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Rudyard Kipling even published a short story entitled "The Janeites" about a group of World War I soldiers who were secretly fans of Austen's novels. [5] There were, however, late nineteenth and early twentieth-century female devotees of Austen, especially in the New Woman movement and among women's suffrage activists. [6]
Name Year of birth Year of death Description Devorah Baron [1] 1887 1956 Hebrew author, Reclusion 1922-1956 Syd Barrett [2] [3] 1946 2006 English singer-songwriter, former leader of the band Pink Floyd: Marlon Brando [4] [5] 1924 2004 American actor Maria Callas [6] [7] 1923 1977 Greek opera singer Huguette Clark [8] [9] 1906 2011
Akka Mahadevi was born in Udutadi, near Shivamogga in the Indian state of the Karnataka [5] around 1130. [6] Some scholars suggest that she was born to a couple named Nirmalshetti and Sumati, who were both devotees of Parama Shiva. [7]
This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period in which they were born. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Shabari was a woman from a village. [1] According to Krishna Dutt, she was a seeker of knowledge and wanted to know the meaning of Dharma. After days of travel, she met Sage Matanga at the foot of Mount Rishyamukha.
At weddings, people would receive a string of the tali (wedding lock) prepared by her, threaded with a few beads from her own necklace. The presence of a Devadasi on any religious occasion in the house of a dvija member was regarded as sacred and she was treated with due respect, and was presented with gifts.
It presents the divine female as a powerful and compassionate creator, pervader and protector of the universe. [46] She is presented in the opening chapter of the Devi Gita as the benign and beautiful world-mother, called Bhuvaneshvari (literally, ruler of the universe). [47] [45] Thereafter, the text presents its theological and philosophical ...
This list article contains names of notable people commonly considered as Sufis or otherwise associated with Sufism. List of notable Sufis A. Abadir Umar ar-Rida ...