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Frances Brooke
b. 1723, Claypole, Lincolnshire, England; d. 1789, Sleaford, EnglandFrances Brooke, a novelist, playwright, essayist, translator, and poet, was a literary presence in London's cultural circles, but her best-known work, The History of Emily Montague (1769), was written while... Read more
Emily Carr
b. 1871, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; d. 1945, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaEmily Carr painted scenes Native American villages on the western coast of Canada after studying art in San Francisco, England, and Paris. She struggled to support herself financially, even though... Read more
Emma Goldman
b. 1869, Kovno, Lithuania; d. 1940, TorontoA Lithuanian emigrant to the United States, anarchist-feminist Emma Goldman was a central figure in the revolutionary ferment preceding World War I. A popular speaker on topics ranging from atheism... Read more
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