The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Mary Grant Seacole, a "Pioneer Nurse" (1805-1881, married 10 November 1836) On 30 June of this year (2016), after a twelve-ye...

Hrotsvita of Gandersheim (23 November) First, an explanation of why I am posting today about Hrotsvita and the relevance of 23 November...

Madeleine de Scudéry (born 15 November 1607) Ridiculed and satirized by many of her male contemporaries, Madeleine de Scudéry was, des...

Anna Maria van Schurman (born 5 November 1607) Born in Cologne, the daughter of Frederik van Schurman and Eva von Harff, who had fled f...

Anne Dudley Bradstreet (died 16 September 1672) Anne Dudley was born in England on 20 March 1612, the daughter of Thomas Dudley and Ann...

Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (died 3 September 1711) Born in Paris on 3 October 1648, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron was the daughter of Henri Chér...

Juliana Morell (27 August 1637) First, an explanation. In trying to work in all the women I'd like to write about this year, I have t...

Sappho of Lesbos (new poem published 21 June 2005) Today's post on Sappho may seem oddly dated--but we know so little about the li...

Juana Inés de la Cruz (died 17 April 1695) Born in a village in Mexico, New Spain in 1651, Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana...