A Historical Dictionary of British Women

Aberdeen, Ishbel Maria Gordon, Lady (1857–1939)

Abington, Frances (1737–1815)

Achurch, Janet (1864–1916)

Acton, Eliza (1799–1859)

Adams, Sarah Flower (1805–48)

Adela of Blois (1062?–1138)

Adelaide (1792–1849)

Adeliza (?–1151?)

Ady, Mrs Henry

Æbbe (fl. 664–81)

Ælfflaed (654–714)

Ælfflaed (fl. mid-9th century)

Ælfflaed (fl. early 10th century)

Ælfflaed (before 939–c. 1002)

Ælfgifu (fl. 956–58)

Ælfgifu of Northampton (fl. 1014–37)

Ælfthryth (before 950–c. 1002)

Ælfwyn (fl. 918)

Æthelbertha

Æthelburh, also known as Tate (fl. 614–33)

Æthelflaed (c. 870–918)

Æthelflaed of Damerham (before 934–after 975)

Æthelthryth (?–679)

Aguilar, Grace (1816–47)

Aikin, Lucy (1781–1864)

Albani, (Marie Louise) Emma (Cecile) (1852–1930)

Aldrich-Blake, Louisa (Brandreth) (1865–1925)

Alexander, Cecil Frances (1818–95)

Alexandra (1844–1925)

Allen, Mary (Sophia) (1878–1964)

Allgood, Sara (1883–1950)

Allingham, Margery (Louise) (1904–66)

Aloe

Anados

Anderson, Adelaide (Mary) (1863–1936)

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836–1917)

Anderson, Dame Kitty (1903–79)

Andrews, Ellen

Anna Matilda

Anne, Queen (1665–1714)

Anne of Bohemia (1366–94)

Anne of Cleves (1515–57)

Anne of Denmark (1574–1619)

Anning, Mary (1800–47)

Anscombe, (Gertrude) Elizabeth (Margaret) (1919–2001)

Anspach, Margravine of

Arber, Agnes (1879–1960)

Archdale, Helen (Alexander) (1876–1949)

Arden, Alice (d. 1551)

Argyle, Duchess of

Arnaud, Yvonne (Germaine) (1892–1958)

Arnim, Elizabeth Mary, Countess von (1866–1941)

Ashby, Dame Margery Corbett (1882–1981)

Ashcroft, Dame Peggy (Edith Margaret Emily) (1907–91)

Ashford, Daisy, pseudonym of Mrs Margaret Devlin (1881–1972)

Ashley, Katherine (fl. 1510–70)

Ashley, Laura (1925–85)

Ashton, Winifred

Ashwell, Lena (1872–1957)

Askewe, Anne (1521?–1546)

Asquith, Margot (1864–1945)

Asquith of Yarnbury, Lady

Astell, Mary (1666–1731)

Astley, Katherine

Astor, Nancy (Witcher), Viscountess Astor (1879–1964)

Atholl, Duchess of; Katherine Marjory Stewart-Murray (1874–1960)

Attaway, Mrs (fl. 1642–47)

Attwell, Mabel Lucie (1879–1964)

Aust, Sarah (1744–1811)

Austen, Jane (1775–1817)

Austral, Florence, stage-name of Florence Fawaz or Wilson (1894–1968)

Avery, Elizabeth (fl. 1647–53)

Aylward, Gladys (1902–70)

Ayres, Ruby M(ildred) (1883–1955)

Bacon, Ann (1528–1610)

Bacon, Gertrude (1874–1949)

Baddeley, Angela (Madeline Clinton-) (1904–76)

Baddeley, Sophia (1745–86)

Baden-Powell, Olave St Clair, Lady Baden-Powell (1889–1977)

Bagnold, Enid (1889–1981)

Bailey, (Lady) Mary (1890–1960)

Baillie, Joanna (1762–1851)

Baldwin, Anne (fl. 1690–1713)

Balfour, Clara (Lucas) (1808–78)

Balfour, Lady Frances (1858–1931)

Ball, Frances (1794–1861)

Bancroft, Lady Marie (Effie) (1839–1921)

Barbauld, Anna (Laetitia) (1743–1825)

Barber, Mary (1690–1757)

Barclay-Smith, (Ida) Phyllis (?–1980)

Barker, Jane (fl. 1688–1723)

