Influential Women in History

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Lucy Stone (1818 - 1893), the American abolitionist and suffragist campaigner who was the first woman in America not to adopt her husband's name upon marriage. An inspirational character.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology whose abduction by Paris resulted in the Trojan War.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur. She achieved notoriety for Ploughing in the Nivernais and The Horse Fair and is widely accredited with being the best known female painter of the nineteenth century.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Lady Henry Somerset, an English philanthropist and temperance leader of the nineteenth century who was president of British Woman's Temperance Association.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the founder of the Women's Suffrage Journal that was published between 1870 and 1890. She was a prominent figure in the early British suffrage movement.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Mary Lyon, an American educationalist born in 1797. She is best known for pioneering women's education and founding Mount Holyoke and Wheaton Colleges. These were the first all women seminaries devoted to the empowerment of young women and the creation of female leaders in a male-dominated world. In her words, When you choose your fields of labor, go where nobody else is willing to go. Lyon continues to inspire women today and is still celebrated for her strength and determination in the field of women's emancipation.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Madame Jumel, born Eliza Bowen in 1775, the daughter of a Rhode Island prostitute. Upon her marriage to a rich French wine merchant, she acquired a life of luxury that was beset by scandal.

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French author and courtesan, Ninon de l'Enclos who lived between 1620 and 1705. She was a figure of wit and beauty in the literary salons of the epoch.