Famous Women
Women of note
In honor of this (March 2015) being Women's Month, I am including this list of all women in my CELEBS database.
All these folks are related to me, the degree of relation of each indicated in red.
- ADAMS, Abigail [1744-1818]
6C8 American writer, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS - ADAMS, Suzanne [1872-1953]
10C6 American expatriate operatic singer - ALCOTT, Louisa May [1832-1888]
7C2 American novelist - Anne [1665-1714]
11C12 Queen of Great Britain & Ireland - ANTHONY, Susan Brownell [1820-1906]
6C6 American suffragette
- BACKUS, Louise Burton Laidlaw [*1906-?]
8C2 American author 800: Writers, poets, etc. ??? - BAILEY, Edward, Mrs. [1804-1894]
7C6 wife Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1837-50) - BALLARD, Martha [1735-1812]
3C9 American midwife and diarist - BARRYMORE, Diana [1921-1960]
13C1 American actress - BARRYMORE, Drew [*1975-?]
14C American actress, producer, 1999 Actress of the Year - BARRYMORE, Ethel [1879-1959]
12C2 American actress, Academy Award - BARRYMORE, Georgie [1855-1893]
11C3 American actress - BATESON, Mary Catherine [*1939-?]
9C2 American anthropologist - BAXTER, Anne [1923-1985]
12C1 American actress, Academy Award - BEECHER, Catharine Esther [1800-1878]
3C7 American educator - BEECHER, Isabella Holmes [1822-1907]
3C7 American suffragette - BISHOP, Cornelia Ann (Sessions) [1826-1920]
7C4 American teacher Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1853-77?) - BISHOP, Delia (Stone) [1800-1875]
6C5 American mission worker & missionary wife Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1828-49) - BLACKFORD, Kimberly [*1969c-?]
11C1 American model and actress - BLATCHLEY, Jemima (Marvin) [1791-1856]
5C7 wife Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1823-26) - BLOUNT, Martha [1690-1762]
8C11 Englishwoman of letters - BORDEN, Hannah [1803-1891]
4C5 American entrepreneur - BORDEN, Lizzie Andrew [1861-1927]
6C3 American accused axe murderer - BOWES-LYON, Elizabeth [1900-2002]
14C2 HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Consort - BRADSTREET, Anne (néeDudley) \née DUDLEY, Anne\ [~1612-1672]
S11 American poetess, Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet - de BRAGANÇA, Catherine [1638-1705]
7C11 Queen Regent of Portugal (1705-1705) - BURR, Theodosia [1783-1813]
3C9 Aaron Burr's daughter
- Cecelia of Holy Trinity, Abbess of Caen [1056-1126]
S26 Religious leaders: bishops, cardinals, theologians, abbots, etc. - Charlotte [1921-1989]
16C2 Archduchess of Austria - CHENEY, Ednah Dow Littlehall [1824-1916]
5C5 American writer, reformer, philanthropist, abolitionist - CHURCHILL, Sarah [1660-1774]
8C10 English politician and court schemer, Dutchess of Marlborough - CLAXTON, Kate [1848-1924]
6C4 American actress - CUTTER, Elizabeth Reeve [1873-1955]
8C3 American poet
- DAVIS, Xe Sands [living-?]
1C1 American voice artist & narrator - de MILLE, Agnes George [~1905-1993]
9C2 American dancer and choreographer - de MILLE, Cecilia [1908-1984]
9C2 American actress - DELANO, Jane Arminda [1862-1919]
18C4 American nurse, Distinguished Service Medal - DeMILLE, Katherine [1911-1995]
9C2 American actress - DERN, Laura [*1967-?]
27C1 American film actress, Golden Globe Award - DIX, Dorothea Lynde [1802-1887]
8C6 American philanthropist and reformer - DOHERTY, Shannen [*1971-?]
12C American actress - DUDLEY, Patience [1618-1690]
S11 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) daughter of Thomas - DUDLEY, Sarah [1620-1668]
S11 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) daughter of Thomas - DWIGHT, Mary Ann [1806-1858]
5C7 American author
- EARHART, Amelia Mary [1897-1937]
9C3 American pioneer aviatrix, Distinguished Flying Cross - EDDY, Mary Baker [1821-1910]
6C6 American founder of Christian Science Church - Elisabeth of Austria [1837-1898]
13C5 - Elizabeth of Bohemia [1596-1662]
9C11 Queen of Bohemia - Elizabeth of York [1466-1503]
4C16 Queen Consort of England - Elizabeth I of England [1533-1603]
5C14 Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) - Elizabeth II [*1926-?]
