary critic
 * Teréza Nováková (cs; 1853–1912), Czech regionalist writer, feminist, editor and ethnographer; regarded as one of the masters of the realist novel in Czech literature
 * Clara Dutton Noyes (1869–1936), American nurse and educator
 * Dina Nurpeissova (1861–1955), Kazakh composer and dombrist who preserved many Kazakh traditions
 * Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe/Dorothy Nyembe (1930–1998), South African anti-apartheid leader
 * Mary Nzimiro/Lady Nzimiro (1898–1993), Nigerian merchant and philanthropist active in the commercial, educational and political development of her country

O

 * Catherine O'Brien (currently a redirect) (Kitty O'Brien), (1881-1963), Irish stained glass artist
 * Eileen O'Casey (Eileen Carey) (1900-1995), Irish actress and author
 * Oda (needs disambiguation) (806-913), Countess of Saxony, married Liudolf (806-866)
 * Oda of Bavaria (fl. 890s), Holy Roman Empress, married Arnulf of Carinthia
 * Oda of Germany and North Marck (fl. 900s), Duchess of Poland, second wife of Mieszko I of Poland
 * Oda of Lorraine (fl. mid-1000), Countess of Brabant and Lorraine, married Lambert II, Count of Louvain
 * Lina Odena (Catalina Odena) (1911-1936), Spanish Communist who was captured by the Nationalists and committed suicide; Spanish Republican martyr
 * Odette de Pougy (fl. 1266), Abbess of France at the convent of Notre-Dame-aux-Nonnains
 * Odilia (fl. 620), Frankish abbess, blind daughter of Adalric
 * Mary Anne O'Doherty (Eva O'Doherty) (1826-1910), Irish poet
 * Mary Stuart O'Donnell (fl. early 1600s), Irish aristocrat and adventurer
 * Madam Odozi Obodo/Agnes Okoh (1909-1995), Igbo woman who founded the Christ Holy Church of Nigeria, one of the leading indigenous independent churches of Igboland
 * Ogive of Luxembourg (d. 1030), Countess of Flanders. Name variations: Ogiva; possibly Orgina. Died in 1030; daughter of Frederick (c. 965–1019), count of Luxemburg; sister of Imagi of Luxemburg (c. 1000–1057); was first wife of BaldwinIV (c. 980–1035), count of Flanders (r. 988–1035); children: Baldwin V the Pious (b. around 1012), count of Flanders (redirects to House of Luxembourg)
 * Mary O'Hagan (1823–1876), Religious leader who founded the Convent of Poor Clares, Kenmare, Ireland
 * Adelaide O'Keeffe/Adelaide O'Keefe (1776–c. 1855), Irish poet and novelist
 * Mattie Lou O'Kelley (c. 1908—1997), American folk artist
 * Oda Olberg (de; 1872–1955), German-born journalist and political activist whose successful European career was terminated with the rise of Fascism in Italy, Germany, and Austria
 * Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya/Olga Iurevskaya/Olga Yourievsky (7 November 1873 – 10 August 1925), Countess of Merenberg. Married Count Georg Nikolaus of Nassau, Count of Merenberg.

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 * Maria Paasche (1909–2000), 1930s anti-Nazi activist
 * Marie Pachler-Koschak/Marie Leopoldine Pachler-Koschak/Marie Leopoldine Pachler (1792–1855), Austrian pianist who was one of Beethoven's favorite performers
 * Minnie Paget/Minnie Stevens/Mrs. Arthur Paget/Lady Arthur Paget/Mary Stevens (1865–1919), English-American social leader, philanthropist and war nurse (disambiguate from Mary Paget)
 * Ulyana Dmitrievna of Palekh/Princess Ulyana of Palekh/Juliane Paletzi (d. 1569), Princess of Uglitsch; daughter of Dimitri Paletski; married Yuri (1533–1563), prince of Uglitsch
 * Marion Palfi/Marion Magner (1907–1978), German-born photographer who specialized in portraits and social documentary
 * Frances Flora Palmer/Fanny Palmer/Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812–1876), English-born American lithographer
 * Sophia French Palmer/Sophia Palmer (1853–1920), nurse and administrator who was the first editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing
 * Angeliki Panajiotatou/Angeliki Panagiotatou (1878–1954), Greek scientist, specializing in tropical diseases, who was the first woman to become physician, microbiologist, and professor of hygiene at the National University of Athens (el)
 * Pantheia (d. ca. 545 BCE), Noblewoman of Susa whose virtue and loyalty, as recorded by Xenophon, won the respect of Cyrus II the Great; married Abradatas
 * Betty Paoli/Barbara Grund/Barbara Elisabeth Glück (1814–1894), Austrian poet, essayist, and fiction writer who was the first woman journalist in Austria (de)
 * Jeanne Parain-Vial (1912–2009), French philosopher (fr)
 * Anne Parrish (philanthropist) (1760–1800), American philanthropist; established school that became the Aimwell School
 * Emily Elizabeth Parsons/Emily Parsons (1824–1880) Civil war nurse, hospital founder
 * Harriet Parsons (1906–1983), American producer
 * Josephina Pasternak/Josephina Pasternak/Josephine Leonidovna Pasternak/Zhosefina Pasternak/Zozefina Pasternak/Zhozefina Leonidovna Pasternak (1900–1993), Russian-born British philosopher, poet, and intellectual, and sister of novelist Boris Pasternak
 * Agnes Paston (c. 1405–1479), English aristocrat
 * Margaret Paston (1423-1484), English countrywoman (redirects to Paston Letters)
 * Agnes Patiniere/Agnes li Patiniere (fl. 1286), Flemish artisan
 * Martha Johnson Patterson (1828–1901), White House hostess, daughter of Eliza and Andrew Johnson