Barker, Dame Lilian (Charlotte) (1874–1955)

Barnard, Lady Ann

Barnett, Dame Henrietta Octavia (Weston) (1851–1936)

Barnett, Lady Isobel (Morag) (1918–80)

Barrett, Elizabeth

Barry, Anne (1734–1801)

Barry, Elizabeth (1658–1713)

Barry, Florence (1885–1965)

Barton, Elizabeth (1506?–1534)

Bateman, Hester (1709–90)

Bateson, Mary (1865–1906)

Bathe, Lillie de

Battersea, Lady

Baylis, Lilian (Mary) (1874–1937)

Bayly, Ellen Ada (1857–1903)

Beaconsfield, Mary Anne Disraeli, Viscountess

Beale, Dorothea (1831–1906)

Beale, Mary (1633–99)

Beauclerk, Lady Diana (1734–1808)

Beaufort, Joan (c. 1405–1445)

Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443–1509)

Becher, Lady Eliza

Becker, Lydia (Ernestine) (1827–90)

Bedford, Countesses of

Bedford, Duchess of

Beeton, Isabella (1836–65)

Behn, Aphra (1640–89)

Bell, Currer, Ellis and Acton

Bell, Gertrude (Margaret Lowthian) (1868–1926)

Bell, Vanessa (1879–1961)

Bellamy, George-Anne (1731?–1788)

Benger, Elizabeth Ogilvy (1778–1827)

Benson, Stella (1892–1933)

Bentham, Ethel (?–1931)

Bentley, Phyllis (1894–1977)

Berengaria of Navarre (c. 1172–after 1230)

Berkeley, Elizabeth (1750–1820)

Berry, Mary (1763–1852)

Bertha, or Æthelbertha (fl. 567–601)

Bertie, Catherine (1520–80)

Berwick, Miss Mary

Besant, Annie (1847–1933)

Bess of Hardwick

Best, Edna (1900–74)

Betham, Mary Matilda (1776–1852)

Betham-Edwards, Matilda Barbara (1836–1919)

Betterton, Mary (c. 1637–1712)

Biddle, Esther (fl. 1629–96)

Biffin, Sarah (1784–1850)

Billington, Elizabeth (1765?–1818)

Billington-Greig, Teresa (1877–1964)

Bishop, Anna (1810–84)

Bishop, Isabella Bird (1831–1904)

Black, Clementina (1853–1922)

‘Black Agnes'

Blackburn, Helen (1842–1903)

Blackwell, Elizabeth (fl. 1737)

Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821–1910)

Blair, Emily (Mathieson) (1890–1963)

Blamire, Susanna (1747–94)

Blaugdone, Barbara (1609–1704)

Blessington, Countess of

Blind, Mathilde (1841–96)

Blyton, Enid (Mary) (1897–1968)

Boadicea

Bocher, Joan (?–1550)

Bodichon, Barbara (1827–91)

Boleyn, Anne (1507?–1536)

Bonaventure, Thomasine (?–1510?)

Bondfield, Margaret (Grace) (1873–1953)

Bonham Carter, (Helen) Violet, Lady Asquith of Yarnbury (1887–1969)

Bonny, Anne (1700–?)

Booth, Catherine (1829–90)

Booth, Evangeline (Cory) (1865–1950)

Bottome, Phyllis (1884–1963)

Boucherett, Jessie (Emilia) (1825–1905)

Boudicca (?–AD 62)

Bowdler, Jane (1743–84)

Bowen, Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole) (1899–1973)

Bowen, Marjorie (1886–1952)

Bowes, Elizabeth (?1502–1568)

Boyle, Nina (1866–1943)

Bracegirdle, Anne (1663?–1748)

Braddock, Bessie (1899–1970)

Braddon, Mary (Elizabeth) (1837–1915)

Bradstreet, Anne (c. 1612–1672)

Brahms, Caryl (1901–82)

Braithwaite, Dame (Florence) Lilian (1873–1948)

Brassey, Lady Anna, also known as Annie (1839–87)

Brazil, Angela (1868–1947)

Bride, St

Bridge, Ann, pseudonym of Mary Dolling Sanders (1891–1974)

Bridgeman, Caroline Beatrix, Viscountess Bridgeman (1872–1961)

Bridges, Dame Daisy Caroline (1894–1972)

