Category Archives: Female

Jane Austen

Name of Author: Jane AustenBorn: 16 December 1775Died: 18 July 1817Years Active: 1811 – 1815Spouse(s): NoneWorks: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. LEARN MORE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN •Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, on 16 December 1775.•In 1783, Austen and her sister Cassandra were sent to Oxford to be educated…More

Agatha Christie

Name of Author: Agatha Mary Clarissa MillerBorn: 15 September 1890Torquay, Devon, England, United KingdomDied: 12 January 1976 (aged 85)Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, United KingdomYears of Active: 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976Works: Creation of characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Death on the Nile, The Murder at the Vicarage, Partners in Crime, The A.B.C. Murders,…More

Sappho

Name of Author: Sappho, also spelled (in the Aeolic dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho.Born: c.610 BCEDied: c.570 BCE LEARN MORE ABOUT SAPPHO: • Sappho is also known as the first Lesbian poet, who moved the word “lesbian.” • She is said, for example, to have been married to Cercylas, a wealthy man from the…More

Charlotte Brontë

Name of Author: Charlotte BrontëBorn: April 21, 1816Died: March 31, 1855 (at the age of 38)Pen Name: Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley, Currer BellSpouse(s): Arthur Bell NichollsWorks: The Spell, The Secret, Lily Hart ,The Foundling, Albion and Marina, Tales of the Islanders, Jane Eyre, Villette LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARLOTTE BRONTË: • She is born in…More