For other works with this title, see Dinner Party

Cover of Judy Chicago’s 1996 book describing the work

The Dinner Party is an installation by feminist artist Judy Chicago depicting place settings for 39 mythical and historical famous women. Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experience as well as to change the foundation Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a Feminist artist author and educator Table setting refers to the way to set a table with Tableware &mdashsuch as Eating utensils and Dishware &mdashfor serving and eating It was produced from 1974 to 1979 as a collaboration and was first exhibited in 1979. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Since 2007 it has been on permanent exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is the second-largest Art museum in New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

About the work

Judy Chicago, the instigator and co-ordinator of the project, stated that its purpose was to "end the ongoing cycle of omission in which women were written out of the historical record. "

The table is triangular and measures forty-eight feet on each side. Each place setting features a placemat with the woman's name and artworks relating to her life, with a napkin, utensils, a glass or goblet, and a plate. A placemat is a protective table pad usually made of Paper, Plastic or cloth for Restaurants and Households Asian-style placemats Many of the plates feature a butterfly or flower-like sculpture as a vulva symbol. The vulva (from Latin, vulva, plural vulvae or vulvas; see etymology) is the region of the external genital organs A collaborative effort of many female artists, The Dinner Party celebrates traditional female accomplishments such as textile arts (weaving, embroidery, sewing) and china painting, which have been framed as craft or domestic art, as opposed to the more culturally valued, male dominated fine arts. The textile arts are those Arts and Crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic Fibers to construct practical or decorative A craft is a Skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a Trade or particular art Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. The white floor of triangular porcelain tiles is inscribed with the names of a further 999 notable women. Porcelain tiles are Ceramic tiles with a water absorption rate of less than 0

The Dinner Party was donated by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum, where it is now permanently housed within the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, which opened in March 2007. The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is the second-largest Art museum in The Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art is on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

"The Dinner Party elevates female achievement in Western history to a heroic scale traditionally reserved for men. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings "

Women represented in the place settings

The first wing of the triangular table has place settings for female figures from the goddesses of prehistory through to Hypatia at the time of the Roman Empire. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Hypatia of Alexandria (haɪˈpeɪʃə ( Greek:; born between AD 350 and 370 – 415 was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial This section covers the emergence and decline of the Classical world. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean

The second wing begins with Marcella and covers the rise of Christianity. Marcella is an Italian Given name, the feminine version of Marcello. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings It concludes with Anna van Schurman in the seventeenth century at the time of the Reformation. Anna Maria van Schurman ( November 5, 1607 &ndash May 4 / May 14, 1678) was a Dutch poet and scholar The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time

The third wing represents the Age of Revolution. The Age of Revolution is a term used to denote the period from approximately 1760 to 1830 a time in which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred on both sides of the It begins with Anne Hutchinson and moves through the twentieth century to the final places paying tribute to Virginia Woolf and Georgia O'Keeffe. Anne Hutchinson ( July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan minister of a dissident church discussion (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15 1887—March 6 1986 was an American Artist She is associated with the American Southwest where she found artistic inspiration

The 39 women with places at the table are:

Wing I: From Prehistory to the Roman Empire
1. Primordial Goddess
2. In the Greek mythology the name Protogenoi (pl Gr, sing Protogenos) means First Born or Primeval and are a group of deities who were born in the beginning Fertility goddess
3. The fertility goddesses are the Female Deities to watch over and promote Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth in many polytheistic Ishtar
4. Ishtar ( D IŠTAR 𒀭𒌋𒁯 is the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to Kali
5. Kali redirects here See Kali (disambiguation for other uses Not to be confused with Kali (demon, the personification of Kali Yuga Snake Goddess
6. Snake Goddess describes a number of Figurines of a woman holding a serpent in each hand found during excavation of Minoan archaeological sites in Sophia
7. Sophia (Σoφíα Greek for " Wisdom " is a central term in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Amazon
8. The Amazons (in Greek, grc Ἀμαζόνες are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical Hatshepsut
9. Hatshepsut (or Hatchepsut, hætˈʃɛpsʊt meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies, was the fifth Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Judith
10. Sappho
11. Sappho (ˈsæfoʊ in English Attic Greek el Σαπφώ sapːʰɔː Aeolic Greek el Ψάπφω) was an Ancient Greek lyric Aspasia
12. Aspasia (ca 470 BC&ndashca 400 BC Greek:) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Boudica
13. Boudica (also spelled Boudicca, formerly known as Boadicea, and known in Welsh culture and legends as "Buddug" (d Hypatia

Wing II: From the Beginnings of Christianity to the Reformation
14. Hypatia of Alexandria (haɪˈpeɪʃə ( Greek:; born between AD 350 and 370 – 415 was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered Marcella
15. Marcella is an Italian Given name, the feminine version of Marcello. Saint Bridget
16. Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena, born Birgitta Birgersdottir ( 1303 Theodora of Byzantium
17. Theodora ( Greek: Θεοδώρα (c 500 - June 28 548) was empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian Hrosvitha
18. Trotula of Salerno
19. Trotula of Salerno (11th&ndash12th centuries also known as Trotula di Ruggiero, Trotula Platearius, Trota and Trocta, was a female Eleanor of Aquitaine
20. For other Eleanors of England see Eleanor of England (disambiguation Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine (1122&ndash1 April 1204 Hildegard of Bingen
21. Hildegard of Bingen (Hildegard von Bingen Hildegardis Bingensis 1098 – 17 September 1179) also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard Petronilla de Meath
22. Petronilla de Meath (born circa 1300 - 1324) was the maidservant of Dame Alice Kyteler, a fourteenth century Irish noblewoman Christine de Pisan
23. Christine de Pizan ( also seen as de Pisan) (1363–c1434 was a writer of the Medieval era who strongly challenged Misogyny and stereotypes that Isabella d'Este
24. Isabella d'Este ( 18 May 1474 &ndash 13 February 1539) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Elizabeth I of England
25. Artemisia Gentileschi
26. Artemisia Gentileschi ( July 8 1593 &ndash 1651/1653 was an Italian Early Baroque painter today considered one of the most accomplished painters Anna van Schurman

Wing III: From the American to the Women’s Revolution
27. Anna Maria van Schurman ( November 5, 1607 &ndash May 4 / May 14, 1678) was a Dutch poet and scholar Anne Hutchinson
28. Anne Hutchinson ( July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan minister of a dissident church discussion Sacajawea
29. Sacagawea (also Sakakawea, Sacajawea; see below) (c 1788 – December Caroline Herschel
30. Caroline Lucretia Herschel ( 1750-03-16, Hanover &ndash 1848-01-09) was a German -born English Astronomer, the sister Mary Wollstonecraft
31. Mary Wollstonecraft (ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft 27 April 1759 – 10 September Sojourner Truth
32. Sojourner Truth (1797– November 26, 1883) was the self-given name from 1843 of Isabella Baumfree, an American abolitionist and Women's Susan B. Anthony
33. Susan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 &ndash March 13, 1906) was a prominent American Civil rights leader who played Elizabeth Blackwell
34. Elizabeth Blackwell ( February 3, 1821 &ndash May 31, 1910) was an Abolitionist, Women's rights Activist Emily Dickinson
35. Ethel Smyth
36. Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE ( 23 April 1858 &ndash 8 May 1944) was an English composer and a leader of the Women's Margaret Sanger
37. Margaret Higgins Sanger ( September 14, 1879 &ndash September 6, 1966) was an American Birth control activist an advocate Natalie Barney
38. Natalie Clifford Barney ( 31 October 1876 &ndash 2 February 1972) was an American Expatriate who lived wrote and hosted a literary Virginia Woolf
39. (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Georgia O'Keeffe

Women represented on the ceramic floortiles

The names of 999 more women are represented on the floor tiles. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15 1887—March 6 1986 was an American Artist She is associated with the American Southwest where she found artistic inspiration