 * Mary Ann Prout (also Aunt Mary Prout; 1801–1884), African American school founder

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 * Charlotte Maria Radcliffe (c. 1694–1755), 3rd Countess of Newburgh, wife of Charles Radclyffe
 * Radegonde (needs disambiguation) (d. 1445), French princess, daughter of Marie of Anjou
 * Ragnetrude (fl. 630), Queen of Austrasia and the Franks
 * Ragnhild (needs disambiguation), Queen of the Isles, married Somerled (d. 1164)
 * Ragnhild of Denmark (fl. 1100s), mother of Eric III of Denmark
 * Elizabeth M. Ramsey/Elizabeth M. Klagsbrunn (1906–1993), American physician and placentologist
 * Claire Randall (1919—), First woman secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ
 * Lydia Rapoport/Lydia Rappoport (1923–1971), Austrian-born American social-work educator who was the first UN inter-regional adviser on family welfare and family planning
 * Lisa Rathgeber (1961—), American bowler
 * Mary Reed (missionary) (1854–1943), American Methodist missionary
 * Rowena Reed/Rowena Kostellow (1900–1988), American sculptor and design educator
 * Regina of Ostrevant, Saint. Name variations: Saint Regina. Married Albert, count of Ostrevant; children: daughter St. Renfroie. Her feast day is July 1.
 * Catherine Mary Reignolds/Kate Reignolds (1836–1911), English-born American actress, dramatic reader, and teacher
 * Reinhild (nun) (fl. 8th c.), Flemish nun and artist
 * Myra Reynolds (1853–1936), American scholar and educator
 * Mary Rhodes (nun) (c. 1782–1853), American Roman Catholic nun and co-founder of the Sisters of Loretto
 * Shelah Richards/Sheila Geraldine Richards (1903–1985), Irish actress, manager and producer
 * Richeza Eriksdottir/Richeza, Lady of Werle (fl. 1200s), Scandinavian princess, Name variations: Regitze. Flourished in the 1200s; daughter of Agnes of Brandenburg (d. 1304) and Erik V Klipping or Clipping, king of Denmark (r. 1259–1286); married Niels of Werle also known as Nicholas II von Werle; children: Sophie (who married Gerhard).
 * Saint Richilde (d. 1100) Name variations: Blessed Richilde. Died in 1100. Richilde lived as a recluse with the Benedictines at Hohenwart (Bavaria). Her feast day is August 23.
 * Julia Richman (1855–1912), American educator and children's rights activist
 * Mother Benedicta Riepp/Mother Benedicta/Maria Sybilla Riepp (1825–1862), Founder of the first Benedictine convent in America
 * Mary Velasquez Riley (1908–1987), First female Apache tribal council leader
 * Ringart/Ingeltrude (fl. 822–825), Queen of Aquitaine. Flourished from 822 to 825; daughter of Theutbert, count of Madrie; married Pepin I (797–838), king of Aquitaine (r. 814–838), in 822; children: Pepin II (b. 823), king of Aquitaine; Charles (b. around 825), archbishop of Mainz.
 * Rinshi/Minamoto no Rinshi (倫子) (964–1053), Japanese royal married to Fujiwara no Michinaga
 * Martha Rogers Ripley (1843–1912), American physician and suffragist
 * Sarah Alden Ripley/Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1793–1867), American scholar and teacher
 * Eirlys Roberts (1911—), English consumer activist
 * Agnes Kelly Robertson/Agnes Kelly Boucicault (1833–1916), Scottish actress
 * Charlotte Robespierre/Marie Marguerite Charlotte Robespierre (fr; 1760–1840), French author
 * Jane Bancroft Robinson/Jane Marie Bancroft/Jane Marie Bancroft Robinson (1847–1932), American Methodist deaconess leader
 * Kathleen Robinson (1901–1983), Australian theatrical producer
 * Margaret Rockefeller (1915–1996), American conservationist. Name variations: Peggy Rockefeller
 * Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971), American philanthropist and pianist
 * Elizabeth Flynn Rodgers (1847–1939), Irish-born American labor leader and chief executive officer of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters
 * Ana Rodríguez (activist) (1938—), anti-Castro Cuban political activist and author
 * Teresa de Rogatis (1893–1979), Italian composer, guitarist, pianist, and lecturer
 * Grace Rainey Rogers (1867–1943), American art collector and philanthropist who donated large sums of money and art to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art
