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.
Caroline Norton 1808-1877
She campaigned for women’s rights
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.
Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865)
She was a famous portrait photographer
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
Kate Warne 1833-1868
Kate was the first female detective
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932
Gertrude was a famous gardener
Edmonia Lewis 1844-1911
Edmonia was a renowned sculptor
Mary Florence Potts 1850-1922
In the 19th century, irons were just slabs of metal with handles on top. You heated the iron until it was hot. At first, irons were made in one piece. The handle got hot and could burn your hand, but in 1871, Mary patented an iron with detachable wooden handles, making ironing easier.
Agnes Marshall 1855-1905
Cookery writer Agnes Marshall was known as The Queen of Ices. She is widely regarded as the inventor of the ice cream cone.
Ella Hattan 1859-date of death unknown
Ella was a renowned swordswoman
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