By Tim Lambert
There were many famous women 19th century. Below is a list of some of them.
Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845
She was a great prison reformer
Jane Austen 1775-1817
She was a great writer
Mary Kies 1752-1837
Mary Kies was the first American woman to be granted a patent
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
She 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 to 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
She was also a writer
Emily Bronte 1818-1848
She was another writer
Maria Mitchell 1818-1889
She 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
She 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
She was a famous writer
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932
She was a famous gardener
Edmonia Lewis 1844-1911
She was a famous sculptor
Susanna Salter 1860-1961
She was the first woman mayor in the USA
Mary Kingsley 1862-1900
She was a woman explorer