Browse a complete list of biographies in the database, ordered by surname or date.
| Researcher | Dates | Biography Extract | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Abercrombie | born 1811 | Founder of Ladies' Highland ... | Read more |
| Lady May Baird | 1901-1983 | Medical administrator, governor of ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Lindsay Banks | 1849 to 1933-09-01 | Kindergarten mistress and authority ... | Read more |
| Jane Bell | 1873-03-16 to 1959-08-06 | Hospital matron in Sydney ... | Read more |
| Euphemia Bridges Bowes | 1816 to 1900-11-12 | Social reformer, emigrated to ... | Read more |
| Margaret Hamilton Brown | 1858-05-20 to 1896-12-05 | Headmistress, emigrated to Australia ... | Read more |
| Agnes Buntine | c.1822 to 1896-02-29 | Pastoralist, bullocky, emigrated to ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Cairns | 1685-1741 | Writer. | Read more |
| Dorothea Primrose Campbell | 1792-05-04 to 1863-01-06 | Poet and novelist, teacher ... | Read more |
| Harriette Campbell | 1817-08-00 to 1841-02-15 | Writer. | Read more |
| Alison Campbell | died 1608 | Minister's wife, married former ... | Read more |
| Janet Clerk | c.1686-1760 | Author of spiritual diary ... | Read more |
| Lady Evelyn Cobbald | 1867-07-17 to 1963-01-25 | Traveller and convert to ... | Read more |
| Marion Cochrane | died 1559 | Tenant farmer in Lessudden, ... | Read more |
| Catharine Cockburn | 1674-08-16 to 1749-05-11 | Writer, birthdate prob 16 ... | Read more |
| Margaret countess of Douglas, duchess of Touraine | Born before 1373? died 1450/1 | Noblewoman and liferenter of ... | Read more |
| Alice Ishbel Hay Creswick | 1889-04-21 to 1973-10-24 | Red Cross commandant and ... | Read more |
| Grizel Crichton | Heroine, saved her father ... | Read more | |
| Isabella Dalgarno | 1805 to 1878-06-18 | Temperance advocate, visited Australia ... | Read more |
| Eliza Davies | born 1821 | Writer, schoolteacher, evangelist for ... | Read more |
| Marie de Coucy, Queen of Scots | C.1218-1285 | Second wife of Alexander ... | Read more |
| Jeanie Donnan | 19 Nov 1866-14 May 1942 | The Galloway poetess. | Read more |
| Margaret Elder | Gardener, nurserywoman and writer ... | Read more | |
| Agnes Elliot | 1731-78 | Correspondent, member of London ... | Read more |
| Helen Elliot, Lady Minto | died 1774 | Lady Directress Edinburgh Assembly ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Latto Ewen | 1875-1965 | Aberdeen's first female General ... | Read more |
| Helen Wilson Fell | 1849-07-27 to 1935-04-13 | Diarist and philanthropist, emigrated ... | Read more |
| Martha Fletcher | 1700-80 | Correspondent, estate manager. | Read more |
| Elizabeth Fletcher, Lady Milton | 1700-82 | Lady Directess Edinburgh Assembly ... | Read more |
| Mary Hannay Foott | 1846-09-26 to 1918-10-12 | Teacher and poet, emigrated ... | Read more |
| Barbara Forbes | fl 1625 died 1673 | Philanthropist, early Quaker. | Read more |
| Katherine Forbes, Lady Rothiemay | c.1583-c.1652 | Noblewoman, philanthropist . | Read more |
| Ann Alison Goodlet | 1824-09-26 to 1903-01-03 | Church worker and philanthropist, ... | Read more |
| Lilas Grant | died c.1643 | Letter-writer and possibly poet, ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Grant | born 1744/5 to 1828-02-27 | songwriter, married Captain James ... | Read more |
| Jean Guild | 1573-12-00 to 1667-01-09 | Philanthropist, baptised 27 Dec ... | Read more |
| Mary Gunn | 1884-12-19 to 1967-05-11 | Eistedfodd secretary, emigrated to ... | Read more |
| Katherine Hamilton, duchess of Atholl | 1662-10-24 to 1707-01-10 | Noblewoman, political commentator and ... | Read more |