Bright, Mary (Chavelita) (1860–1945)

Brightwen, Eliza (1830–1906)

Brigit, St (453–523)

Briouse, Matilda (?–1210)

Brittain, Vera (Mary) (1893–1970)

Brontë, Anne (1820–49)

Brontë, Charlotte (1816–55)

Brontë, Emily (Jane) (1818–48)

Brooke, Frances (1724–89)

Brophy, Brigid Antonia (1929–95)

Broughton, Rhoda (1840–1920)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806–61)

Bryant, Sophie (1850–1922)

Buchan, Countess of

Buchan, Elspeth (1738–91)

Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness (1814–1906)

Burgundy, Duchess of

Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849–1924)

Burney, Fanny (1752–1840)

Burney, Sarah Harriet (1772–1844)

Burton, Beryl (1937–96)

Burton, Lady Isabel (1831–96)

Bury, Elizabeth (1644–1720)

Buss, Frances (Mary) (1827–94)

Butler, Lady Eleanor (1745?–1829)

Butler, Lady Elizabeth (1846–1933)

Butler, Josephine (Elizabeth) (1828–1906)

Butt, Clara (1873–1936)

Cable, (Alice) Mildred (1878–1952)

Calvert, Elizabeth (?–1675)

Cam, Helen Maud (1885–1968)

Cambridge, Ada (1844–1926)

Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815–79)

Campbell, Beatrice Stella

Campbell, (Janet) Mary (1877–1954)

Campbell, Margaret

Campbell, Mrs Patrick (1865–1940)

Cappe, Catharine (1744–1821)

Carlile (or Carlisle), Joan (1606?–79)

Carlisle, Countesses of

Carlyle, Jane (Baillie) Welsh (1801–66)

Caroline (1768–1821)

Caroline Matilda (1751–75)

Caroline of Anspach (1683–1737)

Carpenter, Margaret (1793–1872)

Carpenter, Mary (1807–77)

Carr, Frances

Carr, Philippa

Carrington, Dora (1893–1932)

Carter, Angela (1940–92)

Carter, Elizabeth (1717–1806)

Carter, Lady Violet Bonham

Cartland, Dame Barbara (1901–2000)

Cartwright, Julia, known as Mrs Henry Ady (1851–1924)

Carus-Wilson, E(leanor) M(ay) (1897–1977)

Cary, Elizabeth, Viscountess Falkland (1585–1639)

Cary, Mary (b.c.1621–fl. 1653)

Castle, Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910–2002)

Castlemaine, Countess of

Catchpole, Margaret (1762–1819)

Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705)

Catherine of Valois (1401–37)

Catley, Anne (1745–89)

Cavell, Edith (Louisa) (1865–1915)

Cavendish, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)

Cavendish, Lucy, Lady Frederick (1841–1926)

Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1623–73)

Cecil, Mildred (?1526–1589)

Cellier, Elizabeth (fl. 1679–88)

Centlivre, Susanna (1670?–1723)

Chadwick, Helen (1953–96)

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw (1891–1972)

Chambers, Dorothea Katharine Lambert (1878–1960)

Chapone, Hester (1727–1801)

Charke, Charlotte (d. 1760?)

Charlotte (1744–1818)

Chase, Marian Emma (1844–1905)

Chatelain, (Henriette) Marie (1823–97)

Chatham, Hester, Lady

Cheesman, Evelyn Lucy (1881–1969)

Chenevix, Mrs (d. 1755)

Chester, Alice (d. 1485)

Chesterton, Ada (Elizabeth) (1870–1962)

Cheyne, Lady Jane (1621–69)

Chidley, Catherine (fl. 1590–1667)

Chisholm, Caroline (1808–77)

Chitenden, Agnes (fl. 1511)

Cholmondeley, Mary (1859–1925)

Christie, Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa) (1891–1976)

Christina of Markyate (1096?–1163?)

Chudleigh, Elizabeth (1720–88)

Chudleigh, Lady Mary (1656–1710)

Churchill, Arabella (1648–1730)

Churchill, Lady Clementine (Ogilvy Spencer-) (1885–1977)

Churchill, Lady Jennie Randolph (Spencer) (1851–1921)

Churchill, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1660–1744)

Cibber, Susannah (1714–66)

Clairmont, Claire, properly Clara Mary Jane (1798–1879)

Clare, Elizabeth de (1291?–1360)

Clare, Mary (1894–1970)

Clarke, Elizabeth (d. 1645)

Clarke, Mary Anne (1776–1852)

Clement, Margaret (1508–70)

Clerke, Agnes Mary (1842–1907)

Cleveland, Duchess of

Clifford, Lady Anne (1590–1676)

Clifford, Rosamund (?–1176?)

