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Throughout the 18th century the salon served as a matrix for Enlightenment ideals. Women were important in this capacity because they took on the role of salonnieres. [13] Salons of France were assembled by a small number of elite women who were concerned with education and promoting philosophies of the Enlightenment. [12]
Nancy Ward. Esther Whitley. Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams. Categories: Colonial American women. 18th-century American people. 18th-century women by nationality. American women by century. Commons category link from Wikidata.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century people. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 18th-century women .
18th century. 1700–1721: An unnamed woman serves in the Swedish army in the Great Northern War; after the war, she is seen wearing men's clothing on the streets of Stockholm until the 1740s, where she was known as "The Rider". [1] 1700s: Tomasa Tito Condemayta acts as a military strategist and leader of a woman's battalion during Rebellion of ...
Reenactment of printing newspapers in 18th-century colonial America. This list of women printers and publishers before 1800 includes women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a year or two for a book to be ...
t. e. The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.
Category:18th-century Finnish women artists Category:18th-century Swedish women artists. Brita von Cöln (died 1707) Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729) – daughter of the painter David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. Margareta Capsia (1682–1759) – the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden.
Elizabeth Wilkinson (fl. 1722–1733; alternatively referred to as Elizabeth Stokes) was an English bare-knuckle boxer and practitioner of historical European weapon arts active in the 1720s and early 1730s. She was one of the earliest known female boxers. During her decade-long career, she was often described as a "Championess" and had a ...