 * Francesca Romano/Francesca Romana (fl. 1321), Licensed surgeon of Calabria, Italy
 * Anna Mikhailovna Romanov/Anna Romanov (1632–1692), Russian princess. Born Anna Mikhailovna Romanov on July 14, 1632; died on October 26, 1692; daughter of Eudoxia Streshnev (1608–1645) and Michael (1596–1645), tsar of Russia (r. 1613–1645); married Boris Morozov
 * Anna Romanov/Anna Romanova (aristocrat) (fl. 1550), Russian aristocrat; daughter of Eudoxia Jaroslavovna (1534–1581) and Nikita Romanov (1530–1586); married Ivan Troiekurow
 * Euphamia Romanov/Euphamia Romanova (fl. 1550), Russian aristocra; daughter of Eudoxia Jaroslavovna (1534–1581) and Nikita Romanov (1530–1586); married Ivan Sitzki
 * Irina Romanov (1627–1679), Russian princess. Born in 1627; died in 1679; daughter of Eudoxia Streshnev (1608–1645) and Michael (1596–1645), tsar of Russia (r. 1613–1645).
 * Irina Romanov/Irina Romanova (fl. 1601), Russian aristocrat; daughter of Eudoxia Jaroslavovna (1534–1581) and Nikita Romanov (1530–1586); married Ivan Godunov (d. 1610), in 1601.**
 * Martha Romanov/Martha Romanova (fl. 1550), Russian aristocrat; daughter of Eudoxia Jaroslavovna (1534–1581, matriarch of the House of Romanov) and Nikita Romanov (1530–1586, patriarch of the House of Romanov); married Boris Tscherkaski.
 * Natalie Alexinov Romanov/Natalya Romanov (1674–1716), Grand duchess of Russia. Born Natalya Alexinova Romanov on September 4, 1674; died on June 29, 1716; daughter of Natalya Narishkina (1651–1694) and Alexis I (1629–1676), tsar of Russia (r. 1645–1676); sister of Peter I the Great (1672–1725), tsar of Russia (r. 1682–1725).
 * Sophie Romanov (1634–1676), Russian princess. Born on September 14, 1634; died in 1676; daughter of Eudoxia Streshnev (1608–1645) and Michael (1596–1645), tsar of Russia (r. 1613–1645).
 * Esther Rome (1945–1995), American writer and advocate for women's health
 * Margaret Roos/Lady Grey of Ruthin (fl. 1420), English aristocrat. Flourished around 1420; daughter of William Roos, 7th baron Roos, and Margaret Fitzalan (b. around 1388); married Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin; children: John Grey.
 * Margo Rose (1903–1997), American puppeteer who, with her husband, animated the puppet Howdy Doody
 * Ishbel Ross/Isabel Rae Ross/Ishbella Rae Ross/Ishbella Margaret Ross (1895–1975), Scottish-born American journalist and writer
 * Ishobel Ross (1890–1965), Scottish nurse
 * Rothild (c. 871–c. 928), Countess of Maine; daughter of Richilde of Autun (d. around 910) and Charles I the Bald, king of France (r. 840–877), also known as Charles II, Holy Roman emperor (r. 875–877); married Rotger also known as Roger, count of Maine; children: Hugh I, count of Maine.
 * Rothilde (fl. 840), German princess; daughter of Lothair I, Holy Roman emperor (r. 840–855) and Irmengard (c. 800–851); sister of Louis II (c. 822–875), Holy Roman emperor (r. 855–875), and Lothair II, king of Lorraine (r. 855–869); married Guido of Spoleto; children: Guido of Spoleto, Holy Roman emperor (r. 891–894).
 * Judith Rothschild (1921–1993), American painter and philanthropist
 * Mathilde de Rothschild/Mathilde Weissweiller (1874–1926), Baroness
 * Rotrud (800–841), French princess; daughter of Ermengarde (c. 778–818) and Louis I the Pious (778–840), king of Aquitaine (r. 781–814), king of France (r. 814–840), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 814–840).
 * Sarah Royce/Sarah Eleanor Bayliss Royce (1819–1891), American pioneer and writer
 * Eva Rozengolts-Levina/Eva Levina-Rozengolts/Eva Rozengolts (1898–1975), Russian artist
 * Blanche Rubenstein/Blanche Rubenstein Auzello (c. 1897–1969), American who ran the famed Ritz Hotel in Paris with her husband and assisted the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation
 * Barbara Jo Rubin (1949—), American jockey
 * Margery Russell (d. ca. 1380), English merchant. Died around 1380 in Coventry, England
 * Mary Baptist Russell/Mother Mary Baptist Russell (1829–1898), Irish-born Roman Catholic nun who founded St. Mary's Hospital, the first Catholic hospital on America's West Coast