Abella of Salerno, Abigail Adams, Abigail, Adela of Blois, Adela Zambudia-Ribero (sic), Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Adelaide of Susa, Adelperga, Adelheid Popp, Aemilia, Aethelburg of Kent, Aethelflaed, Agatha, Ageltrude Benevento, Aglaonice, Agnes of Bohemia, Agnes of Poitou, Agnes Smedley, Agnes Waterhouse, Agnodice, Aisha, Ajysyt, Albertine Necker de Saussure , Aleksandra Kollantay , Alessandra Giliani , Aletta Jacobs , Alexandra of Jerusalem , Alexandra van Grippenberg , Alfonsina Storni , Alice Paul , Alice Pike Barney , Alice Samuel , Alice Stone Blackwell , Aliénor de Poitiers , Alison Rutherford , Almucs De Castelnau (sic) , Aloara , Althea Gibson , Alukah , Amat-Mamu , Amelia Earhart , Amelia Villa , Amy Beach , Amyte , Ana Betancourt , Anacaona , Anahita , Anaïs Nin , Anasandra (sic) , Anastasia (in the Christine de Pisan group) , Anastasia (in the Marcella group) , Anath , Andres Villareal (sic) , Angela Merici , Angelberga , Angéle de la Barthe , Angelica Balbanoff , Angelica Kauffman , Angelina Grimké , Angelique de Coudray , Ann Lee , Anna Comnena , Anna Dalassena Comnena , Anna Karsch , Anna Manzolini , Anna Pavlova , Anna Schabanoff (sic), Anna Sophia , Anna , Anne Askew , Anne Bacon , Anne Baynard , Anne Bonney , Anne Bradstreet , Anne Clough , Anne Dacier , Anne Ella Carroll , Anne Halkett , Anne of Beaujeu , Anne of Brittany , Anne Redfearne , Annie Jump Cannon , Annie Kenney , Annie Smith Peck , Annie Wood Besant , Antigone , Antiope , Antonia Bembo , Antonia Brico , Aphra Behn , Aphrodite , Arachne , Aretaphilia of Cyrene , Arete of Cyrene , Ariadne , Arianhrod , Arinitti , Aristoclea , Arsinoe II , Artemis , Artemisia I , Artemisia II , Aruru , Asherah , Ashtoreth , Aspasia of Athens , Astarte , Atalanta , Athaliah , Athanarsa , Athene , Atira , Augusta Fickert , Augusta Savage , Augusta Schmidt , Augustina Saragossa , Awashonks , Axiothea , Baba Petkova , Babe Didrikson , Balthilde , Baptista Malatesta , Baranamtarra , Barbara Bodichon , Barbara Hepworth , Barbara Strozzi , Barbara , Barbe De Verrue , Baroness de Beausaleil , Baroness of Adlersparre , Basilea , Basine , Bathsua Makin , Baudonivia , Beatrice de Die , Beatrice Webb , Beatrix Galindo , Begga , Bel-Shalti-Narrar , Belva Lockwood , Berenguela , Bernarda de la Cerda , Bertha Lutz , Bertha of England , Bertha of Sulzbach , Bertha von Suttner , Bertha , Berthe Morisot , Berthildis , Bertille , Beruriah , Bessie Smith , Betsy Kjelsberg (sic), Bettina von Arnim , Bettisia Gozzadini , Birgitta , Blanche of Castile , Blandina , Blodeuwedd , Bona Dea , Bourgot , Bridget Bevan , Brigh Brigaid , Brigid , Britomartis , Brunhilde , Brynhild , Buto , Cambra , Camilla , Candelaria Figueredo , Capillana , Carcas , Cardea , Carlota Matienzo , Carlotta Ferrari , Carmenta , Caroline Schlegel , Carrie Chapman Catt , Cartismandua , Cassandra Fidelis , Cassandra , Caterina Van Hemessen , Catherine Adorni (sic) , Catherine de Rambouillet , Catherine Deshayes , Catherine Fisher , Catherine Greene , Catherine II , Catherine of Aragon , Catherine of Siena , Catherine Pavlovna , Catherine , Celia Fiennes , Cerridwen , Charitas Pirckheimer , Charlotte Brontë , Charlotte Corday , Charlotte Guest , Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Chicomecoatl , Chiomara , Christabel Pankhurst , Christina of Sweden , Christina Rossetti , Circe , Clara Schumann , Clara Zetkin , Clare of Assisi , Claricia , Claudine de Tencin , Clemence Royer , Cleobuline , Cleopatra , Clodia , Clotilda , Clytemnestra , Coatlicue , Cobhlair Mor , Colette , Constance Lytton , Constantia , Cordelia Gracchi , Corinna of Tanagro , Cresilla , Cristina Trivulzio , Cunegund , Cybele , Cynane , Cynisca , Damelis , Damo , Danu , Daphne , Deborah Sampson , Deborah , Demeter , Dervorguilla , Dhuoda , Dido , Diemud , Diotima , Djuna Barnes , Dolores Ibarruri , Dorcas , Doris Lessing , Dorotea Bucca , Dorothea Dix , Dorothea Lange , Dorothea Leporin-Erxleben , Dorothea von Rodde , Dorothy Richardson , Dorothy Wordsworth , Douceline , Eachtach , Eadburga , Eanswith , Ebba , Edith Cavell , Edith Evans , Edith Sitwell , Edith Wharton , Edith , Edmonia Lewis , Edna St. Vincent Millay , Egee , Ehyophsta , Eileen Gray , Eleanor Butler , Eleanor Duse , Elfrida Andrée , Elin Kallio , Eliska Krasnohorska , Eliza Lucas Pinckney , Elizabeth Anderson , Elizabeth Barrett Browning , Elizabeth Bekker , Elizabeth Carter , Elizabeth Cheron , Elizabeth Danviers , Elizabeth de la Guerre , Elizabeth Druzbacka , Elizabeth Farren , Elizabeth Fry , Elizabeth Gurley Flynn , Elizabeth Hamilton , Elizabeth Hoby , Elizabeth Lucar , Elizabeth Montagu , Elizabeth of Schonau , Elizabeth Petrovna , Elizabeth Southern , Elizabeth Talbot , Elizabeth Vesey , Elizabeth Vigeé-Lebrun , Elizabeth , Elizabetta Gonzaga , Elizabette Sirani , Ellen Richards , Elpinice , Emilia Pardo-Bazán , Emilie du Chatelet , Emilie Snethlage , Emily Brontë , Emily Carr , Emily Carr , Emily Faithful , Emma Goldman , Emma Paterson , Emmeline Pankhurst , Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence , Encheduanna , Ende , Engleberga , Epicharis , Ereshkigal , Erinna , Esther , Ethelberga , Etheldreda , Ethylwyn , Eudocia , Eudoxia , Eugenia , Europa , Eurpyle , Euryleon , Eurynome , Eustochium , Eve , Fabiola , Failge , Fanny Burney , Faustina Bordoni , Fede Galizia , Federica Montseny , Fibors , Florence Nightingale , Fortuna , Frances Brooke , Frances Harper , Frances Perkins , Frances Power Cobbe , Frances Wright , Francesca Caccini , Francesca of Salerno , Francoise de Maintenon , Frau Cramer , Fredegund , Frederika Bremer , Freya , Frida Kahlo , Frija , Gabriela Mistral , Gabriele Münter , Gabrielle Petit , Gaea , Gaspara Stampa , Gebjon , Genevieve D'Arconville , Genevieve , George Eliot , George Sand , Germaine de Staël , Gertrude Kasebier , Gertrude of Nivelles , Gertrude Stein , Gertrude Svensen , Gisela , Glueckel von Hameln , Golda Meir , Gormlaith , Grace O'Malley , Gracia Mendesa , Guda , Guillemine , Gunda Beeg , Hannah Adams , Hannah Arendt , Hannah Crocker , Hannah Hoch , Hannah More , Hannah Senesh , Hannah Woolley , Hannahanna , Hardlind , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Harriet Hosmer , Harriet Martineau , Harriet Tubman , Hashop , Hasta Hansteen , Hathor , Hawisa , Hecate , Hecuba , Hedwig Nordenflycht , Hedwig , Hel , Helen Blavatsky , Helen Cornaro , Helen Diner , Helen Keller , Helena , Helene Kottauer , Heloise , Henrietta Johnston , Henrietta Szold , Hera , Hermine Veres , Herrad of Lansberg , Hersend , Hersilia , Hester Stanhope , Hestiaea , Hiera , Hipparchia , Hippo , Hippolyte , Honorata Rodiana , Hortense Lepaut , Hortensia von Moos , Hortensia , Huldah , Hygeburg , Ida B. Wells , Ida Kaminska , Ida Pfieffer , Ilmatar , Iltani , Inanna , Inesse Armand , Ingrida , Irene Joliot-Curie , Irene , Irkalla , Isabel de Guevara , Isabel of France , Isabel Pinochet , Isabela Czartoryska , Isabella Andreini , Isabella Bishop , Isabella de Joya Roseres , Isabella Losa , Isadora Duncan , Isak Dinesen , Isis , Isotta Nogarola , Jacobe Felicie , Jadwiga , Jane Austen , Jane Harrison , Jane of Sutherland , Jane Weston , Jeanne Campan , Jeanne D'Albret , Jeanne de Montfort , Jeanne de Pompodour , Jeanne Dumeè , Jeanne Louis Farrenc , Jeanne Mance , Jeanne Manon Roland , Jeanne Marie Guyon , Jeanne of Navarre , Jeanne Recamier , Jeannette Rankin , Jezebel , Joan of Arc , Joanna Koerton , Joanna , Joanne Baillie , Josefa Amar , Josefa de Dominguez , Josephine Baker , Josephine Kablick , Juana Inés de la Cruz , Judith Leyster , Judith Murray , Julia Cameron , Julia Domna , Julia Maesa , Julia Mamaea , Julia Morgan , Julie de Lespinasse , Juno , Justine Dietrich , Jutta , Kaahumanu , Kallirhoe Parren , Karen Horney , Karoline Pichler , Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead , Katharine Hepburn , Kathe Kollwitz , Kathe Schirmacher , Katherine Bethlen , Katherine Sheppard , Katti Moeler , Khuwyt , Kora , Kore , Kubaba , La Malinche , Lady Beatrix , Lady Uallach , Lalla , Lamia , Lampedo , Las Huelgas , Laura Ammanati , Laura Bassi , Laura Cereta , Laura Torres , Lavinia Fontana , Laya , Leah , Leela of Granada , Leonor D'Almeida , Leonora Baroni , Leontium , Leoparda , Levina Teerling , Liadain , Libana , Lili Boulanger , Lilith , Lilliard , Lioba , Lioba , Loretta , Lorraine Hansberry , Lou Andreas Salomé , Louise Labé , Louise le Gras , Louise Michel , Louise Nevelson , Louyse Bourgeois , Lucretia Marinelli , Lucretia , Lucrezia Tournabuoni , Lucy , Luisa de Carvajal , Luisa Roldain , Luise Gottsched , Luise Otto-Peter , Luiza Todi , Lydia , Lysistrata , Maacah , Mabel , Macha of the Red Tresses , Macha , Macrina , Madame A. Milliat , Maddalena Buonsignori , Madderakka , Madeleine de Sable , Madeleine de Scudéry , Magda Portal , Mahaut of Artois , Makeda , Manto , Marcellina , Margaret (Eleanor of Aquitaine group) , Margaret Beaufort , Margaret Brent , Margaret Cavendish , Margaret Fell Fox , Margaret Fuller , Margaret Mead , Margaret Murray Washington , Margaret Murray , Margaret O'Connor , Margaret of Austria , Margaret of Desmond , Margaret of Navarre , Margaret of Scandinavia , Margaret Paston , Margaret Philipse , Margaret Roper , Margarete Forchhammer , Margarethe Dessoff , Margery Jourdemain , Marguerite Gerard , Marguerite of Bourgogne , Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin , Marguerite-Louise Couperin , Maria Agnesi , Maria Alphaizuli , Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria , Maria Bartola , Maria Cunitz , Maria de Abarca , Maria de Agreda , Maria de Coste Blanche , Maria de Ventadorn , Maria del Refugio Garcia , Maria Edgeworth , Maria Kirch , Maria Luisa Sanchez , Maria Mitchell , Maria Montessori , Maria Montoya Martinez , Maria Sibylla Merian , Maria Stewart , Maria Theresa , Maria Theresia von Paradis , Maria-Christine de Lalaing , Marian Anderson , Marianna Alcoforado , Marianne Beth , Marie Bashkirtsev , Marie Bovin , Marie Champmeslé , Marie Colinet , Marie Curie , Marie de France , Marie de Lafayette , Marie de l'Incarnation , Marie de Medici , Marie de Miramion , Marie de Sévigné , Marie du Deffand , Marie Duges , Marie Durocher , Marie Geoffrin , Marie Heim-Vögtlin , Marie Iowa , Marie la Chapelle , Marie Laurencin , Marie le Jars de Gournay , Marie of Champagne , Marie Popelin , Marie Sallé , Marie Stopes , Marie Tussaud , Marie Venier , Martesia , Martha Baretskaya , Martha Graham , Martha Mears , Martha of Bethany , Martia Proba , Mary "Mother" Jones , Mary Alexander , Mary Ann Shad Cary , Mary Astell , Mary Baker Eddy , Mary Bonaventure , Mary Cassatt , Mary Church Terrell , Mary Dyer , Mary Esther Karding , Mary Goddard , Mary Hays , Mary Lamb , Mary Lavoisier , Mary Lee , Mary Livermore , Mary Lou Williams , Mary Louise McLaughlin , Mary Manley , Mary McLeod Bethune , Mary Monckton , Mary Mueller , Mary of Bethany , Mary of Hungary , Mary Radcliffe , Mary Read , Mary Shelley , Mary Sidney , Mary Somerville , Mary Wortley Montague , Maryann , Mata Hari , Mathilda , Mathilde of Tuscany , Matilda of Flanders , Matilda , Maude , Maximilla , Maya Deren , Maeve , Mechthild of Hackeborn , Medusa , Megalostrata , Melisande , Mentuhetop , Mercy Otis Warren , Metrodora , Milla Granson , Millicent Fawcett , Minna Canth , Minna Cauer , Miranda Stuart , Miriam , Modesta Pozzo , Moero of Byzantium , Molly Pitcher , Morrigan , Mother Hutton , Mrs. Cellier , Muirgel , Myrine , Myrtis of Anthedon , Nadezhda Krupskaya , Nadia Boulanger , Nammu , Nancy Ward , Nanno , Naomi , Naqi'a , Natalia Goncharova , Nathalie Zand , Nefertiti , Neith , Nell Gwyn , Nelly Sachs , Neobule , Nephthys , Nerthus , Nicaula , Nicobule , Ninhursaga , Ninon de L'Enclos , Ninti , Nitocris , Nofret , Nossis , Novella D'Andrea , Nut , Octavia , Odilla , Ojelia Uribe de Acosta , Olga , Oliva Sabuco , Olive Schreiner , Olympe de Gouges , Olympia Morata , Olympias , Omeciuatl , Orinthya , Pamphile , Pandora , Pasiphae , Paula Modersohn-Becker , Paula , Penelope Barker , Penette de Guillet , Penthelia , Penthesilia , Perictyone , Phantasia , Phile , Philippa of Hainault , Phillipe Auguste , Phillis Wheatley , Philotis , Phoebe , Pierrone , Plotina , Pocahontas , Porcia , Praxagora , Praxilla , Priscilla , Properzia de Rossi , Prudence Crandall , Puduchepa , Pulcheria , Pythia , Python , Rachel (Trotula group) , Rachel Katznelson , Rachel Ruysch , Rachel Varnhagen , Radclyffe Hall , Radegund , Rahonem , Rebecca Lee , Rebecca West , Rebekah , Reinhild , Renee Vivien , Renier Michiel , Rhea , Rhiannon , Romaine Brooks , Rosa Bonheur , Rosa Chouteau , Rosa Luxemburg , Rosalba Carriera , Rosalia of Palermo , Rose de Burford , Rose Mooney , Ruth Benedict , Ruth , Saaredra Villanueva , Sabina Von Steinbach , Salomée Halpir , Salpe , Sarah Bernhardt , Sarah Grimke , Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , Sarah of St. Abella was a 14th century Italian physician who taught at the Salerno school of medicine. 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Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Amy Marcy Cheney Beach ( September 5, 1867 &ndash December 27, 1944) was an American Composer and Pianist Anyte of Tegea (fl early 3rd century BC was an Arcadian Poet, admired by her contemporaries and later generations for her charming Epigrams and Ana Betancourt (born 14 December 1832, Cuba - died 7 February 1901, Madrid was a Cuban woman who took a leading role in the war of independence Anacaona, (date of birth unknown - died about 1504 Hispaniola) also called the Golden Flower was a Taíno queen sister of Behechio and wife of Caonabo two of ae Aredvi Sura Anahita ( ae Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā) is the Avestan language name of an Indo-Iranian Cosmological figure venerated as the divinity Anaïs Nin ana'iːs nin (born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell) ( February 21 1903 - January 14 1977) was Anaxandra (fl 220s BC was an Ancient Greek female artist and painter from Sicyon, Greece. Anastasia (flourished c 1400 Paris was a French illuminator of manuscripts. Saint Anastasia ( Greek: "resurrection" often, "St Anat, also ‘Anat is a major northwest Semitic goddess ‘Anat in Ugarit In the Ugaritic Ba‘al / Hadad cycle ‘Anat Andrea Villarreal ( 1881 – 1963) was a Mexican revolutionary journalist and feminist Saint Angela Merici or Saint Angela de Merici ( March 21, 1474 – January 27, 1540) was an Italian religious leader Engelberga (or Angilberga, died between 896 and 901 was the wife of Louis II Holy Roman Emperor, from 5 October 851 to his death on 12 Angéle de la Barthe (born c 1230 - died 1275) was a prosperous woman of Toulouse, France who was tried for witchcraft and condemned to death Angelica Balabanoff (or Balabanov, Balabanova; Анжелика Балабанова - Anzhelika Balabanova; 1878 Chernihiv - Maria Anna Angelika/Angelica Katharina Kauffmann ( October 30, 1741 &ndash November 5, 1807) was a Swiss-Austrian painter. Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (20 February 1805 &ndash 26 October 1879 was an American politician lawyer abolitionist and suffragist. Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray (1712 Paris – 1789 France was a royal Midwife in the court of Louis XV of France. This article is about Mother Ann Lee For the singer see Ann Lee (singer Mother Ann Lee ( February 29 1736 - September 8 Anna Komnene or Comnena (Greek Άννα Κομνηνή Anna Komnēnē December 1, 1083 &ndash1153 was a Byzantine princess and scholar daughter of Anna Dalassena (1025-1102 was an important Byzantine noblewoman who rose to the position of an Empress-Mother during the reign of her son Alexios I Komnenos. Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (А́нна Па́вловна Па́влова (&ndash 23 January, 1931) was a famous Russian Ballerina of the late Anna Nikitichna Shabanova (born 1848 Smolensk, Russia - died 1932 Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a pioneering Russian woman Pediatrician Anna of Saxony ( December 23, 1544; Dresden - December 18, 1577; Dresden) was the only child and heiress of Maurice Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna of David's house and line was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christian tradition Anne Askew (also spelled Anne Ayscough) ( 1521 - 16 July 1546) was an English poet and Protestant who was persecuted as a heretic Lady Anne Bacon Coke (born c 1528 Essex England – died 1610, England was an English gentlewoman and scholar Ann Baynard (sometimes spelled Anne) (Born 1672 Preston, Lancashire, England - June 12 1697, Barnes, Anne Bonny ( March 8, 1700 - possibly April 25, 1782) was an Irish American Pirate who plied her trade in the Caribbean Anne Bradstreet (c 1612 – September 16, 1672) was a writer and the first notable American poet and the first woman to be published in Colonial America Anne Jemima Clough ( 20 January 1820 &ndash 27 February 1892) was an early English Suffragist and a promoter of higher Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, (1654 &ndash 17 August 1720) better known during her lifetime as Madame Dacier, was a French Scholar and Anna Ella Carroll ( August 29, 1815, near Pokomoke City, Maryland, United States – February 19, 1894, Lady Anne Halkett (née Murray (1623-1699 was a religious writer and autobiographer. Anne of France (or Anne of Beaujeu) ( Genappe, 3 April 1461 &ndash 14 November 1522, Chantelle) was the Anne of Brittany ( 25 January, 1477 &ndash 9 January, 1514) also known as Anna of Brittany ( Anne de Bretagne; The Pendle witch trials of 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history and some of the best recorded of the 17th century Annie Jump Cannon ( December 11, 1863 &ndash April 13, 1941) was an American Astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental Annie Kenney ( September 13, 1879 – July 9, 1953) was an English Working-class Suffragette who is credited Annie Smith Peck ( 19 October, 1850 in Providence, Rhode Island – 16 July, 1935 in New York, New York Annie Wood Besant (ˈbɛsənt Clapham London October 1 1847 &ndash September 20 1933 in Adyar, India) was a prominent Theosophist, This article is about the daughter of Oedipus For the daughter of Eurytion see Antigone (daughter of Eurytion. Antiope ( ˈtaɪ o pe is a figure from Greek mythology. She was the only Amazon known to have married Antonia Bembo ( c 1640– c 1720 was an Italian composer and singer Antonia Brico ( June 26, 1902 &ndash August 3, 1989) was a conductor and Pianist. Arachne was a great mortal weaver She boasted that her skill was greater than that of Athena the goddess of crafts which resulted in a contest between her and the goddess Aretaphila of Cyrene (Flourished circa 50 BC Cyrene, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa was a Cyrenean noble woman who according to Plutarch in Arete of Cyrene (or Arate of Cyrene) (fl late 5th and early 4th centuries BCE was the daughter of Aristippus of Cyrene a follower of Socrates. Ariadne, in Greek mythology (Latin Arianna French Arianne was daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter Arianrhod is a figure in Welsh mythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. Arinniti was the wife of Tarhun. She may be the Solar deity whose cultic center was at Arinna. Aristoclea (also Aristocleia) (flourished 6th century BC) was a Greek priestess at Delphi in Ancient Greece. Arsinoe II (Greek Αρσινόη (316 BC-July 270 BC queen of Thrace and Macedonia and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II In Greek mythology, Artemis language|Greek] ( Nominative), ( Genitive))] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister Artemisia I of Caria (in Greek, Αρτεμισία) ( fl 480 BC became the ruler after the death of her husband as a client of the Artemisia II of Caria (in Greek, Ἀρτεμισία; d 350 BC was a sister the wife and the successor of the king Mausolus. In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (NINURSAG was the earth and mother- Goddess, one of the seven great deities of Sumer. Asherah (from Hebrew אשרה generally taken as identical with the Ugaritic goddess Athirat (more accurately transcribed as ʼAṯirat) was Astarte (from Greek Ἀστάρτη ( Astártē) is the name of a Goddess as known from Northwestern Semitic regions cognate in name origin Aspasia (ca 470 BC&ndashca 400 BC Greek:) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Astarte (from Greek Ἀστάρτη ( Astártē) is the name of a Goddess as known from Northwestern Semitic regions cognate in name origin Atalanta (Αταλάντη English translation: "balanced" is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Athaliah or Athalie ( Hebrew: ʻĂṯalyâ (עֲתַלְיָה "God is exalted" was the queen of Judah during the reign of King ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. Augusta Savage born Augusta Christine Fells lived from February 29, 1892 &ndash March 26, 1962. Auguste Schmidt, ( 3 August 1833, Breslau, then Germany now Poland – 10 June 1902, Leipzig, Agustina Raimunda María Saragossa Doménech, or Agustina de Aragón, ( March 4, 1786 - May 29, 1857) was a famous Spanish Awashonks (also spelled Awashunckes, Awashunkes or Awasoncks) was a female Sachem ( chief) of the Sakonnet Indian Axiothea of Phlius was one of Plato 's female students She was born in Phlius, an ancient city in the Peloponnese which was under Spartan Nedelya Petkova ( 1826 - 1894) was a Bulgarian education pioneer Mildred Ella ("Babe" Didrikson Zaharias ( June 26, 1911 &ndash September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named Saint Balthild, also known