| Mary Packer Harris | 1891-07-30 to 1978-08-26 | Teacher of art, educated ... | Read more |
| Marian Fleming Harwood | 1846-03-09 to 1934-07-29 | Scholar, pacifist, philanthropist, emigrated ... | Read more |
| Margaret Maxwell Inglis | 1774-10-27 to 1843-12-21 | Poet, married Mr Finlay, ... | Read more |
| Roberta Henrietta Margaritta Jull | 1872-08-16 to 1921-03-06 | Medical practitioner, emigrated to ... | Read more |
| Katherine Kirkland | 1808-02-23 to 1892-06-10 | Memoirist,. | Read more |
| Janet Lady Colquhoun | 1781-04-17 to 1846-10-21 | Writer and philanthropist. | Read more |
| Agnes Leslie, countess of Morton | died c.1606 | Noblewoman and household manager, ... | Read more |
| Sheila Macintyre | 1910-04-23 to 1960-03-21 | Mathematician, teacher and assistant ... | Read more |
| Grace Mackintosh | 1890-09-05 to 1954-03-23 | Headmistress and college lecturer, ... | Read more |
| Eveline MacLaren | 1883-1955 | One of the first ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie | 1778 to 1835-03-11 | In 1809 travelled to ... | Read more |
| Isabella McCorkindale | 1885-01-05 to 1971-02-24 | Termperance worker, emigrated to ... | Read more |
| Georgina McCready | 1886-12-17 to 1980-09-16 | Nurse, trade unionist and ... | Read more |
| Margaret McLean | 1845-04-07 to 1923-02-14 | Temperance advocate and feminist, ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Helen Callander Melville | Married in 1840, went ... | Read more | |
| Christina Smith Montgomery | 1870-03-21 to 1965-08-27 | Headmistress, emigrated to Australia ... | Read more |
| Grisell, Lady Murray of Stanhope | 1692-1759 | Memoirist. | Read more |
| Katherine Murray, countess of Dunmore | 1814-08-31 to 1886-02-12 | Promoter of Harris Tweed ... | Read more |
| Anne Murray, duchess of Atholl | 1814-06-17 to 1897-05-18 | Courtier, married George Murray ... | Read more |
| Kitty Rankine | 1550-1603 | Witch of Abergeldie. | Read more |
| Janet Walker Robertson | 1850-06-10 to 1940-11-27 | Costumier and teacher. | Read more |
| Helen Lothian Robertson | 1848 to 1937-06-22 | Tailoress and trade unionist ... | Read more |
| Catherine Ross | 1635 to 1697-07-10 | Memoirist and writer, married ... | Read more |
| Helen Macpherson Schutt | 1874-04-17 to 1951-04-19 | Philanthropist, . | Read more |
| Christina Smith | 1809-07-25 to 1893-04-28 | Teacher and missionary, ... | Read more |
| Lady Frances Steuart Denham | 1722-1789 | Author of memoir. | Read more |
| Flora Shaw Stewart | 1886-08-28 to 1979-05-13 | Hotelkeeper in Papua New ... | Read more |
| Christina Stewart | 1777-1829 | Clearance landlord. | Read more |
| Mary Stoddard | 1852-00-00 to 1901-06-10 | Artist, born 1852? married ... | Read more |
| Janet Leith Story | 1820-11 Sept 1926 | Writer of novels, memoirs, ... | Read more |
| Josephine Stuart | born 1883 | One of first two ... | Read more |
| Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland | 1839-12-26 to 1909-10-08 | Nurse and child welfare ... | Read more |
| Rachel Annand Taylor | 1876-1960 | Poet, journalist, teacher. | Read more |
| Jean Thomson | 1881-1940 | First Scottish policewoman. | Read more |
| Haldane Colquhoun Turriff | 1834-01-12 to 1922-02-05 | Hospital nurse, emigrated as ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth Wardlaw | 1677-04-15 to 1727 | Writer. | Read more |
| Ethel Lucy Watson | died 1954 | Secretary of Women's Foreign ... | Read more |
| Elizabeth (Betty) Wedderburn | 1731-1758 | Friend of Enlightenment figures ... | Read more |
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