Clinton, Elizabeth, Countess of Lincoln (1574–1630?)

Clisby, Harriet (Jemima Winifred) (1830–1931)

Clitherow, Margaret (?–1586)

Clive, Kitty (1711–85)

Clough, Anne Jemima (1820–92)

Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904)

Cobham, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (c. 1405–1457)

Cohen, Harriet (1895–1967)

Cole, Dame Margaret (1893–1980)

Coleridge, Mary (Elizabeth) (1861–1907)

Coleridge, Sara (1802–52)

Collet, Clara (Elizabeth) (1860–1947)

Collier, Constance (1878–1955)

Collins, Anne (fl. 1653)

Collins, Lottie (1866–1910)

Collyer, Mary (d. 1763)

Colson, Phyllis (Constance) (1904–72)

Coltman, Constance Mary (1889–1969)

Colville, Elizabeth, Lady Colville of Culross (fl. 1598–1630)

Colvin, Brenda (1898–1981)

Compton, Fay (Virginia Lillian Emmeline) (1894–1978)

Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1884–1969)

Cons, Emma (1838–1912)

Conti, Italia (1874–1946)

Conway, Anne, Viscountess Conway (before 1631–1679)

Cook, Eliza (1818–89)

Cookson, Dame Catherine (1906–98)

Cooper, Charlotte Reinagle (1871–1966)

Cooper, Gladys (Constance) (1888–1971)

Cooper, Selina (Jane) (1864–1946)

Corbett Ashby, Dame Margery

Corelli, Marie (1855–1924)

Cork and Orrery, Countess of

Cornford, Frances (1886–1960)

Costello, Louisa Stuart (1799–1870)

Cosway, Maria (Cecila Louisa) (fl. 1760–1833)

Coucy, Isabella de, Countess of Bedford (1332–79)

Courtauld, Louisa (1729–1807)

Courtenay, Gertrude (?–1558)

Courtneidge, (Esmeralda) Cicely (1893–1980)

Courtney, Dame Kathleen (D'Olier) (1878–1974)

Coutts, Angela Burdett-, Baroness

Cowley, Hannah (1743–1809)

Cradock, Fanny (1909–94)

Craig, Ailsa

Craig, Edith (Ailsa Geraldine) (1869–1947)

Craig, Isa (1831–1903)

Craighton, Elizabeth (fl. 1728–76)

Craigie, Pearl (Mary Teresa) (1867–1906)

Craik, Mrs

Crawford, Anne

Crompton, Richmal, pseudonym of Richmal Crompton Lamburn (1890–1969)

Crowdy, Dame Rachel (1884–1964)

Crowe, Catherine Stevens (1800–76)

Cullis, Winifred (Clara) (1875–1956)

Cunard, Nancy (Clara) (1896–1965)

Cunningham, Lady Anne, Marchioness of Hamilton (d. 1647)

Currie, Mary (Montgomerie Lamb), Lady (1843–1905)

Curtis, Dame Myra (1886–1971)

Curwen, Dame (Anne) May (1889–1973)

Cutpurse, Moll

Cwoenthryth (fl. early 9th century)

Cynethryth (fl. 772–98)

Damer, Anne (Seymour) (1748/9–1828)

Dancer, Ann

Dane, Clemence, pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (1888–1965)

Daniell, Louisa (?–1871) and Georgiana (1835–94)

Darbishire, Helen (1881–1961)

D'Arblay, Madame

Darling, Grace (1815–42)

Darusmont, Frances

Dashwood, Edmée Elizabeth Monica

David, Elizabeth (1913–92)

Davies, Lady Eleanor

Davies, (Sarah) Emily (1830–1921)

Davies-Colley, Eleanor (1874–1934)

Daviot, Gordon

Davis, Mary (c. 1650–after 1698)

Davison, Emily (Wilding) (1872–1913)

Davys, Mary (1674–1732)