as Bathilde d'Ascagnie, Batilde, Bathylle, Bathild, Bathildis, or Bathilda (626 or 627 Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon ( 8 April 1827 - 11 June 1891) was an English educationalist artist and a leading early nineteenth century feminist Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10 1903 &ndash May 20 1975 christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle (Baptised August 6, 1619, Venice - November 11, 1677, Padua) was an Italian Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was a Christian Saint and Martyr. Sophie Adlersparre, née Leijonhufvud (1823-1895 was a Swedish Feminist. "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Basina was queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth century Bathsua Reginald Makin (c 1600-c 1675 was a proto- feminist, Middle-class Englishwoman who contributed Beatritz or Beatriz de Dia (born c 12th century - flourished circa 1175 Provence) was a Trobairitz, that is a female Troubadour, a poet-musician This article is about the socialist politician For the children's author see Beatrix Potter. Note There is a similarly named Saint Bega, also known as Saint Bee sometimes confused with Saint Begga Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24 1830 – May 19 1917 was a United States Attorney, Politician, Educator and Author. Berta Maria Júlia Lutz ( August 2, 1894, São Paulo – September 16, 1976, Rio de Janeiro) was a Zoologist, See also Saint Bertha of Val d'Or Saint Bertha or Saint Aldeberge (539 &ndash c Bertha von Sulzbach (1110s- August 29, 1159) was the first wife and Empress of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus. Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner) born 9 June 1843 in Prague (now Czech Republic) as Gräfin See also Bertha of Kent Saint Bertha, Abbess of Val d'Or near Avenay, Reims, d Berthe Morisot ( January 14, 1841 &ndash March 2, 1895) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris Saint Balthild, also known as Bathilde d'Ascagnie, Batilde, Bathylle, Bathild, Bathildis, or Bathilda (626 or 627 Bruriah is one of several woman quoted as a sage in the Talmud. Bessie Smith (July 9 1892 or April 15 1894&ndash September 26 1937 was an American Blues singer Betzy Alexandra Kjelsberg ( November 1, 1866 – 1950 born Betzy Aleksandra Børresen, was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party Bettina Brentano von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) ( 4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main &ndash 20 January 1859, Berlin Bettisia Gozzadini ( 1209 in Bologna, Italy - died 1261, also in Bologna flourished around 1250 and lectured in law at the University of Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena, born Birgitta Birgersdottir ( 1303 For other persons called Blanche of Castile see Blanca of Castile. Saint Blandina ( Blandine, died 177 was a virgin and Martyr. Legend She belongs to the band of martyrs of Lyon who after some of In Welsh mythology, Blodeuwedd or Blodeuedd, ( Middle Welsh composite name from blodeu 'flowers blossoms' + gwedd 'face aspect appearance' In Roman mythology, Bona Dea (literally " the good goddess " was the Goddess of Fertility, Healing, Virginity, Bridget Bevan (née Vaughan also known as Madam Bevan (baptised 30 October 1698 – 11 December 1779) was a Welsh This article refers to the Pagan Goddess Brigid For the Catholic/Orthodox Saint of that name see Saint Brigid. For the Butterfly Genus, see Britomartis (butterfly. Britomartis is among the Minoan goddess figures that passed through the Brynhildr is a Shieldmaiden and a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Brynhildr is a Shieldmaiden and a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, which means the Green One ( Egyptian egy w3ḏyt; also spelt Wadjit or Wedjet In Roman mythology, Cardea was the Goddess of Health, Thresholds and Door Hinges and Handles also associated For the Genus of Lepidoptera, see Carmenta (moth In Roman mythology, Carmenta was the goddess of childbirth and Caroline Schelling ( September 2, 1763 — September 7, 1809) was a noted German intellectual Carrie Chapman Catt ( January 9, 1859 &ndash March 9 1947) was a woman's suffrage leader Cartimandua (or Cartismandua, ruled ca 43 - 69) whose name appears to contain the Indo-European element *mandu(a "pony"was a queen of the In Greek mythology, Cassandra ( Greek: Κασσάνδρα "she who entangles men" (also known as Alexandra) was the daughter of King Caterina van Hemessen (1528 &ndash after 1587 was a Flemish Renaissance painter Saint Catherine of Genoa (born San Lorenzo 1447 - 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic admired for Catherine de Vivonne marquise de Rambouillet (1588&ndash December 2, 1665) better known simply as Madame de Rambouillet, was a society hostess and Catherine Monvoisin, known as " La Voisin " (c 1640 &ndash February 22, 1680) French Sorceress, whose maiden name was Catherine Catherine Fisher (born 1957 is an Author, broadcaster and adjudicator who lives in Newport. Catharine Littlefield "Caty" Greene ( 17 February 1755 - 2 September 1814) was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая Yekaterina II Velikaya;) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536 also known as Catharine, Katherine or Katharine ( Castilian Infanta Catalina Saint Catherine of Siena, OP ( March 25 1347 – April 29 1380) was a Tertiary of the Dominican Order, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia (Екатерина Павловна Tsarskoe Selo, 10 May 1788 &ndash Stuttgart, 9 January Saint Catherine of Sweden, Catherine Vastanensis or Catherine of Vadstena (c Celia Fiennes ( 7 June 1662 - 10 April 1741) was an English traveller In Welsh medieval legend, Ceridwen was a magician mother of Taliesin, Morfran, and a beautiful daughter Crearwy (or Creirwy Charlotte Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (21 April 1816 &ndash 31 March 1855 was a British Novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose Novels Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont ( July 27, 1768 – July 17, 1793) known to history as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, (née Bertie ( May 19, 1812 – January 15, 1895) later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( July 3 1860 – August 17 1935) was a prominent American Novelist, Writer of In Aztec mythology, Chicomecoatl "Seven snakes" was the Aztec goddess of maize during the Middle Culture period For the Skipper butterfly Genus, see Chiomara (butterfly. Chiomara was a Galatian noblewoman and the wife of Orgiagon Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst LLB, DBE ( September 22, 1880 &ndash February 13, 1958) was a Suffragette Christina (Kristina Augusta ( – 19 April 1689 later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was Christina Georgina Rossetti ( December 5, 1830 &ndash December 29, 1894) was an English Poet, who wrote a variety of romantic devotional In Greek mythology, Circe ( sərsē; Greek Κίρκη Kírkē, falcon is a Queen Goddess (or sometimes a Nymph Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13 1819 &ndash May 20 1896 was a German musician one of the most distinguished Pianists of the Romantic era, as Clara Zetkin, maiden name Eissner ( 5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was an influential socialist German politician Santa Chiara redirects here For the church in Rome of that name see Santa Chiara (church. Claricia or Clarica was a 13th century Illuminator. She included a Self-portrait in a South German Psalter of c Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin ( 27 April 1682 - 4 December 1749) was a French Courtesan and Author. Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt Clodia, (born Claudia Pulchra Tercia ca 95 BC and often referred to in scholarship as Clodia Metelli ("Clodia the wife of Metellus" was the third daughter Saint Clotilde (475 – 545 also known as Clotilda or simply Clotild, was the daughter of Chilperic II of Burgundy and Caretena and wife of the Frankish Clytemnestra (or Clytaemnestra (Eng /klaɪtəm'nɛstɹə/ Greek: Klytaimnéstra, "famed for her suitors" was the wife of Agamemnon, king Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan) "The Mother of Gods" (Cōhuātlīcue koː Colette was the pen name of the French Novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28 1873 &ndash August 3 Constantia Zierenberg (1605—1653 was a singer and musician from Danzig, Prussia (now Gdańsk, Poland Cornelia Scipionis Africana (born ca 190 BC - died 100 BC was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the hero of the Second Punic War, and See also Corinna (disambiguation Corinna (or Korinna was an Ancient Greek Poet, traditionally attributed to the 6th century BC Kresilas was a Greek sculptor from Kydonia. He lived in the 5th century BC. Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg (c 975 – March 3, 1040 at Kaufungen) also called St Originally a Hittite and Phrygian Goddess, Cybele (Κυβέλη was a deification of the Earth Mother and was worshipped in Cynane (in Greek Kυνανη or Kυνα, Kynane; killed 323 BC was half-sister to Alexander the Great, and daughter of Philip Cynisca ( Greek: Κυνίσκα (440 BC was a Greek princess of Sparta. Damo (ca 535 BC - 475 BC was the daughter of Pythagoras and Theano. In Irish mythology, Danu (Old Irish or Dana (the Modern Gaelic and Scottish form was the mother Goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann (peoples DAPHNE is an Arcade emulator application that emulates a variety of Laserdisc video games with the intent of preserving these games and making Deborah Sampson Gannett ( December 17 1760 - April 29 1827) was the first known American woman to impersonate a man (Robert Shurtliff See also Biblical judges Book of Judges List of women warriors in folklore literature and popular culture Demeter (dɨˈmiːtɚ Greek:, possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth * dheghom * mater Dervorguilla of Galloway (c 1210 - January 28, 1290) was a 'lady of substance' during the 13th century wife from 1223 of John 5th Baron de Balliol Dhuoda was the wife of Bernard of Septimania and the author of the Liber Manualis. Dido was according to Greek and Roman sources the founder and first Queen of Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia) Diemoth (Diemudus Diemut Diemud Diemuth Diemod (born about 1060 died 30 March, probably in 1130 was the name of a Recluse at Wessobrunn Abbey in Diotima of Mantinea is a female philosopher who plays an important role in Plato's Symposium. Djuna Barnes (12 June 1892 &ndash 18 June 1982 was an American Writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, also known as La Pasionaria (the Passion flower) ( December 9, 1895 &ndash November 12, Dorcas was a