15C1 Queen of the United Kingdom, Head of the Commonwealth - ELLIOTT, Maud Howe [1855-1948]
5C3 American writer, Pulitzer prize for Biography - EMERSON, Ursula Sophia [1806-1888]
6C7 Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1832-64) - EVERHART, Angela Kay "Angie" [*1969-?]
12C American actress and fashon model
- FIELD, Rachel (Lyman) [1894-1942]
7C3 American author, illustrator, poet and playwright - FIENNES, Celia [1662-1741]
14C7 English diarist - FIENNES, Martha [*1964-?]
15C British film director - FIENNES, Susannah [*1961-?]
15C British artist - FISH, Laura [1804-1872]
5C7 Missionary schoolteacher - FONDA, Bridget [*1964-?]
23C1 American actress - FONDA, Jane (Seymour) [*1937-?]
23C American film actress - FRANCIS, Leslie Lee [*1931-?]
18C3 American author - FROST, Leslie [1899-1983]
17C4 American author - FULLER, Loie [1862-1928]
17C4 American dance pioneer and inventor (theatrical lighting) - FULLER, Margaret, Marchioness Ossoli [1810-1850]
16C5 American critic and social reformer
- GEORGE, Peggy (néeMargaretdeMille) [1908-1978]
9C2 American actress - GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [1860-1935]
8C4 American social reformer and writer - GISH, Dorothy [1898-1968]
7C3 American stage and film actress - GISH, Lillian [1896-1993]
7C3 American stage and film actress, film pioneer - GISH, Mary Robinson [1876-1948]
6C4 American actress - GREEN, Hetty [1834-1916]
7C3 American financier - GREGORY, Alyse [1884-1967]
6C4 Suffragette and writer - GREY, Lady Jane, [1537-1554]
3C11 English noblewoman, Queen of England - GRIFFIN, Teresa [1832-1906]
4C2 American author, activist
- HAMILTON, Margaret [1902-1985]
8C2 American actress - HAWLEY, Emily [1838-1888]
7C6 American diarist - HAWLEY, Emily C. [1855->1929]
7C4 American genealogist and historian - HERBERT, Mary (Sidney), Ctss Pembroke [1561-1621]
4C13 English patroness of the arts and scholarship and notable translator - HOLMAN, Lucia (Ruggles) [1793-1886]
1C6 American missionary, teacher and writer - HOOVER, Lou (Louise) \née HENRY, Louise\ [1874-1944]
10C1 FLOTUS - HOPE, Elizabeth Reid [1842-1922]
14C7 Australian evangelist - HOWARD, Catherine [1523c-1542]
14C14 Queen of England - HOWE, Julia Ward [1819-1901]
4C4 American author, philanthropist, reformer - HOWE, Laura Elizabeth [1850-1943]
5C3 American writer - HUTCHINSON, Anne [1591-1643]
12GGMo American religious leader - HUTCHINSON, Susannah [1633-?]
S13 Captives, POWs, hostages, etc. taken captive as a child in Indian raid in which the rest of her family was killed (1643, Westchester, NY);
- Isabel I of Castile [1451-1504]
6C15 "the Catholic", queen of Castile & Aragón, Queen of Spain - Isabella [~1109-1120]
S25 1120-11-25 Sinking of the White Ship wife of William Ætheling - Isabella I [1172c-1206]
2C24 of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem - Isabella II [1212-1228]
1C23 of Jerusalem - Isabella II de Bourbon [1830-1904]
16C8 1700-present Spanish monarchs (Bourbon) Queen of Spain (1833-1868 deposed) - IVES, Ethel [1894-1928]
8C1 Nebraska's first aviatrix - IVES, Mary Ann (Brainerd) [1810-1882]
5C5 Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1836-54)
- JEROME, Jennie [1854-1921]
14C3 American socialite, mother of Sir Winston Churchill - Joana [1452-1490]
2C16 1385-1580 Monarchs of Portugal (Aviz) sister of João the Perfect, Regent of Portugal 1471-? (but why?) - JUDSON, Ann [1789-1826]
3C7 American missionary
- KELLOGG, Clara Louise [1842-1916]
7C5 American diva
- LANAHAN, Eleanor "Bobbie" [?-?]
9C2 American writer and painter - LANE, Harriet [1830-1903]
15C5 FLOTUS - LANE, Rose Wilder [1886-1968]
18C4 American journalist and political theorist - LATHROP, Mary Alphonsa \née HAWTHORNE, Rose\ [1851-1926]
7C6 American religious - LEAVITT, Henrietta Swan [1868-1921]
8C2 American astronomer - LEETE, Clarissa M. [1818-?]