Dawson, Margaret (Mary) Damer (1875–1920)

de la Hay, Nicola

de Valois, Dame Ninette (1898–2001)

Delafield, E.M, pseudonym of Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (1890–1943)

Delaney, Mary (1700–88)

Dell, Ethel (Mary or May) (1881–1939)

Denman, Lady Gertrude Mary (1884–1954)

Desmond, Astra, stage-name of Gwendolin Mary Thomson (1893–1973)

Despard, Charlotte (1844–1939)

Devlin, Margaret

Devonshire, Duchess of

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97)

Dilke, Emilia Frances, Lady (1840–1904)

Disraeli, Mary Anne, Viscountess Beaconsfield (1792–1872)

Dixie, Lady Florence Caroline (1857–1905)

Dod, Lottie (1871–1960)

Dodd, Anne (fl. 1730)

Dodgson, (Frances) Catharine (1883–1954)

Domina Clarae

Dormer, Jane (1538–1612)

Dors, Diana, stage-name of Diana Mary Fluck (1931–84)

Douglas, Lady Eleanor (1590–1652)

Douglas, Margaret, Countess of Lennox (1515–78)

Douglass, Dorothea Katharine

Dove, Dame (Jane) Frances (1847–1942)

Dowriche, Anne (fl. 1589–96)

Drake, Judith (fl. 1696–1707)

Dresdel, Sonia, stage-name of Lois Obee (1909–76)

Drummond, Annabella (1350?–1401)

du Maurier, Dame Daphne (1907–89)

du Pré, Jacqueline (1945–87)

Dudley, Lady Amy (1532?–1560)

Dudley, Lady Jane

Dudley, Lettice, Countess of Leicester (1541?–1634)

Duff-Gordon, Lady Lucie, or Lucy (1821–69)

Dunbar, Agnes, Countess of Dunbar (c. 1300–c. 1369)

Dunbar, Evelyn (1906–60)

Durham, (Frances) Hermia (1873–1948)

Eadburh (fl. 789–802)

Eadgifu (before 905–c. 966)

Eadgifu (fl. 919–51)

Eadgyth (before 918–946)

Ealdgyth (fl. 1057–1066)

Ealhswith (before 856–905)

Eanflaed (626–?)

Eardley, Joan (1921–63)

Edgeworth, Maria (1767–1849)

Edith (c. 1020–1075)

Edith of Wilton, St (962?–984)

Edwards, Amelia (Ann) Blandford (1831–92)

Egerton, George

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204)

Eleanor of Castile (c. 1240–1290)

Eleanor of Provence (c. 1220–1293)

Eliot, George, pseudonym of Marian Evans (1819–80)

Elizabeth I, Queen (1533–1603)

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Queen, The Queen Mother (1900–2002)

Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596–1662)

Elizabeth of York (1465–1503)

Ellis, Sarah (1810–72)

Elsie, Lily (1886–1962)

Elstob, Elizabeth (1683–1756)

Emma (before 990–1052)

Emmet, Evelyn Violet Elizabeth, Baroness Emmet of Amberley (1899–1980)

Engelbach, Florence (1872–1951)

Esdaile, Katherine (Ada) (1881–1950)

Essex, Countess of

Euphemia of Wherwell (?–1257)

Evans, Dame Edith (Mary) (1888–1976)

Evans, Dame Joan (1893–1977)

Evans, Marian

Ewing, Juliana (Horatia) (1841–85)

‘Fair Maid of Kent'

Fairbrother, Sydney (1872–1941)

Fairfield, Cicily Isabel

Faithfull, Emily (1835–95)

Falconer, Lanoe

Falkland, Viscountess

Fane, Violet

Fanshawe, Lady Ann (1625–80)

Farjeon, Eleanor (1881–1965)

Farren, Elizabeth (1759?–1829)

Farren, Nellie (1848–1904)

Faucit, Helen, stage-name of Helena Saville (1820–98)

Fawaz, Florence

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett (1847–1929)

Fell, Dame Honor (1900–86)

Fell, Margaret (1614–1702)

Fell, Sheila Mary (1931–79)

Fenner, Mary (fl. 1734–57)

Fenton, Lavinia (1708–60)

Fenwick, Ethel Gordon (1857–1947)

Ferrier, Kathleen (1912–53)

Field, (Agnes) Mary (1896–1968)

Fielding, Sarah (1710–68)

Fields, Gracie, stage-name of Grace Stansfield (1898–1979)

Fiennes, Celia (1662–1741)

Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea (1660–1720)

Fisher, Mary (1623–98)

Fitton, Mary (1578–?)

