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Marie Bethell Beauclerc (10 October 1845 – 19 September 1897) was a pioneer in the teaching of Pitman's shorthand and typing in Birmingham, England.In 1888 she was the first woman to be appointed as a teacher in an English boys' public school, at Rugby School.
Bessie Rayner Parkes was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, [3] [4] daughter of Joseph Parkes (1796–1865), a prosperous solicitor and a liberal with Radical sympathies, and Elizabeth ("Eliza") Rayner Priestley (1797–1877), granddaughter of the scientist and Unitarian minister Joseph Priestley (1733–1804).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century British people. It includes British people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:19th-century British men
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her excavation of Ascalon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists".
Sarah Anne Bright (1793–1866) was a 19th-century English artist and photographer who produced the earliest surviving photographic images taken by a woman. Images she had produced were not attributed to her until 2015 when her initials were discovered on a photogram that was previously consigned to an auction at Sotheby's in New York.
Pages in category "19th-century English women" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Early Australian feminist politician; first woman in the British Empire to stand for election to a national parliament [19] 1800–1874: Grace Greenwood: United States: 1823: 1904: First woman reporter on the New York Times payroll, advocate for social reform and women's rights: 1800–1874: Angelina Emily Grimké: United States: 1805: 1879
Barbarina Charlotte, Lady Grey (26 June 1823 – 23 March 1902) was a British novelist.. She was born Barbarina Charlotte Sullivan on 26 June 1823 in London, the daughter and second child of the Reverend Frederick Sullivan and author Arabella Sullivan, herself the daughter of the author Barbarina Brand, Lady Dacre.