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 * Loja Saarinen/Loja Gesellius/Loja Gesellius Saarinen/Louise Gesellius/Louise Saarinen (1879–1968), Finnish-born weaver and textile designer
 * Ellen Sabin/Ellen Clara Sabin (1850–1949), American educator and administrator
 * Sabine of Brandenburg-Ansbach/Sabine von Brandenburg-Ansbach/Sabine von Brandenburg-Anspach (1529–1575), Electress of Brandenburg
 * Anna Sacher/Anna Maria Fuchs (1859–1930), Austrian hotel proprietor, owner of Vienna's world-famous Hotel Sacher
 * Agnes Sadeler/Agnes Sadler (fl. 1386), rebellious English serf from Ramsley (Romley), England
 * Saewara/Sæwara (fl. 630), Queen of East Anglia; daughter of Saethryth, an abbess; married Anna, king of East Anglia (r. 635–654); children: Saint Sexburga (d. 699?); Elthelthrith (630–679); Withburga ; (stepdaughter) Ethelburga (d. 665). King Anna's second wife was Hereswitha
 * Gabrielle de Saint Mars/Gabrielle de Saint-Mars/Vicomtesse de Saint-Mars/Marquise de Poilow/Marquise du Poilloüe/Gabrielle-Anne Cisterne de Courtiras (1804–1872), French novelist
 * Elena Salviati/Elena Appiani (fl. early 1500s), daughter of Lucrezia de Medici and Jacopo Salviati
 * Sancha de Aybar, mistress of Sancho III the Great (c. 991–1035)
 * Nicolosa Sanuti (fl. 1453), Bolognese writer
 * Sarah of Görlitz (fl. 1388), Jewish townswoman of Görlitz
 * Elizabeth Scepens (fl. 1476), Artist and bookmaker of Belgium
 * Mary Teresa Schmich (b. 1954), US journalist, writer for the Brenda Starr comic strip


