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- Alcott, Louisa May
- Louisa May Alcott, by Josephine Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- Louisa May Alcott's Letters to Five Girls, by Edward W. Bok (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)
- When Louisa Alcott Was a Girl, by Edward W. Emerson (Ladies Home Journal, 1898)
- Alden, Isabella
- The Personality of "Pansy," by Denny Cornelius Johnson (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Beale, Anne
- Anne Beale, Governess and Writer
(Girl's Own Paper, 1901)
- Extracts from her diary.
- Braddon, Miss
- Miss Braddon at Home, by Mary Angela Dickens
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- The author of 56 books and countless short stories.
- Brontë, Charlotte
- The Story of Charlotte Brontë, by Lizzie Lewis
(Demorest, 1880)
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- How Fauntleroy Really Occurred, by Francis Hodgson Burnett (Ladies' Home Journal, 1893)
A look at the real-life inspiration for Little Lord Fauntleroy (unfortunately we only have part 1 of the article).
- How Little Lord Fauntleroy Was Written, by Frederick Dolman
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Carey, Rosa Nouchette
- Rosa Nouchette Carey, by Helen C. Black
(Girl's Own Paper, 1899)
- Coleridge, Sara
- Sara Coleridge
(Demorest, 1879)
- English author and translator.
- Corelli, Marie
- Miss Marie Corelli - Illustrated Interviews, by Arthur H. Lawrence
(The Strand, 1898B)
- Craik, Dinah Maria
- A Model Novelist: The Author of John Halifax, Gentleman
(Girl's Own Paper, 1888)
- "Mrs. Craik [aka Miss Mulock], novelist, essayist, magazine writer, and poet."
- The Late Mrs. Craik
(Demorest, 1888)
- Deland, Margaret
- Margaret Deland, by Marguerite Merington (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Eliot, George
- George Eliot
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- George Eliot
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Dinah Morris and Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, by L. Bulkley
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- A look at real-life figures who inspired characters in the novel Adam Bede.
- Last Words from George Eliot
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
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The Portrait of George Eliot
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- George Eliot and Emerson
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Ewing, Mrs.
- Mrs. Ewing and Her Books, by F.W. Newland
(Girl's Own Paper, 1899)
- Giberne, Agnes
- Miss Agnes Giberne, by Isabel Stuart-Robson
(Girl's Own Paper, 1898)
- Howe, Julia Ward
- The Daughters of Julia Ward Howe, (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Hungerford, Mrs. Margaret
- "The Duchess," by Isabel A. Mallon (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- King, Alice
- Alice King, by Alice King
(Demorest, 1885)
- Our Blind Contributor - Alice King, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1887)
- "At length came the, for me, happy days when that wonderful and beautiful machine, the type-writer, was brought to England from America." This enabled the writer to set down her own words rather than having to dictate to another - and Miss King was a prolific writer!
- Lyall, Edna
- Edna Lyall at Home, by Frederick Dolman (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- My Early Literary Influences, by Edna Lyall (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)
- Malet, Lucas
- A Talk With "Lucas Malet," by Mary Angela Dickens
(Windsor Magazine, 1899B)
- Of the lady writer "Lucas Malet," daughter of Charles Kingsley, the author notes that "Courage, grip, force - join these masculine qualities to feminine intuition, delicacy of perception, and sympathy, and you get something probably finer and certainly rare than the isolated masculine or isolated feminine personality."
- Marlitt, E.
- E. Marlitt
(Demorest, 1887)
- German novelist Eugenie John.
- Morgan, Lady Sydney
- Lady Sydney Morgan (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Nesbit, E.
- My School-Days, by E. Nesbit
(Girl's Own Paper, 1897)
- A twelve-part article by E. Nesbit on her childhood and school life.
- Sand, George
- George Sand, by Frances A. Shaw
(Demorest, 1879)
- Notable Women: George Sand, by Th. Bentzon
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- Sedgwick, Catherine Maria
- Miss Sedgwick's Life and Letters
(Godey's, 1867)
- American novelist.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- The Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Richard Burton
(Century Magazine, 1896B)
- Mrs. Stowe at Eighty-Five, by Richard Burton (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)
- Turner, Ethel
- Our New Serial Story
(Girl's Own Paper, 1901)
- A brief biographical note about writer Ethel Turner.
- Ward, Mrs. Humphrey
- Mrs. Humphrey Ward
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- Wilkins, Mary Eleanor
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins, by Kate Upson Clark (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Wilson, Augusta Evans
- Augusta Evans Wilson, by Lizzie Lewis
(Demorest, 1880)
- "An American Southern author and one of the pillars of Southern literature."
- Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, by T.C. de Leon (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Wood, Mrs. Henry
- Mrs. Henry Wood and Worcestershire,
(Argosy, 1893)
- "Mrs. Henry Wood: A Memoir" by Charles Wood (book review)
(Girl's Own Paper, 1895)
- Mrs. Wood was a novelist; her son was the editor of Argosy magazine.
- Yonge, Charlotte
- A Talk About Miss Yonge, by Clotilda Marson
(Girl's Own Paper, 1901)
- A Century of Female Novelists, by Emily J. Mackintosh
(Peterson's, 1883)
- Madame D'Arblay, Anna Maria Porter, Jane Porter, Mrs. Inchbald, Jane Austen, Mrs. Opie, Mrs. Charles Gore, Mrs. Norton, Miss Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, and George Eliot.
- Women in American Literature, by Helen Gray Cone
(Century Magazine, 1890B)
- Women's Noms de Plume, by Dora de Blaquière
(Girl's Own Paper, 1890)
- Pen-names of various authors; Louisa May Alcott once wrote under the name of "Tribulation Periwinkle!"
- See also
- • Fiction Authors & Novelists - Men
- • Some Literary Roundups
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