FitzGerald, Penelope (1916–2000)

Fitzhenry, Elizabeth (d. 1790)

Fitzherbert, Maria Anne (1756–1837)

Fitzroy, Mary (?–1557)

Fletcher, Margaret (1862–1944)

Flower, Constance, Baroness Battersea (1843–1931)

Flower, Eliza (1803–46)

Fogerty, Elsie (1865–1945)

Fonteyn, Dame Margot (1919–91)

Forbes, Katherine

Forbes-Robertson, Jean (1905–62)

Forbes, Rosita (1890–1967)

Ford, Isabella (Ormiston) (c. 1860–1924)

Forz, Isabella (1237–93)

Fox, Elizabeth, Baroness Holland (1771–1845)

Fox, Dame Evelyn (Emily Marion) (1874–1955)

Foyle, Christina (1911–99)

Franklin, Lady Jane (1792–1875)

Franklin, (Stella Maria) Miles (1879–1954)

Franklin, Rosalind (1921–58)

Freeman, Ann (1797–1826)

Freeman, Mrs

Frere, Mary (Eliza Isabella) (1845–1911)

Freud, Anna (1896–1982)

Frink, Dame Elisabeth (1930–93)

Frith, Mary (1584?–1659)

Fry, Elizabeth (1780–1845)

Fry, (Sara) Margery (1874–1958)

Fullerton, Lady Georgiana (Charlotte) (1812–85)

Furse, Dame Katharine (1875–1952)

Gardiner, Marguerite, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849)

Garnett, Constance (Clara) (1861–1946)

Garrod, Dorothy (Annie Elizabeth) (1892–1968)

Gaskell, Elizabeth (Cleghorn) (1810–65)

Gaunt, Elizabeth (d. 1685)

Genée(-lsitt), Dame Adeline (1878–1970)

Gibson, Margaret Dunlop (1843–1920)

Gilbert, Elizabeth (1824–85)

Ginner, Ruby (1886–1978)

Ginner, Sarah

Girling, Mary Anne (1827–86)

Gladstone, Catherine (1812–1900)

Glasse, Hannah (1707/8–1770)

Gleichen, Lady Feodora Georgina Maud (1861–1922)

Gloucester, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of

Glover, Julia (1779–1850)

Glyn, Elinor (1864–1943)

Godden, (Margaret) Rumer (1907–98)

Godgifu, or Godiva (fl. 1041–after 1066)

Gonne, Maud (1865?–1953)

Gordon, Jane, Duchess of Gordon (1748–1812)

Gordon, Dame Maria (May) (1864–1939)

Gore-Booth, Eva (Selina) (1870–1926)

Gosse, (Laura) Sylvia (1881–1968)

Gould, Eliza (1770–1810)

Goward, Mary Ann

Grand, Sarah, pseudonym of Francis Elizabeth McFall (1854–1943)

Granuaile

Gray, Eileen (1878–1976)

Gray, Maria Emma (1787–1876)

Grebill, Agnes (1451?–1511)

Green, Alice Sophia Amelia (1847–1929)

Green, Mary Anne Everett (1818–95)

Green, Mrs Stopford

Greenaway, Kate (1846–1901)

Gregory, Lady (Isabella) Augusta (1852–1932)

Gregory, Mrs

Grenfell, Joyce (Irene) (1910–79)

Greville, Frances Evelyn, Countess of Warwick (1861–1938)

Grey, Elizabeth, Countess of Kent (1581–1651)

Grey, Lady Jane (1537–54)

Grey, Katherine, Countess of Hertford (1538?–68)

Grey, Maria (Georgina) (1816–1906)

Grierson, Constantia (1706–33)

Griffiths, Ann (1776–1805)

Grote, Harriet (1792–1878)

Grymeston, Elizabeth (before 1563–c. 1603)

Guest, Lady Charlotte (Elizabeth) (1812–95)

Gunning, Susannah (1740?–1800)

Gurney, Anna (1795–1857)

Gwyn, Nell (1650–87)

Gwynne-Vaughan, Dame Helen (1879–1967)