 * Schu
 * Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1734-1803), US patriot, wife of Philip Schuyler
 * Ann London Scott (1929–1975), American feminist
 * Esther Mae Scott (1893–1979), African-American blues singer and musician
 * Anne Segrave (d. ca. 1377) Abbess of Barking; daughter of John Segrave, 4th baron Segrave), and Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1320–1400); sister of Elizabeth Segrave (1338–1399)
 * Elizabeth Segrave/Elizabeth Seagrave/Elizabeth Mowbray (1338–1399), English noblewoman; daughter of John Segrave, 3rd baron Segrave (also seen as 4th baron Segrave), and Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1320–1400); sister of Anne Segrave ; married John Mowbray (1340–1368), 4th baron Mowbray, in 1353 (slain near Constantinople, on the way to the Holy Land, on October 9, 1368); children: John Mowbray, earl of Nottingham; Thomas Mowbray (c. 1362–1399), 1st duke of Norfolk; Margaret Mowbray (fl. 1380)
 * Margaret Segrave/Margaret Ferrers (b. ca. 1280), Baroness Ferrers of Groby; daughter of John Segrave (1256–1325), 2nd baron Segrave, and Christian de Plessetis ; married William Ferrers, 1st baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1325); children: Anne Ferrers (d. 1342); Henry Ferrers, 2nd baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1343)
 * Ina Seidel (1885–1974), German poet and novelist
 * Senena (fl. 1200s), Lady of Lleyn. Flourished around the 1200s; married Gruffydd, Lord of Lleyn (son of Llywelyn the Great [1173–1240], Ruler of All Wales); children: five, including Llywelyn III the Last, prince of Wales
 * Lucy Ellen Sewall (1837–1890), American physician and feminist
 * Edna Sewell (1881–1967), American advocate for farm women
 * Frances Seymour, Countess of Holderness (d. 1679) interred on January 5, 1680, in Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); married Richard Molyneux, 2nd viscount Molyneux; married Thomas Wriothesly (1607–1667), 5th earl of Southampton (r. 1624–1667); married Conyers Darcy, 2nd earl of Holderness, in 1676; stepchildren: Rachel Russell (1636–1723)
 * Frances Thynne Seymour/Frances Thynne, Countess of Hertford/Frances Thynne, Duchess of Somerset (1699–1754), English poet and countess of Hertford. Born on May 10, 1699, in Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; died on July 7, 1754, at Percy Lodge, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England; interred in Westminster Abbey; daughter of Honorable Henry Thynne and Grace Strode Thynne; married Algernon Seymour (b. 1684), Baron Percy, earl of Hertford and later 7th duke of Somerset, on March 1, 1715; children: Elizabeth Percy (1716–1776), duchess of Northumberland; George Seymour (b. 1725), Lord Beauchamp
 * Jane Seymour/Lady Jane Seymour/Lady Clifford (d. 1679), English noblewoman; daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); married Charles Boyle, 2nd Lord Clifford, on May 7, 1661; children: Mary Boyle (1671–1709, who married James Douglas, 2nd duke of Queensbury); Charles Boyle, 3rd earl of Cork
 * Mary Seymour, Countess of Winchelsea (d. 1673); daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); became first wife of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (r. 1639–1689), before 1653
 * Mary F. Seymour/Mary Foot Seymour (1846–1893), American entrepreneur and journalist
 * Angela Sforza (fl. 1500s), Milanese noblewoman; daughter of Carlo Sforza (b. 1461) and Bianca Simonetta Sforza; married Ercole di Sigismondo d'Este; children: Sigismondo d'Este (d. 1579)
 * Bianca Simonetta Sforza, Milanese noblewoman. Married Charles also known as Carlo Sforza; children: Ippolita Sforza (who married Alessandro Bentivoglio); Angela Sforza (who married Ercole di Sigismondo d'Este)
 * Cammilla Sforza/Camilla Marzano/Cammilla Marzano, Milanese noblewoman; Married Costanzo Sforza (1447–1483). Costanzo had an illegitimate son Giovanni Sforza (1466–1510), lord of Pessaro
 * Chiara Sforza (born ca. 1464), Milanese noblewoman; illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), duke of Milan, and Lucrezia Landriani (wife of Giampietro Landriani); sister of Caterina Sforza (c. 1462–1509)
 * Ginevra Tiepolo Sforza/Ginevra Tiepolo, noblewoman of Pesaro; became third wife of Giovanni Sforza (1466–1510), lord of Pesaro. His first wife was Maddalena Sforza (1472–1490); his second wife was Lucrezia Borgia
 * Ippolita Bentivoglio (create disambiguation at Ippolita Sforza), daughter of Carlo Sforza (b. 1461) and Bianca Simonetta Sforza ; married Allesandro Bentivoglio
 * Maddalena Sforza/Maddalena Gonzaga (1472–1490), Noblewoman of Pesaro; daughter of Margaret of Bavaria (1445–1479) and Frederigo also known as Federico Gonzaga (1441–1484), 3rd marquis of Mantua (r. 1478–1484)
 * Polissena Sforza/Polissena Malatesta, Ferrarese noblewoman; Second wife of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417–1486)
 * Betty Kronman Shapiro/Rebecca Shapiro/Rebecca Kronman (1907–1989), International president of B'nai B'rith Women
 * Shariyya (born ca. 815), Arabian singer, one of the best known of her time, who is famous in Arabian history and folklore. Born in Basra.
 * Elizabeth Shaw (fl. 1500s), Mistress of James V (1512–1542), king of Scotland (r. 1513–1542); children: (with James V) James Stewart (b. around 1529), abbot of Kelso and Melrose
 * Mary G. Shaw (1854–1929), American actress, lecturer, and women's suffrage leader
 * Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841–1917), Swiss-American philanthropist and advocate of early childhood education
 * Alla Shelest (b. 1919), Soviet ballerina
 * Mary Belle Sherman/Mary Belle King Sherman/Mary Belle King (1862–1935), American clubwoman who lobbied on behalf of the national-parks movement
 * Katharine Margaret Sherwood/Kate Brownlee Sherwood/Kate Brownlee/Katharine Margaret Brownlee (1841–1914), American journalist, poet and civic leader
 * Mary Sherwood (1856–1935), American physician and public health advocate
 * Mary Elizabeth Sherwood/M. E. W. Sherwood/Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood (1826–1903), American author and etiquette expert
 * Sibylle of Brunswick-Luneburg/Sybille of Braunschweig-Lüneburg/ (1584–1652), Duchess of Brunswick-Dannenberg. Born on June 3, 1584; died on August 5, 1652; daughter of Dorothy of Denmark (1546–1617) and William the Younger, duke of Luneburg; married Julius Ernst, duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg, on December 18, 1617
 * Siege warfare and women (8th c.–17th c.), an overview of women's participation in sieges during some of pre-18th-century Europe's major wars
 * Amalie Sieveking/Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (1794–1859), German humanitarian, charity worker, and educator who played an important role in making philanthropic activities more available to German Lutheran women (de)
 * Hester Sigerson/Hester Varian (d. 1898), Irish novelist and poet
 * Sigolena of Albi/Sigolena de Albi/Segolena de Troclar (fl. 7th. c.), French deaconess and saint
 * Caterina Segurana/Caterina Sigurana/Catherine Sigurana (fl. 1543), Italian heroine (it)


 * Mary Johnson Stover (1832-1883), White House hostess, daughter of Eliza and Andrew Johnson