5C5 American missionary - LINDBERGH, Anne Spencer [1940-1993]
10C1 American writer - LINDBERGH, Anne Spencer (Morrow) [1906-2001]
9C2 American aviatrix and writer - LOW, Juliette Gordon [1860-1927]
8C4 Founder of the Girl Scouts of America - LOWRY, Judith [1890-1976]
8C2 American actress - LUDINGTON, Sybil [1761-1839]
5C5 Revolutionary heroine
- MANNY, Anne [d.-?]
1C20 Bnss Manny, Ctss Pembroke Ladies of the Garter 1384 - Margaret of Scotland [1282-1290]
16C20 - Margaret of York, Blesséd [1473-1541]
4C16 English martyr, Countess Salisbury - Maria [1192-1212]
S24 of Montferrat - Marie Antoinette [1755-1793]
10C8 Queen of France & Navarre - Marie de Bourgogne [1456-1482]
6C16 Comtesse de Bourgogne - Mary of Scotland [1542-1587]
7C13 Scottish monarch (1547-1587), Queen of Scots - Mary I Tudor "Bloody" [1516-1558]
5C14 English monarch, Queen of England and Ireland - Mary II Stuart [1662-1694]
11C9 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland - MASARYK, Alice [1879-1966]
7C4 Czechoslovak sociologist - MEAD, Margaret [1901-1978]
8C3 American anthropologist, lecturer and author - MERRIAM, Florence Augusta [1863-1948]
5C3 American pioneer naturalist - MONROE, Elizabeth [1768-1830]
5C3 FLOTUS (to James Monroe) - MONROE, Marilyn [1926-1962]
8C1 American film actress, Golden Globe: Best actress - MORGAN, Anne Tracy [1873-1952]
7C4 American philanthropist - MOTT, Lucretia [1793-1880]
11C5 American reformer and Quaker preacher - MUSSEY, Ellen (Spencer) [1850-1936]
6C5 American educator, reformer
- PALGRAVE, Mary [~1618-?]
S9 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) daughter of Richard - PALMER, Grace [unkn-1660]
7C12 American colonial Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet passenger - PARR, Catherine [1512-1548]
6C14 Queen of England - PHILLIPS, Abigail [?-?]
3C11 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) daughter of Rev. Phillips - PHILLIPS, Elizabeth [~1628-?]
3C11 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) daughter of Rev. Phillips - PITTS, Helen [1837-1903]
19C5 American activist, wife of Frederick Douglass - PLANTAGENET, Isabella [1332-<1382]
S20 English noblewoman Ladies of the Garter 1376 - PLANTAGENET, Mary of Shaftsbury [?-~1216]
S24 English abbess Religious leaders: bishops, cardinals, theologians, abbots, etc. Abbess of Shaftsbury - PLANTAGENET, Matilda [?-?]
1C22 English abbess Religious leaders: bishops, cardinals, theologians, abbots, etc. Abbess of Barking
- QUINN, Valentina [*1952-?]
10C1 American actress
- RAY, Mary [1667-1693]
S8 Firsts, superlatives and onlys (current records only) "married an Englishman - REAGAN, Nancy Davis [*1923-?]
10C2 American actress, former First Lady - RICE, Alice Caldwell (Hegan) [1870-1942]
7C6 -- American writer 800: Writers, poets, etc. ??? "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" (1901) - RICE, Mary Sophia (Hyde) [1816-1911]
6C5 Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1841-54) - ROHDE, Ruth Bryan [1885-1954]
9C1 American legislator, diplomat - ROOSEVELT, (Anna) Eleanor [1884-1962]
5C3 American author, diplomat and humanitarian, FLOTUS - ROOSEVELT, Anna C. [*~1946-?]
14C American archaelogist - ROOSEVELT, Edith Kermit (néeCAROW) [1861-1948]
11C3 American first lady - ROOSEVELT, Ellen Crosby [1868-1954]
5C3 American tennis star, International Tennis Hall of Fame - RUGGLES, Bathsheba [1746-1778]
3C7 American murderess - RUGGLES, Margaret [?-?]
1C11 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) Jeffrey's wife - RUGGLES, Nancy (Wells) [1791-1873]
1C6 Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1820-34)
- SAMPSON, Deborah [1760-1827]
8C8 American soldier - SANDS, Ethel [1873-1962]
5C1 Expat. American artist and hostess - SANDS, Guglielma [[1777ca-1799]
2C4 – American murder victim - SANDS, Mercy [1665-1741]
S8 - SANDYS, Celia [?-?]