disciple of Joppa found in the Book of Acts (at 936-42 of the Bible. Doris May Lessing, CH, OBE (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British Writer, author of works such Dorotea Bucca (1360–1436 (also Dorotea Bocchi) was an Italian physician Dorothea Lynde Dix ( April 4, 1802 &ndash July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the Indigent Insane Dorothea Lange ( May 25 1895 &ndash October 11 1965) was an influential American documentary Photographer Dorothea Christiane Erxleben née Leporin ( November 13 1715 in Quedlinburg – June 13 1762 in Quedlinburg was the first Dorothy Miller Richardson ( 17 May 1873 - 17 June 1957) was the first writer to publish an English-language novel using what was to become known Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth ( December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English Author, Poet and Eadburg (also Eadburh) was the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Queen Cynethryth. For the later Abbess of Coldingham see Aebbe the Younger. Saint Æbbe the Elder (c Edith Louisa Cavell ( December 4, 1865 – October 12, 1915) was a British World War I nurse and humanitarian Dame Edith Mary Evans DBE ( 8 February 1888 &ndash 14 October 1976) was an actress who had a long and distinguished career on the Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE ( 7 September, 1887 &ndash 9 December, 1964) was a British Poet and critic Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer Edith is a female given name derived from the Old English words ead meaning 'rich or Blessed ' and gyð meaning 'war' and is in common usage in this form Mary Edmonia Lewis ( July 4, 1845 – 1911 was the first African American and Native American ( Chippewa) woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor Edna St Vincent Millay ( February 22, 1892 &ndash October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first Ehyophsta (Cheyenne for "Yellow-Haired Woman" was a Cheyenne woman Kathleen Eileen Moray Gray ( August 9, 1878 &ndash October 31, 1976) was an Irish Furniture Designer and Architect Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829 was an aristocratic lady one of the Ladies of Llangollen. Eleonora Duse ( October 3, 1858 &ndash April 21, 1924) was an Italian actress often known simply as Duse. Elfrida Andrée ( February 19, 1841, Visby &ndash January 11, 1929, Gothenburg) was a Swedish Organist Eliška Krásnohorská ( 18 November 1847 - 26 November 1926) was a Czech Feminist author Eliza Lucas Pinckney (c 1722&ndash1793 was the first Planter to introduce the cultivation and processing of indigo into South Carolina (and continental Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson LSA, MD ( June 9 1836 &ndash December 17 1917) was an English Physician Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( March 6, 1806 &ndash June 29, 1861) was one of the most respected Poets of the Victorian era Elizabeth ("Betje" Wolff-Bekker ( Flushing, 24 July 1738 - The Hague, 5 November 1804) was a Dutch Elizabeth Carter, ( December 16 1717 &ndash February 19 1806) was a poet classicist writer and translator and a prominent and learned member Élisabeth Sophie Chéron ( 3 October 1648, Paris – 3 September 1711, Paris is remembered today primarily as a French painter Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (full name Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre; born Élisabeth Jacquet, March 17 1665, Paris – Elizabeth Farren (c 1759&ndash 23 April 1829) was an English Actress of the late eighteenth century Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney 21 May 1780 &ndash 12 October 1845 was an English Prison reformer Social reformer and as a Quaker, a Christian Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ( August 7, 1890 &ndash September 5, 1964) was a labor leader activist and Feminist who played a leading Elizabeth Hamilton ( July 25, 1758 - 1816 was a British essayist poet satirist and novelist Elizabeth Montagu ( October 2, 1718 - August 25, 1800) was a British social reformer patron of the arts hostess literary critic St Elizabeth of Schönau (1129 &ndash 18 June[[ 165]] was a German Benedictine visionary Yelizaveta Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т Петро́вна (December 29 1709 – January 5 1762 (New Style December 18 1709 – December 25 1761 ( The Pendle witch trials of 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history and some of the best recorded of the 17th century Elizabeth Talbot may refer to Elizabeth Grey Countess of Kent, born Elizabeth Talbot Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury known as Bess of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun ( April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, and is recognized as the most famous woman St Elisabeth of Hungary (St Elisabeth von Thüringen Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet 7 July, 1207 &ndash 17 November, 1231) spent most of Elisabetta Sirani (1638 &ndash 1665 was an Italian painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna, and the Ellen Henrietta (Swallow Richards ( December 3, 1842 &ndash March 30, 1911) was the foremost female industrial and Environmental Emilia Pardo Bazán ( 16 September 1851 – 12 May 1921) (also known as Emilia countess de Pardo Bazán) was a Galician Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil marquise du Châtelet ( December 17, 1706 &ndash September 10, 1749) was a French Marie Emilie Snethlage (1868 - 1929 was a German -born Brazilian Ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon Emily Jane Brontë (ˈbrɒnti ( July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British Novelist and Poet, now best Emily Carr ( December 13, 1871 &ndash March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the Indigenous Emily Carr ( December 13, 1871 &ndash March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the Indigenous Emily Faithfull (1835-1895 was an English women's rights activist who founded The Victoria Press in London, in 1860 Emma Goldman (June 27 1869 – May 14 1940 was an anarchist known for her political activism writing and speeches Emma Paterson (1848 &ndash 1886 was an English feminist and Trade unionist Life Paterson was the daughter of a schoolteacher and Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 14 June 1928 was a political activist and leader of the British Suffragette movement Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Baroness Pethick-Lawrence (1867 Bristol England – 1954 was a British Women's rights activist Enheduanna (c 2285-2250 BCE; En-hedu-Ana ENHÉDUANNA" lord or lady ornament of An (the sky or heaven" was an Akkadian princess Ende (?-? This female Manuscript Illuminator worked on a 10th century group of manuscripts of which there are 24 known copies with illustrations Engelberga (or Angilberga, died between 896 and 901 was the wife of Louis II Holy Roman Emperor, from 5 October 851 to his death on 12 Epicharis (d 65 was an Ancient Roman freedwoman of bad repute and a member of the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor Nero. In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal ( D EREŠ. KI. GAL, lit Erinna ( Greek:) was a Greek poet a contemporary and friend of Sappho, a native of Rhodes or the adjacent island of Telos or Esther ( born Hadassah, is a queen of Persian Empire in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus (traditionally identified with Artaxerxes Saint Æthelburg, known as Ethelburga (died 7 July 664) was an Anglo-Saxon princess abbess and saint of the Catholic Church. Æthelthryth, or Æðelþryð, (c 636 - June 23 679) is the proper name for the popular Anglo-Saxon Saint almost universally Eudokia Makrembolitissa or Eudocia Macrembolitissa (Ευδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα (1021&ndash1096 was the second wife of the Byzantine emperor Eudoxia Dmitriyevna (Евдокия Дмитриевна—monastic name Euphrosyne — (? - 1407 was a Grand Duchess of Muscovy and wife of Dmitry Eugenia is a Genus of Flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Europa ( Greek Εὐρώπη was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the Continent Europe Saint Eustochium (ca 368 – September 28, 419 or 420 Born Eustochium Julia at Rome, she was the daughter of Saint Paula In Genesis, Eve is the first woman the wife of Adam. God created her from Adam's rib as his helpmate Saint Fabiola was a Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who under the influence of the Church father St For playwright Frances Burney (1776–1828 niece of novelist Fanny Burney Madame d'Arblay 1752-1840 see Frances Burney (1776–1828 Frances Burney Faustina Bordoni ( 30 March 1697 &ndash 4 November 1781) was an Italian Mezzo-soprano. Fede Galizia (1578 - 1630 was an Italian Renaissance painter a pioneer of the Still life genre Federica Montseny i Mañé ( February 12 1905, Madrid &mdash January 14 1994) was a Spanish anarchist, intellectual and Minister Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 who came to be known as "The In Roman mythology, Fortuna (equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) goddess of fortune was the Personification of Luck; Frances Moore Brooke ( 12 January, 1724 &ndash 23 January 1789) was an English Novelist, Essayist, Playwright Frances Ellen Watkins Harper ( 24 September, 1825 - 22 February, 1911) born to free parents in Baltimore Maryland, was an African Frances Coralie Perkins (born Fanny Coralie Perkins lived April 10 1882 &ndash May 14 1965) was the U Frances Power Cobbe ( December 4, 1822 – April 5, 1904) was an Irish writer who is known today as a social reformer Feminist Frances Wright ( September 6 1795 &ndash December 13[[ 852]] also widely known as Fanny Wright, was a Scottish -born Lecturer Francesca Caccini (September 18 1587 &ndash c 1640 was an Italian composer singer Lutenist poet and music teacher of the early Baroque era Françoise d'Aubigné Scarron Marquise de Maintenon ( November 27, 1635 - April 15, 1719) was the Morganatic second wife of King Catharina Geertuida Cramer (nee Schrader) (born early September 1656, Bentheim, Germany - died October 30 1746, Fredegund or Fredegunda (also Latin Fredegundis or French Frédégonde; died 597 was the Queen consort of Chilperic Fredrika Bremer (Turku Finland August 17, 1801 - Årsta outside of Stockholm Sweden December 31, 1865) was a Swedish Writer Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya) is a major goddess in Norse Paganism, a subset of Germanic Paganism. Frida Kahlo (July 6 1907 – July 13 1954 was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya) is a major goddess in Norse Paganism, a subset of Germanic Paganism. Gabriela Mistral ( April 7, 1889 — January 10, 1957) was the Pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga Gabriele Münter (1877–1962 was a German Expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich Avant-garde in the early 20th century Gaia (ˈgeɪə or /ˈgaɪə/ (" land " or " Earth " from the Ancient Greek Γαîα also Gæa or Gea Gaspara Stampa (1523-1554 was an Italian poet Biography Born in Padua, Stampa's father Bartolomeo originally from Milan, was a Gefjun, Gefjon, or Gefion (possibly from Old Norse geð fiá meaning "chaste" is one of the Asynjur in Norse mythology In Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, Saint Geneviève ( Nanterre near Paris c Mary Ann (Marian Evans ( 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) better known by her Pen name George Eliot, was an Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness (French baronne) Dudevant ( July 1, 1804 &ndash June 8, 1876 Baronne Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein ( née Necker ( April 22, 1766 &ndash July 14, 1817) (stal commonly known as American portrait photographer Gertrude Käsebier (née Stanton (1852 - 1934 was a part of the PhotoSecession movement along with Edward Steichen, Alvin Langdon Coburn Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626 – March 17, 659) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium. Gertrude Stein ( February 3, 1874 &ndash July 27, 1946) was an American Writer who spent most of her life in France Glückel of Hameln (also spelled Gluckel or Glikl of Hamelin; also known as Glikl bas Judah Leib (1646 Hamburg – September 19, 1724 Golda Meir ( גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר جولدا مائير born Golda Mabovitch, 3 May 1898 - 8 December 1978 known as Golda Myerson from 1917-1956 Gormflaith was born in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, around AD 960. Gráinne Ní Mháille (c 1530 – c 1603 also known as Granuaile or Gráinne Mhaol, known in English as Grace O'Malley, is an important Gracia Mendes Nasi ( Gracia is archaic Portuguese and Spanish for the Hebrew Hannah, also known by her Christianized name Guda was a 12th century Nun and Illuminator. She created a self-portrait in an initial letter in a Homeliary (now in the Frankfurt am Main, Staatsbibliothek Hannah Adams ( October 2, 1755 &ndash December 15, 1831) was a Christian author born in Medfield Massachusetts and Hannah Höch ( November 1, 1889 – May 31, 1978) was a German Dada artist Hannah More ( February 2, 1745 – September 7, 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist Hannah Szenes (or Chana Senesh) (חנה סנש ( July 17, 1921 &ndash November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew Hurrian Mother Goddess Hannahannah (from Hittite hannas "grandmother" Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14 1811 – July 1 1896 was an American Author and Abolitionist, whose Novel Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Goodhue Hosmer ( October 9, 1830 - February 21, 1908) American sculptor. Harriet Martineau ( June 12, 1802 &ndash June 27, 1876) was an English Writer and Philosopher, renowned in her Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c 1820 – 10 March 1913 was an African-American Abolitionist, Humanitarian, and Union Hatshepsut (or Hatchepsut, hætˈʃɛpsʊt meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies, was the fifth Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Aasta Hansteen, (born December 10, 1824 - April 13, 1908) was a Norwegian painter, Writer, and early In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Pronounced Hah-Thor ( Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the Milky Way Hecate ( Greek: Ἑκάτη, "far-shooting") Hekate ( Hekátê This page is about the mythological figure for the Butterfly, see Morpho hecuba; for the Asteroid, see 108 Hecuba Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht ( November 28, 1718 &ndash June 29, 1763) was a Swedish Poet, feminist and Saint Hedwig of Andechs (Hl Hedwig von Andechs Święta Jadwiga Śląska 1174 at Castle Andechs, Bavaria – 15 October 1243 at Trzebnica See also Death in Norse paganism In Norse mythology, Hel (sometimes Anglicized or Latinized as Hela) is the ruler of Hel, the Norse Elena Petrovna Gan (Елена Петровна Ган also Hélène, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8 1891 London) better Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia ( June 5 1646 - July 26 1684) was an Italian Mathematician of noble descent and the first Bertha Eckstein-Diener, also known by her American pseudonym as Helen Diner (born 18 March 1874, Vienna - died 20 February 1948, Geneva Helen Adams Keller (June 27 1880 – June 1 1968 was an American Author, Activist and lecturer Saint Helena (Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (c Helene Kottanner was a late- Medieval woman born in Odenburg, Austria. The letters of Héloïse (1101-16 May 1164 and Peter Abelard are among the best known records of early Romantic love. Henrietta de Beaulieu Johnston (c1670s-1729 was an early American Pastellist Born Henrietta Deering, probably in Ireland, she married in 1705 Henrietta Szold ( December 21, 1860 &ndash February 13, 1945) was a U In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer Herrad of Landsberg (c1130 - July 25 1195) was a 12th century Alsatian Nun and Abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in the Hersilia is also a spider genus ( Hersiliidae) In Roman mythology, Hersilia was the wife of Romulus. Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope ( March 12, 1776 - June 23, 1839) the eldest child of Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope by his first wife In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia, (Roman name Vesta daughter of Kronus and Rhea, ( ancient Greek) is the Goddess Hiera is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. Hipparchia (Ἱππαρχία of Maroneia was a Cynic philosopher and wife of Crates of Thebes, who lived c In Greek mythology, Hippolyta or Hippolyte (Ἱππολύτη is the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical Girdle she was given by her father Huldah was a Prophetess mentioned briefly in II Kings, Chapter 22 and Books of Chronicles 2 Chapter 34 Hygeburg ( Floruit 780 also Hugeburc or Huneberc, was an Anglo-Saxon Nun at the Abbey of Heidenheim in Ida Bell Wells ( July 16, 1862 &ndash March 25, 1931) aka Ida B Ida Kaminska, in Poland Kamińska nee Halpern (September 18 1899 – May 21 1980 was an Oscar-nominated Jewish Polish actress Ida Laura Pfeiffer ( October 14, 1797 in Vienna - October 27, 1858 Vienna was an Austrian traveller and travel book author In Kalevala, the Finnish national epic Ilmatar was a virgin spirit of the air. Inanna ( D INANNA B153ellstpng|100x20px|INANNA]]) is the Sumerian goddess of sexual love fertility and warfare Inessa Armand (born Inès Stéphane; May 8, 1874 – September 24, 1920) was a French -born Communist who spent Irène Joliot-Curie ( 12 September 1897 &ndash 17 March 1956) was a French scientist the Daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie In Akkadian and Sumerian mythology, Irkalla (also Ir-Kalla, Irkalia) is the Hell -like Underworld from which there Saint Isabel of France (March 1225– 23 February 1270) was the daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. Life She was the daughter of Count Jerzy Detloff Fleming and Princess Antonina Czartoryska. Isabella Andreini ( 1562 - 1604) was an Italian actress and Writer. Isabella Lucy Bird ( October 15, 1831 &ndash October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveller and writer Isadora Duncan (May 26 1877 &ndash September 14 1927 was an American dancer Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke ( April 17, 1885 &ndash September 7, 1962) Née Karen Dinesen, was a Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and is celebrated in their mythology as the ideal mother and wife patron of nature and magic friend of slaves sinners Isotta Nogarola (1418 &ndash 1466 was a writer and intellectual born into a well-to-do family in Verona, Italy. Jadwiga Yadviga (diminuently Jadzia is a Polish feminine given name Jane Austen (16 Jane Harrison is an Indigenous Australian writer and Playwright. Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, born Henriette Genet ( October 2 1752, Paris - March 16 1822, Mantes) was a Jeanne III or Joan III, known as Jeanne d'Albret (7 January 1528 – 9 June 1572 was Queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 wife of Joanna of Flanders (c 1295 &ndash September 1374 also known as Jehanne de Montfort was consort Duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John IV Duke of Brittany Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour ( December 29, 1721 &ndash April 15, 1764 Louise Farrenc ( May 31, 1804 - September 15, 1875) was a French composer virtuoso pianist and teacher Jeanne Mance ( November 12, 1606 &ndash June 18, 1673) was a French settler of New France and one of the founders of Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platiere, better known simply as Madame Roland and born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon ( March 17, 1754 &ndash November Early life and marriage Guyon was the daughter of Claude Bouvier, a procurator of the tribunal of Montargis. Joan I de Navarre, also known as Joanna or Joan of Navarre (c Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier ( December 4, 1777 - May 11, 1849) was a Frenchwoman who was a leader of Jeannette Rankin ( June 11, 1880 &ndash May 18, 1973) was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives Jezebel ( is the name of two women in the Bible. In the Hebrew Scriptures In the Tanakh (the Hebrew Scriptures and Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Iōanna. Joanna Baillie ( September 11, 1762 &ndash February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist Josephine Baker (or Joséphine Baker in Francophone countries ( June 3, 1906 &ndash April 12, 1975) was an American-born Josephine Ettel Kablick sometimes Kablikova (born 1787 – died 1863) was a pioneering Czech Botanist and paleontologist Sor Juana ( November 12, 1651 1648 according to some biographers &ndash April 17, 1695) also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster) ( July 28 1609 – February 10, 1660) was a Dutch artist who worked in a various Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820 was an early American advocate for women's rights an essayist Playwright, Poet, and letter writer For the influential 19th century British photographer see Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Cameron (born 4 March, 1948 Julia Domna (170-217 was a member of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire. Julia Maesa ( May 7, ca 165 AD &ndashca August 3, 224) was a Roman citize Julia Avita Mamaea (14 or 29 August after 180&ndash235 was the second daughter of Julia Maesa, a powerful Roman woman of Syrian Arab Julia Morgan ( January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American Architect. Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse ( November 9, 1732 &ndash May 23, 1776) was a French Author. Juno was the protector and special counselor of the Roman state Justine Siegemund (1636-1705 was a renowned German Midwife whose Court Midwife (1690 was the first female-authored German medical text Note The feminine name Jutta is the German form of Judith It could also derive from the Germanic name Eutha meaning "mankind child descendant" Elizabeth Kaahumanu ( March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) was queen regent of the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i and a wife of Kamehameha Karen Horney (pronounced "horn-eye" /hɔrnaɪ/ born Danielsen ( September 16, 1885 – December 4, 1952) was a German Karoline Pichler (7 September 1769 – 9 July 1843 was an Austrian novelist Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz ( July 8, 1867 – April 22, 1945) was a German painter, Printmaker, and Sculptor Katherine Wilson Sheppard (10 March 1847 or 1848&ndash 13 July 1934 was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement and is the country's most famous Katti Anker Møller (1868-1945 was a Norwegian feminist children's rights advocate and a pioneer of Reproductive rights. In Greek mythology, Persephone ( Kore or Cora) was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Underworld In Greek mythology, Persephone ( Kore or Cora) was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Underworld Kubaba (in the Esagila "Chronicle" Sumerian Kug-Bau) is the only queen on the Sumerian king list. La Malinche (c 1496 or c 1505 &ndash c 1529 some sources give 1550 known also as Malintzin and Doña Marina, was an indigenous woman (almost certainly Lalla (720 - 790 was an Indian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Astrologer who belonged to a family of astronomers In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child-murdering daemon. Lampedo (Greek for "burning torch" is an Amazon queen mentioned in Roman historiography. Laura Maria Caterina Bassi was an Italian scientist the first woman to officially teach at a college in Europe Laura Cereta (1469 &ndash 1499 was a Renaissance humanist and Feminist. Laura Torres is a Mexican voice actress whose credits include Japanese animation, as well as Mexican dubs of other non-Mexican non-Japanese TV series and movies Lavinia Fontana ( August 24 1552 - August 11 1614) was an Italian painter Leah ( "Weary tired" is the first of the four concurrent wives of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob, and mother of six of the Twelve Tribes of Israel along Leonora Baroni (December 1611 – April 6 1670) was a singer theorbist, lutenist, Viol player and composer Levina Teerlinc (b Bruges, 1510–1520? d London, 23 June 1576) was a Flemish miniaturist who served as a painter to Lili Boulanger (Marie-Juliette Olga Lili Boulanger 21 August 1893 &ndash 15 March 1918) was a French Composer, the Lilith (Hebrew he לילית is a mythological female Mesopotamian Storm Demon associated with Wind and was thought to be a bearer Leoba (also Lioba and Leofgyth) (c 710 - September 28, 782) was an Anglo-Saxon Nun who was part of Boniface Leoba (also Lioba and Leofgyth) (c 710 - September 28, 782) was an Anglo-Saxon Nun who was part of Boniface Cleveland Brown Sr is a Fictional character on the animated series Family Guy, and Central character in the upcoming spin-off series Lorraine Hansberry ( May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an African American LGBT Playwright and Author Lou Andreas-Salomé (née Louise von Salomé) ( February 12, 1861 St Louise Labé, (c 1520 or 1522 Lyon - April 25, 1566, Parcieux-en-Dombes) also identified as La Belle Cordière, was a female Saint Louise de Marillac ( August 12, 1591 - March 15, 1660) was the co-founder with St For the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War units see Louise Michel Battalions Louise Michel (1830-1905 was a French anarchist Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (born Leah Berliawsky, September 23 1899, Kiev, Czarist Russia - d Lucretia is a legendary figure in the history of the Roman Republic. For other people named Burns see Burns (disambiguation. Lucy Burns ( July 28, 1879 &ndash Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566 &ndash 1614 was a member of the Spanish nobility a family connection of the Duke of Lerma and religious poet and writer Luise Adelgunde Gottsched (1713-1762 was a German Poet, Playwright, Essayist, and Translator, and is often considered one of the Louise Otto-Peters (born 26 March 1819, Meissen, Germany - died 13 March 1895, Leipzig, Germany was a Luísa Rosa de Aguiar Todi (1753 - 1833 was a popular and successful Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer Lydia of Thyatira was the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. Lysistrata ( Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη Lysistratê, Doric Greek: Λυσιστράτα Lysistrata) loosely translated to "she Maacah ( Codex Alexandrinus: Maacha, KJV: Maachah) is a Unisex name used in the Bible with many references A child Mabel Emily Besant-Scott ("Mabs" ( 1870-08-28 Leckhampton, Gloucestershire – 1952-05-22) was a Theosophist, Co-Freemason Macha (/ˈmaxə/ is a presumed Goddess of ancient Ireland, associated with war horses sovereignty and the sites of Armagh and Emain Macha Alice Milliat (born Nantes, 1884 - died 1957 was a pioneer of women's sport in France and around the world Akka is traditionally a female spirit in Sámi and Finnish mythology. Madeleine de Souvré marquise de Sablé ( 1599 - January 16, 1678) French writer was the daughter of Gilles de Souvré marquis de Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 - 2 June 1701 often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry was a French Writer. Mahaut of Artois (1268 – October 28, 1329, Paris) also known as Mathilda was the only daughter and eldest child of Robert II, Count The Queen of Sheba (ንግሥተ ሳባ, 'מלכת שבא, ملكة سبأ) was the woman who ruled the ancient kingdom of Sheba and is referred to in Habeshan There are two figures in Greek mythology named Manto, one a daughter of Tiresias, the other a daughter of Heracles. Saint Margaret (c 1045 – 16 November 1093 was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. Lady Margaret Beaufort ( May 31, 1443 &ndash June 29, 1509) of the House of Lancaster was the mother of King Henry VII of Margaret Brent, (1601–1671 was the first woman in North American Colonies to act as an attorney before a court of The Common Law, and a significant founding participant See Margaret Cavendish (1661-1717 for the later Duchess of Newcastle of this name Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox ( 1614 - April 23, 1702) was one of the founding members of the Religious Society of Friends, and was Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23 1810 – July 19 1850 was a Journalist, Critic and Women's rights activist associated with the American Margaret Mead ( December 16, 1901, Philadelphia &ndash November 15, 1978, New York City) was an American Margaret Murray Washington was the third wife of Booker T Washington and Lady Principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute now Tuskegee University Margaret Alice Murray ( July 13 1863 &ndash November 13 1963) was a prominent British Anthropologist and Egyptologist Margaret Valdemarsdatter (Margrete Valdemarsdotter ( 1353 - October 28 1412) was Queen of Denmark and of Norway and Regent of Margaret Roper née More (1505&ndash1544 translator was the daughter of Thomas More and wife of William Roper. Emma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff ( 11 June, 1874, Vienna - 27 November, 1944, Locarno, Switzerland was a German choral Maria Gaetana Agnesi ( May 16, 1718 - January 9, 1799) was an Italian linguist mathematician and philosopher Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa Princess of Bavaria (July 18 1724-April 23 1780 Electress of Saxony, was a German composer singer Maria Cunitz (1604 &ndash August 22, 1664) was a German Astronomer from Silesia. Maria de Abarca (died c 1656 was a Spanish woman painter active mainly during1640-1653 in Madrid as a painter of large and miniature portraits María Fernández Coronel y Arana Abbess of Ágreda or known in religion as Sor (Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda ( 2 April 1602 &ndash 24 May Maria de Ventadorn or Ventedorn (Marie de Ventadour was a patron of Troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 &ndash 22 May 1849 was an Anglo-Irish novelist Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) ( 1670-02-25, Leipzig - 1720-12-29, Berlin) was a German Astronomer María Luisa Bombal ( Viña del Mar, 6 July 1910 &ndash 6 May 1980) was a Chilean author Maria Mitchell ( August 1 1818 &ndash June 28 1889) was an American Astronomer. Maria Montessori ( August 31 1870 &ndash May 6 1952) was an Italian physician educator philosopher humanitarian and devout This article is about the American artist For the Spanish field hockey player see María Isabel Martínez Maria Martinez (1887 – 1980 Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt &ndash died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist Maria Stewart (Maria Miller (1803 &ndash December 17, 1879) was an African American public speaker Abolitionist, and Feminist. Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia see also names in other languages; May 13, 1717 November 29 1780) was the Archduchess regnant Maria Theresa Paradis (also von Paradies) (1759&ndash1824 was an Austrian music performer and Composer who lost her sight at an early age and for whom WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Marian Anderson (February 27 1897 – April 8 1993 was an American Mariana Vaz Alcoforado (Santa Maria da Feira Beja 22 April 1640 - Beja 28 July 1723) was a Portuguese Nun, living in Marie Bashkirtseff ( Мария Константиновна Башкирцева; November 11, 1858 &mdash October 31, 1884) was a Marie Anne Victoire Boivin née Gillain ( April 9, 1773 – May 16, 1841) was a French Midwife, writer on Marie Champmeslé ( 18 February 1642 &ndash 15 May 1698) was a French Actress. Marie Colinet (Fabry (ca 1560 - ca 1640 the daughter of a Swiss printer was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Marie de France ("Mary of France" was a Poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century Marie Guyart, known latterly as Marie de l'Incarnation, ( 28 October 1599 &ndash 30 April 1672) was an Ursuline nun who was the religious Marie de' Medici ( April 26, 1575 &ndash July 3, 1642) was Queen consort of France. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marquise de Sévigné ( February 5, 1626 &ndash April 17, 1696) was a French aristocrat Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond marquise du Deffand ( 1697 - September 23, 1780) was a French hostess and patron of the arts Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin ( June 26, 1699 - October 6, 1777) was a French hostess who played a part in French literary and Marie Laurencin ( October 31, 1883 – June 8, 1956) was a French painter and printmaker Marie de Gournay (October 6 1565 - July 13 1645 was an admirer of Michel de Montaigne, who having read his works in her teens travelled to meet him and eventually became Marie of Champagne (c 1174 - 9 August, 1204) was the Empress consort of Baldwin I of Constantinople. Marie Popelin ( 17 September 1846 &ndash 5 June 1913) was a Belgian Feminist, Educator, and Advocate Marie Sallé (1707 &ndash 1756 was a French Dancer and Choreographer known for her expressive dramatic performances Marie Stopes ( October 15, 1880 – October 2, 1958) was a Scottish author Eugenicist, campaigner for Women's rights Marie Tussaud ( December 1, 1761 - April 16, 1850) was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, Marfa Boretskaya, also known as Martha the Mayoress (Russian Марфа Посадница was the wife of Isak Boretsky, Novgorod 's Posadnik See also Martha Graham ( May 11, 1894 &ndash April 1, 1991) was an American Dancer and Choreographer Martha Mears ( 18 July 1910, Missouri - 13 December 1986, Versailles Missouri) Martha Mears was the female singing Saint Martha ( Judæo-Aramaic מַרְתָּא Martâ "The lady" was the sister of Lazarus Queen Marcia was the legendary third Queen regnant and a Regent of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Mary Harris Jones ( May 1, 1830 or August 1, 1837 – November 30, 1930) better known as Mother Jones, born in Theodore Stephanides ( 1896 - 13 April 1983) was a Greek poet author doctor and naturalist Mary Ann Shadd Cary ( October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was a pioneering Educator, newspaper publisher Abolitionist Mary Astell ( November 12, 1666 – May 11, 1731) was an English feminist Writer. Mary Baker Eddy (born Mary Morse Baker July 16, 1821 &ndash December 3, 1910) was the founder of the Christian Science Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( May 22, 1844 &ndash June 14, 1926) was an American painter and Printmaker. Mary Church Terrell (born September 23, 1863 - July 24, 1954 was a Writer and internationally known Civil rights Mary Barrett Dyer (c 1611 – June 1 1660) was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston Massachusetts Mary Esther Harding (1888&ndash1971 was an American Psychoanalyst who was the first significant Jungian Psychoanalyst in the United States Mary Katherine Goddard ( June 16, 1738 &ndash August 12, 1816) was an early American Publisher and the first American Mary Hays (1760 &ndash 1843 was an English novelist and feminist Mary Anne Lamb ( 3 December 1764 &ndash 20 May 1847) was an English writer the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze ( January 20 1758 – February 10 1836) "the mother of modern chemistry" was born in the town of Montbrison Mary Lee may refer to Mary Lee (actor Mary Lee (suffragette Mary Anna Custis Lee (1807-1873 American general's Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, ( December 19, 1820 &ndash May 23, 1905) was an American Journalist and advocate Mary Lou Williams ( May 8, 1910 &ndash May 28, 1981) was an American Jazz Stride pianist, Composer Mary Louise McLaughlin ( September 29, 1847 &ndash January 19, 1939) was an American Ceramic painter and studio potter Delarivier (sometimes spelt Delariviere, Delarivière or de la Rivière) Manley (1663 or c Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10 1875--May 18 1955 was an educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students in Daytona Beach Florida that In the Gospel of John, Mary of Bethany ( Hebrew מרים Miryām, Miryam "Bitter" For the Habsburg consort of Louis II of Hungary, later Regent of the Netherlands see Mary of Austria (1505-1558 Mary of Hungary (c For Mary Karen Read see Virginia Tech massacre. 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PYTHIA is a computer simulation program for particle collisions at very high energies (see Event (particle physics) in Particle accelerators In Greek mythology Python, serpent, was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. Rachel Ruysch ( June 3 1664 — Amsterdam August 12 1750) was a Dutch artist who specialized in Still-life Paintings Radclyffe Hall (August 12 1880 - October 7 1943 (born Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall) was an English poet and author of eight novels including the Lesbian classic Radegund (also spelled Rhadegund) (c 520–587 was a 6th century Frankish princess who founded the Convent of Our Lady of Poitiers. Rebecca Lee ( Traditional Chinese: 李樂詩 is an explorer from Hong Kong. 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Romaine Brooks (May 1 1874 &ndash December 7 1970 born Beatrice Romaine Goddard, was an American painter who specialized in Portraiture and used a subdued Rosa Bonheur, née Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, (b Bordeaux, France, March 16, 1822 &ndash d Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg 5 March 1870 or 1871 15 January 1919 was a Polish-born Jewish German Marxist theorist, socialist As Snuff -taking became popular Carriera began painting Miniatures for the lids of snuff-boxes and was the first painter to use ivory for this purpose Ruth Benedict (born Ruth Fulton, June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American Anthropologist. 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Sarah Siddons ( 5 July 1755 &ndash 8 June 1831) was a British actress, the best-known Tragedienne of the Sarah (; Arabic: سارة, Sārah; "a woman of high rank" is the wife of Abraham as described in the Hebrew Bible Saint Scholastica (c 480 - 547 is a Catholic Saint. Born in Italy, she was the Twin sister of St / sèlˈma ʊ̀tiːlɪa lʊ̀viˈsa lɑ̀ːgərˈløːv / (20 November 1858&ndash16 March 1940 was a Swedish Author and the first woman writer to win the Semiramis was a legendary Assyrian queen also known as Semiramide, Semiramida, or Shamiram in Aramaic Shalom ( is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, and welfare and can be used idiomatically to mean hello, and goodbye Shibtu, described by some as "the most prominent of the Mari ladies" was queen of Mari. 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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst ( May 5, 1882 September 27, 1960) was a notable campaigner for the Suffragette movement in the United Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. Tanaquil was the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome. Tanith Lee (born September 19, 1947) is a British Writer of Science fiction, horror and Fantasy. 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Tituba, also called "TIBULA" or Tituba Indian, was one of the first three people accused of practicing Witchcraft during the Salem witch trials Tiye (c 1398 BC &ndash 1338 BC also spelled Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu (also spelled Thuyu Tomyris (Hellenic form from the original Iranian name Tahm-Rayiš ( Persian: تهم‌رییش (reigned c In Etruscan mythology, Tulchulcha was a Chthonic Daemon (mythology (not to be confused with the Christian term " Demon " Urraca Fernández (died 1007 Infanta of Fernán González of Castile, was the queen consort of two Kings of León and one King Vashti (ושתי is mentioned in the Book of Esther, a book included in the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament) Veleda was a Völva (priestess of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69 - 70 headed by Vera Nikolayevna Figner (Filippova ( Вера Николаевна Фигнер (Филиппова) (6 Vera Ivanovna Zasulich ( Вера Ивановна Засулич) ( &mdash May 8, 1919) was a Russian Marxist writer and revolutionary Veronica Gambara ( November 29 1485 – June 13, 1550) was an Italian poet stateswoman and political leader Vesta was the Virgin goddess of the Hearth, home and family in Roman mythology. Victoria Claflin Woodhull ( September 23, 1838 &ndash June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was publicized Violante de Bar (also known as Yolande) (born circa 1365 Northern France, - died 3 July 1431 Barcelona) was queen of the medaeval Iberian Verginia was the subject of an almost certainly apocryphal story of Ancient Rome, related in Livy 's Ab Urbe Condita, designed to show the evil Victoria Mary Sackville-West The Hon Lady Nicolson, CH ( March 9, 1892 &ndash June 2, 1962) best known as Vita Sackville-West Vittoria Colonna (April 1490 - February 25, 1547) Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian Noblewoman and Saint Walpurga (variants include Walpurgis Valborg Walburge Wealdburg Valderburger Valpuri) born in Crediton near Exeter in what used to be Wessex Wanda Landowska ( Warsaw, July 5, 1879 &ndash Lakeville, Connecticut, August 16, 1959) was a Polish Princess Wanda (reputedly flourished circa 750, Poland) was the legendary daughter of King Krak, legendary founder of Kraków. 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Zenobia (زنوبيا 240-after 274 was a Syrian queen who lived in the 3rd century Zipporah or Tzipora (; Greek: Sephora; Arabic: Safura or Safrawa; "bird" mentioned in the Book of Zoe (in Greek: Ζωή Zōē, meaning "Life" (c 978&ndashJune 1050 was Empress of the Byzantine Empire with co-rulers November Zora Neale Hurston ( January 7, 1891 &ndash January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time

References

• Chicago, Judy, The Dinner Party, Penguin, revised edition 1996, ISBN 0-14-024437-9
• Brooklyn Museum :The Elizabeth A. Judy Chicago (born Judy Cohen on July 20, 1939) is a Feminist artist author and educator Sackler Center for Feminist Art , The Dinner Party. (includes a searchable database of all 1039 women represented in the piece) Accessed July 2007
• The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago - 39 Guests and the 999 Women of Achievement at Manatee Community College , Florida. Accessed May 2007
• Gallery of The Dinner Party images at throughtheflower. org. Accessed July 2007
• Presenting Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party -Famous Female Activists & Artists , Penny L. Hankins , Department of English, Illinois State University. Accessed July 2007

External links

• The Dinner Party exhibition web page
• Through the Flower
• CAFKA.TV's coverage of the opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the permanent home of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party