 * Sul
 * Hanna Sulner (c. 1918-1999), Hungarian document analyst and handwriting expert
 * I.O. Sulzberger (1892-1990), US civic leader who oversaw the development of The New York Times
 * Sunnichild (d. 741), Bavarian princess; also Swanechilde, Suanehilde
 * Susan of Powys (fl. 1100s), Queen of Powys. Flourished in the 1100s; daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd, and Angharad (d. 1162); married Madog ap Maredudd, king of Powys; children: four, including Marared (mother of Llywelyn II the Great, Ruler of All Wales)
 * Lucy Stuart Sutherland/Dame Lucy Sutherland (1903–1980), Australian-born English historian and administrator
 * Linda Sutter (1941-1995), US cartoonist
 * Pipsan Saarinen Swanson/Pipsan Saarinen/Pipsan Saarinen-Swanson/Eva Lisa Saarinen Swanson (1905–1979), Finnish-American interior, glassware and textile designer
 * Sybilla of Brandenburg (fl. 1500), Duchess of Juliers. Flourished around 1500; married William III (or IV), duke of Juliers (Jülich) and Berg; children: Maria of Julich-Berg (mother of Anne of Cleves)
 * Antoinette Szumowska/Antoinette Szumowska Adamowski/Antoinette Szumowska-Adamowska (1868–1938), Polish pianist

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 * Irene Barnes Taeuber (1906-1974), US demographer and first woman president of the PAA
 * Anne Talbot (d. 1440), daughter of Richard Talbot, 4th lord Talbot, and Ankaret Lestrange Talbot (1361-1413)
 * Elizabeth Talbot, Baroness Lisle (d. 1487), daughter of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle
 * Adela Talvace (also Ala Talvas; d. 1174), Duchess of Salisbury, wife of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
 * Tangwystl (also Tangwystyl Goch; fl. 1180-1210), paramour of Llywelyn the Great
 * Caroline Sturgis Tappan (1819-1888), US transcendentalist poet
 * Amable Tastu/Sabine Casimire Amable Voïart (1798–1885), French poet (fr)
 * Ann Martin Taylor (1757–1830), English writer
 * Mary Taylor (needs disambiguation; 1817-1893), English traveler and friend of Charlotte Bronte
 * Melanie Smith Taylor/Melanie Ainsworth Smith (b. 1949), American equestrian in show jumping
 * Stella Taylor (1929–2003), Long-distance swimmer
 * Lubov Tchernicheva (1890–1976), Russian-born British ballerina and ballet mistress
 * Nellie Teale/Nellie I. Teale (1900–1993), American naturalist who collaborated with husband Edwin Way Teale on a series of nature books
 * Margaret Mary Tennant (1869–1946), English social worker who became the first female factory inspector in England
 * Nadezhda Sergeevna Teplova/Nadezhda Sergeevna Teplóva (1814–1848), Russian poet
 * Teresa of Aragon (b. 1037), daughter of Gilberga; married William VI, count of Provence
 * Gabriele Tergit/Gabrielle Tergit (1894–1982), German writer and journalist (de)
 * Giulia Tess (1889–1976), Italian operatic soprano
 * Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), Italian operatic soprano
 * Daw Thein Tin/Ma Thein Tin/Mme Thant, Burmese wife of U Thant, secretary-general of the United Nations during the Cold War era
 * Theano II (fl. 5th c. bce), poet mentioned in the 10th-century Suda and Eustathius.
 * Theoctista (c. 740–c. 802), Byzantine nun whose religious scruples helped to bring about the downfall of Emperor Constantine VI
 * Theodora Ducas, Byzantine princess; daughter of Eudocia Macrembolitissa (1021–1096) and Constantine X Ducas (d. 1067), Byzantine emperor (r. 1059–1067).

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 * Margaret de Ufford, Countess of Suffolk (also Baroness Ferrers of Groby), wife of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk
 * Ulayya/'Ulayya (fl. 800s), Arabian singer and poet, leader of the Persian romantic music movement; daughter of Maknuna (a slave singer) and Caliph al-Mahdi (r. 775–785); half-sister of Harun al-Rashid, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, and Abassa; stepdaughter of Khaizaran
 * Marie Ulyanova (fl. 1880-1930s), Russian revolutionary, sister of Vladimir Lenin
 * Urraca, Countess of Trastamara (c. 1096– after 1130), daughter of Teresa of Castile (c. 1080–1130) and Henry, count of Burgundy (r. 1093–1112); sister of Alphonso I Henriques, king of Portugal (r. 1139–1185); married Bermudo, count of Trastamara, before 1120
 * Urraca of Aragon, Princess of Aragon. Daughter of Gilberga (d. 1054) and Ramiro I, king of Aragon (r. 1035–1069); became a nun
 * Uta of Passau, Duchess of Carinthia. Daughter of Udalrich, count of Passau; married Ingelbert II, duke of Carinthia; children: Maud Carinthia (c. 1105–1160).

