By Tim Lambert
There were many famous women in the 19th century. Women were writers and mathematicians. They were also rulers and explorers The following is a list of some of the great women of the 19th century.
Mary Kies 1752-1837
Mary Kies was the first American woman to be granted a patent
Jane Austen 1775-1817
Jane was a great writer
Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845
Elizabeth was a great prison reformer
Henriette D’Angeville 1794-1871
In 1838 Henriette became the first woman to climb Mount Blanc unaided
Mary Shelley 1797-1851
Mary was a writer. She is famous for her novel Frankenstein.
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1891
She is famous for her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902
Elizabeth was an American campaigner for women’s rights
Ada Lovelace 1815-1852
Ada was a famous mathematician
Grace Darling 1815-1842
In Britain, Grace Darling helped her father row a little boat 1 mile through a storm to rescue 5 people from a steamship that had struck rocks. She became a heroine.
Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855
Charlotte was a writer
Emily Bronte 1818-1848
She was another writer
Maria Mitchell 1818-1889
Maria was an astronomer. In 1847 she became the first American woman to discover a comet.
Queen Victoria 1819-1901
She was queen of Britain 1837-1901
Susan B Anthony 1820-1906
She was an American campaigner for women’s rights
Clara Barton 1821-1912
Clara founded the American Red Cross
Elizabeth Blackwell 1821-1910
In 1849 she was the first woman in the USA to qualify as a doctor. In 1859 she became the first woman to have her name entered in the British General Medical Council’s medical register.
Josephine Cochrane 1829-1913
In 1886 she invented the first practical dishwasher
Catherine Booth 1829-1890
Catherine helped to found the Salvation Army
Louisa May Alcott 1832-1888
She was a famous writer
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey 1835-1905
Sarah was a famous writer
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932
Gertrude was a famous gardener
Edmonia Lewis 1844-1911
Edmonia was a famous sculptor
Susanna Salter 1860-1961
She was the first woman mayor in the USA
Sarah Jeanette Duncan (1861-1922)
She was a Canadian author and journalist
Mary Kingsley 1862-1900
Mary was a woman explorer