Hadow, Grace (Eleanor) (1875–1940)

Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson (1862–1937)

Hale, Cicely (1884–1981)

Halkett, Lady Anne (1623–99)

Hall, Marie (1884–1956)

Hall, (Marguerite) Radclyffe (1880–1943)

Hallé, Lady

Hallowes, Odette (1912–95)

Hamill, Cicely Mary

Hamilton, Lady Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (1630–1716)

Hamilton, Cicely Mary (1872–1952)

Hamilton, Lady Emma (1765–1815)

Hamilton, Marchioness of

Hamilton, Mary Agnes (1884–1962)

Hammond, (Lucy) Barbara (1873–1961)

Hammond, Kay, stage-name of Katharine Standing (1909–80)

Hancock, Dame Florence (1893–1974)

Hargreaves, Alison (1962–95)

Harley, Lady Brilliana (1598?–1643)

Harraden, Beatrice (1864–1936)

Harrison, Jane Ellen (1850–1928)

Harrison, Mary (1788–1875)

Harrison, Mary St Leger

Hartley, Elizabeth (1751–1824)

Harvie Anderson, Betty (1914–79)

Haslett, Dame Caroline (Harriet) (1895–1957)

Hastings, Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707–91)

Hathaway, Anne (1555/6–1623)

Havergal, Frances Ridley (1836–79)

Hawker, Mary Elizabeth (1848–1908)

Hay, Lucy, Countess of Carlisle (1599–1660)

Hay, Nicola de la (c. 1160–after 1218)

Hayes, Catherine (1825–61)

Hays, Mary (1760–1843)

Haywood, Eliza (1693?–1757)

Hazzard, Dorothy (d. 1674)

Heelis, Mrs Beatrix

Hemans, Felicia (Dorothea) (1793–1835)

Henrietta Maria (1609–69)

Henriette Anne, Duchess of Orléans (1644–70)

Hepworth, Barbara (1903–75)

Herschel, Caroline (Lucretia) (1750–1848)

Hertford, Countess of

Hervey, Lady Mary (1700–68)

Hess, Myra (1890–1965)

Hewley, Lady Sarah (1627–1710)

Heyer, Georgette (1902–74)

Hibbert, Eleanor (1906–93)

Hickman, Rose (1526–1613)

Higgs, Mary (1854–1937)

Hild (614–80)

Hill, Octavia (1838–1912)

Hill, Rosamond Davenport (1825–1902)

Hiller, Dame Wendy Margaret (1912–2003)

Hilton, Marie (1821–96)

Hird, Dame Thora (1911–2003)

Hoare, Lady Nora (Mary) (?–1973)

Hobbes, John Oliver

Hoby, Elizabeth (1528–1609)

Hoby, Lady Margaret (1571–1633)

Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910–94)

Hodgkins, Frances (1869–1947)

Hodson, Henrietta (1841–1910)

Hoey, Frances Sarah (1830–1908)

Holland, Lady

Holme, Constance (1880–1955)

Holt, Victoria

Holtby, Winifred (1898–1935)

Holy Maid of Kent

Hone, Evie (1894–1955)

Hooton, Elizabeth (fl.1600–1672)

Hope, Laurence, pseudonym of Adela Florence Nicolson (1865–1904)

Hopkins, (Jane) Ellice (1836–1904)

Hopton, Susanna (1627–1709)

Horan, Alice (1895–1971)

Horniman, Annie (Elizabeth Fredericka) (1860–1937)

Horsburgh, Florence, Baroness Horsburgh (1889–1969)

Houston, Dame (Fanny) Lucy (1857–1936)

How-Martyn, Edith (c.1875–1954)

Howard, Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk (1494–1558)

Howard, Frances, Countess of Essex and Somerset (c.1593–1632)

Howard, Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk (1681–1767)

Howard, Katherine (1521?–1542)

Howard, Rosalind Frances, Countess of Carlisle (1845–1921)

Howitt, Mary (1799–1888)

Hubbard, Louisa (Maria) (1836–1906)

Hughes, Margaret (d. 1719)

Hunt, Dame Agnes (Gwendoline) (1866–1948)

Hunt, Arabella (d. 1705)

Huntingdon, Countess of

Hutchinson, Lucy (b. 1620)

Hyde, Anne (1637–71)