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Pages in category "Female characters in literature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 456 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A category containing female characters in William Shakespeare's works. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. H.
Pages in category "Fictional female warriors" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. ... Women warriors in literature and culture;
The Legend of the Blue Lotus. The following is a list of female superheroes in comic books, television, film, and other media. Each character's name is followed by the publisher's name in parentheses; those from television or movies have their program listed in square brackets, and those in both comic books and other media appear in parentheses.
The editors of a 1983 collection called The Woman's Part, referencing three books by women authors from the 19th century (an authoritative book, Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women by Anna Jameson, originally published 1832, and two fictional biographies in novel form of two of Shakespeare's heroines from 1885) conclude that these ...
What to read next? Book Smart columnist Nancy Harris offers a trio of historical fiction titles that will rock your world.
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362.