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 * Eleni Vakalo (b. 1921), Greek poet and art critic
 * Carolyn Van Blarcom/Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom (1879–1960), American nurse and midwife
 * Annetje Loockermans Van Cortlandt/Anna Loockermans Van Cortlandt/Annetje Loockermans/Annettje Lockermans Van Cortlandt (c. 1620–after 1665), Creator of the first paved street in America
 * Margaret Newton Van Cott/Margaret Van Cott (1830–1914), First female Methodist Episcopal evangelist in America
 * Bertha Van Hoosen (1863–1952), American surgeon, cofounder and first president of the American Medical Women's Association, who was the first woman to head a medical division of a coeducational university
 * Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer/Maria Van Cortlandt (1645–c. 1688), Colonial American administrator of the Dutch patronship of Rensselaerswyck
 * Marie Louise Van Vorst (1867–1936), American author and reformer
 * Florence Vandamm/Florence Van Damm (1883–1966), British portrait photographer
 * Anna Vandenhoeck/Anna Van den hoek/Anna van Hoeck (1709–1787), head of Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, the most active academic publishing house in Germany, which prospered during the Enlightenment period under her guidance
 * Maria Vanderbilt/Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896), American socialite
 * Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt (1797–1868), American socialite
 * Jesse Matthews Vann/Jessie Matthews Vann (c. 1890–1967), African-American publisher
 * Anna Vassiltschikov, Russian empress, fifth wife of Ivan IV, tsar of Russia
 * Elvira Iñiguez de la Vega/Elvira de la Vega/Elvira Iniguez de la Vega (fl. late 1300s), Mistress of the king of Castile
 * Zinaida Vengérova/Zinaida Vengerova/Zinaida Afanas'evna Vengérova (1867–1941), Russian literary critic
 * Barbara Mary Vernon (1916–1978), Australian writer and broadcaster
 * Thérèse Vestris/Therese Vestris (1726–1808), French-Italian ballerina (fr)
 * Madame Villers (fl. late 18th c.), French artist
 * Anne Villiers, Countess of Portland (d. 1688), wife of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
 * Frances Villiers, Duchess of Richmond (c. 1633-1677), wife of Edward Villiers (1620–1689)
 * Margaret Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey (currently a redirect; 1849-1945), English philanthropist
 * Marion Lloyd Vince, US fencer
 * Virdimura of Sicily (fl. 1376), Jewish physician of Sicily
 * Vultrogotha (also Ultrogotte; fl. 558), Queen of Paris, wife of Childebert I
 * Nina Vyroubova (1921-2007), Russian-born French ballerina