18C1 British writer 800: Writers, poets, etc. ??? - SANDYS, Edwina [*1938-?]
18C1 British sculptor, MBE - SARGENT, Elizabeth [1590-1631]
2C12 MA: Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) founders, the Winthrop Fleet immigrants (1630) wife of Rev. Phillips - SAYRE, Zelda [1900-1948]
7C4 American artist, dancer and writer - SEDGWICK, Edie [1943-1971]
9C3 socialite, actress, model, artist - SEDGWICK, Kyra [*1965-?]
10C2 American actress - SEYMOUR, Jane [1505-1537]
9C14 English monarch, Queen of England - Sibylle [1155c-1190]
2C24 of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem - SIDNEY, Dorothy (Lady) [1617-1684]
6C11 Ctss Sunderland Philanthropists benefactress of distressed clergy and Royalists - SMITH, Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan, [1921-1986]
8C3 American journalist and writer - SPENCER, Diana Frances [1961-1997]
16C1 Princess of Wales - SPENCER, Marie Eugenie [?-1913]
7C4 1912-04-15 Sinking of the "Titanic" survivor, lifeboat #6, with Mrs. James Joseph Brown ("Unsinkable" Molly Brown) - STAFFORD, Jo [1917-2006]
20C1 American singer, Grammy Award - STANTON, Elizabeth Cady [1815-1902]
5C7 American social activist - STARR, Ellen Gates [1859-1940]
6C3 American social reformer - STEWART, Alana [*1945-?]
11C1 American actress & film producer - STOWE, Harriet Beecher [1811-1896]
3C7 American abolitionist author - STROTHER-TUCKMAN, Elise [?-?]
6C American author 800: Writers, poets, etc. ??? - SUTTON, Mary "Polly" [?-?]
6C4 Mother of George Catlin Captives, POWs, hostages, etc. taken by the Iroquois at age seven (1777)
- TAYLOR, Margaret [1760-1822]
23C4 American army officer's wife, FLOTUS - TEMPLE, Shirley [1928-2014]
9C1 American child film star, diplomat, SAG Lifetime Achievement Award - TINKER, Mary Throop (Wood) [1809-1895]
5C5 Hawaiian Mission (Sandwich Islands) 1820-63 (1831-40) - TRUMAN, Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" [1885-1982]
8C2 First Ladies (POTUS wives) (1945-53) - TRUMAN, Margaret [1924-2008]
9C1 American operatic singer and writer - Tudor, Margaret [1462-1514]
4C15 Queen consort - TUDOR, Mary [1496-1533]
4C15 Queen consort of France - TYLER, Julia [1820-1889]
18C4 FLOTUS - TYLER, Letitia [1790-1842]
18C3 FLOTUS
- UNDEHILL, Helena [1610c-1649]
1C11 American pioneer Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet passenger
- VADIM, Vanessa [*1968-?]
23C1 French cine director, cinematographer, producer, editor - van RENSSELAER, Mrs. Schuyler [1851-1934]
18C5 American writer & art critic - VASSALL, Anne \née KING\ [1592-1670]
7C10 American colonial, Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet passenger - VETSERA, Mary [1871-1889]
14C4 Mysterious violent death, Baroness - Victoria [1819-1901]
16C4 Empress of India - VIELÉ, Emily [1865-?]
5C1 American poet and novelist 800: Writers, poets, etc. ??? - VIELÉ, Kathlyne [1853-?]
5C1 American genealogist and historian
- WARREN, Margaret \née BAYLY\ [unkn-1662]
10C12 American colonial pioneer, Immigrant: Winthrop Fleet passenger - WASHBURN, Margaret Floy, PhD [1871-1939]
6C2 Experimental psychologist - WHITNEY, Sarah Ann [1825-1873]
20C3 LDS Church historian - WILDER, Laura Ingalls [1867-1957]
17C5 American writer (Little House on the Prairie) - WOLCOTT, Ursula [1724-1788]
3C9 American governor's wife, numerous connections - WOODVILLE, Elizabeth [1437c-1492]
13C16 Queen Consort of England - WROTH, Lady Mary (Sidney) [~1586-~1653]
5C12 English writer
- Yolanda of Flanders [1175-1219]
5C22
(The last item in the left column above may be awkwardly split to the right column, because of a deficiency in HTML.)