Women of History
Various
95 chapters · 8 h 28 min · English
Read by Lucretia B., Bellona Times, Arlene Joyce, Becky Cook, Lynne T, Lyn Silva and others
Biography & Autobiography
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An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An interesting read. (Summary by Michele Eaton)
Chapters
1 Lucretia 5 min 2 Sappho 8 min 3 Aspasia of Pericles 6 min 4 Xantippe 4 min 5 Aspasia of Cyrus 5 min 6 Cornelia, The Mother of the Gracchi 4 min 7 Portia 5 min 8 Octavia 4 min 9 Cleopatra 9 min 10 Mariamne 4 min 11 Julia Domna 3 min 12 Zenobia 7 min 13 Valeria 6 min 14 Eudocia 7 min 15 Hypatia 6 min 16 The Wife of Maximus 5 min 17 The Lady Rowena 3 min 18 Olga 5 min 19 The Lady Elfrida 5 min 20 The Countess of Tripoli 3 min 21 Jane, Countess of Mountfort 6 min 22 Laura De Sade 5 min 23 The Countess of Richmond 4 min 24 Elizabethe Woodville 3 min 25 Joan of Arc 8 min 26 Jane Shore 5 min 27 Catharine of Arragon 5 min 28 Anne Boleyn 5 min 29 Margaret Roper 6 min 30 Elizabeth Lucas 3 min 31 Gaspara Stampa 5 min 32 Anne Askew 5 min 33 Queen Elizabeth 10 min 34 Lady Jane Grey 7 min 35 Tarquinia Molza 4 min 36 Mary, Queen of Scots 5 min 37 Gabrielle D'Estrees 9 min 38 Anne, Duchess of Pembroke 5 min 39 Esther Inglis 5 min 40 Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle 2 min 41 Lady Pakington 5 min 42 Noor Mahal 5 min 43 Pocahontas 6 min 44 Lucy Hutchinson 6 min 45 Lady Fanshawe 3 min 46 Dorothy Osborne 6 min 47 Catherine Philips 6 min 48 Madame De Maintenon 5 min 49 Countess De Grammont 6 min 50 Mademoiselle De La Valliere 5 min 51 Madame Dacier 3 min 52 Lady Masham 5 min 53 Anne Killigrew 4 min 54 Queen Anne 8 min 55 Esther Johnson 8 min 56 Esther Vanhomrigh 7 min 57 Mary Astell 6 min 58 Madame Des Ursins 7 min 59 Lady Grizel Jerviswoode 6 min 60 Madame De Pontchartrain 4 min 61 Elizabeth Halkett 2 min 62 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 6 min 63 Madame Du Deffand 4 min 64 Phoebe Bentley 2 min 65 Marquise Du Chatelet 5 min 66 Lady Huntingdon 5 min 67 Maria Theresa 5 min 68 Meta Moller 8 min 69 Elizabeth Blackwell 6 min 70 Laetitia Barbauld 4 min 71 Hannah More 6 min 72 Anna Seward 6 min 73 Catherine Cockburn 8 min 74 Elizabeth Berkeleigh 6 min 75 Caroline Herschel 3 min 76 Madame D'Arblay 5 min 77 Madame Roland 6 min 78 Marie Antoinette 9 min 79 Sarah Siddons 8 min 80 Mrs Grant 7 min 81 Elizabeth Inchbald 5 min 82 Elizabeth Hamilton 8 min 83 Countess De Vemieiro 3 min 84 Joanna Baillie 3 min 85 Josephine 4 min 86 Anne Radcliffe 5 min 87 Miss Edgeworth 5 min 88 Charlotte Corday 8 min 89 Madame De Stael 6 min 90 Madame De La Rochejaquelein 7 min 91 Madame Recamier 6 min 92 Mary Brunton 7 min 93 Felicia Hemans 4 min 94 Augustina Saragoza 3 min 95 Charlotte Bronte 6 min
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