W

 * Harriet Waddy (also Harriet West; 1904-1999), one of the highest ranking African American officers in WWII
 * Waldrada, Queen of Lorraine (fl. 9th c.), second wife of Lothair II
 * Sarah Spencer Washington (b. 1889), African American entrepreneur
 * Lucille Wallace (1898-1977), US pianist
 * Judith Cary Waller (1889-1973), US broadcasting executive
 * Catherine Barnes Ward (1851-1913), US photographer, writer and lecturer
 * Amanda M. Way/Amanda Way (1828–1914), American preacher and social reformer
 * Helene Marie Weber (needs disambiguation)/Hélène Marie Weber (b. 1824), European feminist
 * Maria von Wedemeyer/Maria von Wedemeyer-Weller (de; c. 1924–1977), German-born mathematician who was the fiancée of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 * Ethel Weed/Ethel Berenice Weed (1906–1975), American military officer who promoted Japanese women's rights during the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II
 * Irene Weir (1862–1944), American artist and art educator
 * Alice Wells (photographer)/Alisa Wells (1927–1987), American photographer
 * Charlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901), American phrenologist and publisher
 * Kate Gannett Wells/Catherine Boott Gannett (1838–1911), American reformer and anti-suffragist
 * Marguerite Milton Wells (1872–1959), Third president of the National League of Women Voters; sought to educate women on the issues and their political rights
 * Lilian Welsh (1858–1938), American physician and educator who promoted women's hygiene and public health through the Evening Dispensary for Working Women and Girls and the Woman's College of Baltimore (later Goucher College)
 * Gisela Werbezirk/Giselle Werbesik (de; 1875–1956), Austrian actress and cabaret performer
 * Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (1883–1946), American socialite who was largely responsible for the preservation of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Emilia Wesley/Emily Wesley (1692–1771), sister of John and Charles Wesley
 * Martha Wesley/Patty Wesley (1706–1791), sister of John and Charles Wesley
 * Claire West (1893–1980), One of the first costume designers in the American film industry
 * Vera West (1900–1947), American costume designer
 * Anne Wheaton (1892–1977), First woman to serve as a spokesperson for the president of the United States (currently redirects to Wil Wheaton)
 * Anna White (1831–1910), American Shaker elder and reformer
 * Eliza Orne White (1856–1947), American novelist and children's author
 * Octavia Wilberforce (1888–1963), British physician
 * Elsie Hart Wilcox (1879–1954), First woman to serve in the Territory of Hawaii senate
 * Marguerite Ogden Wilkinson (1883–1928), Canadian-born American poet
 * Elizabeth Sprague Williams (1869–1922), American social worker
 * Jennie Fowler Willing (1834–1916), Canadian-born American preacher and temperance reformer
 * Olivia Wilmot, Duchess of Cumberland (d. 1774), mother of Olivia Wilmot; Died on December 5, 1774; daughter of Reverend D. James Wilmot; allegedly married Henry Frederick (1745–1790), duke of Cumberland (brother of George III of England), on March 4, 1767; children: Olivia, princess of Cumberland (April 3, 1772–December 3, 1834, who married John Thomas Serres). Henry Frederick later married Ann Horton (1743–1808)
 * Kini Wilson/Ana Kini Kuululani/Kini Kapahu (1872–1962), Hawaiian dancer, singer and musician who was recognized as Hawaii's "Honorary First Lady."
 * Margaret Wilhelmina Wilson/Margaret W. Wilson/Mrs. G.D. Turner/An Elderly Spinster (1882–1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist
 * Mary Elizabeth Windeyer/Mary Windeyer (1836–1912), Australian charity organizer and champion of orphans' welfare and women's suffrage
 * Susanna Winkworth (1820–1884), English writer, translator, and social reformer
 * Louise Waterman Wise (1874–1947), American charitable leader and Zionist
 * Eliza Withington/Eliza W. Withington/Elizabeth W. Kirby (1825–1877), American portrait and landscape photographer
 * Carola Woerishoffer/Emma Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911), American social activist and philanthropist who worked for the betterment of labor conditions
 * Helen Wolff (1906–1994), U.S.-German publisher and partner with Kurt Wolff—responsible for publishing many books, such as Doctor Zhivago, The Tin Drum, and The Leopard
 * Cecilie Wollerin (d. 1341), Wool merchant of Germany
 * Betty Ann Wong/Betty Siu Junn Wong (1938—), American composer, pianist, instrumentalist and lecturer
 * Edith Elmer Wood (1871–1945), American housing reformer
 * Yvonne Wood (1914—), American costume designer
 * Louise Deshong Woodbridge (1848–1925), American photographer
 * Helen Sumner Woodbury/Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury (1876–1933), American historian and public official
 * Jacquetta Woodville/Lady Strange of Knockin (1444–1509), Sister of the queen of England, Daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st earl Rivers, and Jacquetta of Luxemburg ; sister of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England (1437–1492); married John le Strange, 8th Baron Strange of Knockin.
 * Margaret Woodville (1454–1490), married Thomas Fitzalan, 17th Earl of Arundel
 * Ellen Sullivan Woodward/Ellen S. Woodward (1887–1971), American government official
 * Abba Goold Woolson/Abba Louisa Goold (1838–1921), American teacher, author, and advocate of dress reform
 * Laura Maria Wright (1809–1886), American missionary to the Seneca Indians who, with her husband, developed a written Seneca language
 * Wulfhilda West Saxon princess . Name variations: Wulfhild. Daughter of Elfgifu (c. 963–1002) and Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready (c. 968–1016), king of the English (r. 979–1013, deposed, 1014–1016); married Ulfcytel Snillingr, ealdorman of East Anglia; married Thurchil, earl of East Anglia.
 * Elizabeth Wychingham, Lady Hoo . Married Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings; mother of Anne Hoo (c. 1425–1484); great-great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn.
 * Mary Wyndham (1861–1931), English actress and co-founder of Wyndham's Theaters

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Y

 * Yaa Akyaa (c. 1837- c. 1921), Asantehemaa (queenmother) of the Ashanti Empire (distinguish from Yaa Asantewaa, asantehemaa of Ejisu)
 * Caroline A. Yale (1848-1933), US educator whose methods of teaching the deaf were adopted throughout the US
 * Yolande de Coucy (d. 1222), Countess of Dreux, married Robert II, Count of Dreux
 * Yolande de Dreux, Countess of Eu (d. 1238), married Raoul II of Lusignan
 * Rose Maud Young (1865-1947), Irish scholar

Z

 * Lillian Zabar (c. 1905-1995), Ukrainian born co-founder of NYC deli Zabar's
 * Katherine Zaleska (b. 1919), Polish Jew who served as a courier for resistance forces in WWII
 * Concha Zardoya (1914-2004), Spanish poet and literary critic
 * Juana-Luisa MacLeod (1898-1919), daughter of Mata Hari
 * Sabina Zlatin (1907-1996), Polish-born woman who hid Jewish children in Izieu during the Holocaust
 * Zoe Ducas (also Zoe Doukaina), Byzantine princess, daughter of Eudokia Makrembolitissa
 * Anna Reinhard Zwingli (1487- c. 1538), Swiss Protestant leader and wife of Huldrych Zwingli